■inS 'igce with the feoUnei of Cotifcioui iris
. :l;icc. Hit rj'ted cbe house would eater into for: . j
'***"* enquiry on he wasabout to brinj ofecn.
ravening the law—charges which he would fl>-
nrr by fu.h evidence, that he would scarcely thin *
. fiat thty woald fuller such proceedings to pass uri
noticed. He had felefted them from many other
;r:i«lcs ol a nature equally criminal, on account of
heir p'.ainnefs and simplicity, and hecoulJ not con
ceive any argument that could refill them.
The mifeonduft of ministers, in this calamitous
-var, formed an ample ground of charge and of rep
robation ; the enormous ex »,vagaHce, and culpa
<le mifroanagement of the public money, were also
matters of moll fcrious accusation ; but he (hould
••>afs over all these, much ai they merited attention,
*nd confine himfelf to the (ingle charge of hafc'ing
iolated those laws under which the public money 1
% granted,and, having presented to that house falfit i
Accounts, with the view of making it appear that i
they had complied with the provisions of the acts i
«>f parliament, and what {till aggravated the fubjeft
of complaint was the violated laws had been bro't j
into that house by the miniiter himfelf. He firft I
< ailed the attention of the house to the appropria- I
j ion aft, by wltich die king's ministers are enjoined I
iot to use the public money for any other purposes 1
han those pointed out in the aft itfelf. They can- i
iot without a breach of law take upon themselves 1
todifpenfe with its provisions, and employ the mo- <
jcy for other pnrpofes ; and fie would confine bim- ;
fclf (imply to (hewing, that after that aft <
lad appropriated certain sums for cloathing the ar- I
my, paying the ftaff officers and lieut. governors a- ]
broad —the money had not been so applied, nor i
nad account been given how it had been disposed of I
—The disposition of the money for the army is t
•more ftrift than for any other fei vice. It is not '
disposed, in a general way, for the army, but every i
service is diftinftly and fpecifically provided for.— t
In the yeata 1-793 and 1794, certain sums were ap 1
propriated, which, by an account laid on the table, 2
dated April 21, appear tohave'been paid out of rfle t
fcrviee of the pref'nt year. Of these, there was i
644,0001. issued for cloafhing, 146,000!. to th« t
ftaff officers, acd 34,413!. to lieut. governors a- c
broad, all of wlych had been incurred and provided p
for 1793 apd 1794, and were now taken out of a
the grants for 1796, in direst violation of the law, I
and even without giving any account of what has c
been done with the money originally afligned for c
those purposes. His proposition was plain and t
dimple ; there 19 the aft of parliament, and there is a
the account of the 21 ft ofApril, (hewing it has been r
▼iolated. Ministers could not set up any good de- si
fence on the ground of convenience, or of public tl
•ecefiity. In the fituatton they flood, it was their tl
duty to have come to that house to have dated the c
necessity that compeilcd them to a breach of the v
Jaw, and to have a(ked for a bill of indemnity ; 1
there is no dodbt it would have been granted, and la
by this mode of proceeding, the law would have J
been vindicated, and the conftitutioa preferred in. tl
violate. But, instead of doing this, they have en- fl
deavoted to cover one, crime by committing anoth- A
er, to conceal the illicit ufc they had made of the it
money difpafed in the appropriation aft, by produ- b
cing falfe accounts tqih-.it Ijoufe. In their defence a|
will, perhaps, fay, the deviation vvgf iinavoida- I ei
blc, and was judged by former practice, but it was w
• deviation and a practice which had been always u;
considered to be unconftitutioual and dangerous, m
and in all good times,it had been severely censured. pi
In 17H, during a war, distinguished both Wy ex, la
pence and glory, the practice was voted a mifappli- bi
cation of the public money. It is said extraordina- at
ries are unavoidable, and this is true, to a certain d<
extent ; but it is the duty of ministers to submit fe
'air accounts to the house, to (hew in the most (at- li<
sfaftory manner how those eV-aordinaries have
teen incurred, to give an honest statement of the ft;
aft and futuie expetifesof the nation ; andhesftc- oi
d ministers, whether, at a time when they readily» b:
:ceived from parliament every thing they deman- 4.
ied, and wet? even put in pofTeffion of 1,500,000!. at
ir unfoicfeen services, whether they could not have ce
ade eftima:es nearer the truth than those they had 8;
1 tely presented to the house ? Mr. Grey here de- lii
fcrfbed the rapid increafeof the ixtraordinaties, at
from the time of queen Anne'« wars,when 200,000! T
was deemed an enormous sum ; and he particular, w
1;. preffcd upon the attention of the house the ex tr
client ObfeTvations contained in Mr, Haftell's tc
trig in iiU_<:lofct ; among which, was one, that the d
Iviufe of commons could not be forgiven for the ne- fr
giigencc they (hewed in inquiring into the extraor- p'
dinariesduring the American war. A committee p
"the House of Commous, of which Mr. Pi a was p
a member, had also, in 178J, dated, that the prat- oi
lice ol txtiaordiaaries, had been carried to an alar- it
ming heightii, and Mr. Pitt himfelf had then con- tl
♦lemnad and reprobated the practice in the (Irongeft na
language. But let us compare his former declara- Is
: ions with his profcnt conduct, and we dull find he w
has far, very far, furpafled in extravagance all that p<
ever was done before his time; that he had furpaf- fh
fed r veil (!:c very improvidence of which he had so cr
much complained. w
A j eft ifi cat ion founded on the practice of former p:
t'mts, could not therefore be admitted from him, fe
hp had so warmly condemned that praflire, from di
!im who had (lood forth the advocate of public or
onomj ar.d of reforms, conduct which he re
• >ped had npt been adopted merely with the view ac
f deceiving the people ; and Mr. Grey hoped lie he
ou'd not now contend that no-blame was due di
r taking the money voted for the army cloathing as
~C. in 1783-4, applying it to other purposes, an
a 'id delaying the payment of it beyond the (übfe- a *
qarnt year. The sums which fh<«uld have been fu!
paid in 1793 4 hnve now been taken out of the lui
rams for 1796 of which no less than eight millions —
3ve fiecn expended in the firll quarter, and arrears
(>1" army cloathing Hill remain. Mr. Grey now
L rrocevded to read the refolutiont to the house. M
' ! provided for thr objects explained in his 15
2 They firlt asserted, that,at all times, and H
"iler all circtimdances, it was the duty of the his
i>jfe of eOwmoiis to watch over the expenditure of wa
| " public money ; the fccond, that by aft of par- rc
■'nt-nt it was. provided, that money (hould not be ga'
''pKd to any other purpufs# than those exprefTed hal
'''■' ' ■' .
niw 't »?!»<•»<« hy ; Sti before the 'bout
sn. :.(f 2 lor April, ha part of the money gramr
b r the fervir* ,f year 1796, l;ad !
si of aticharging arrears
in- for army clothing, llaff officers, See. incurred iii
ler '793 -4, for which money in these years had been
of voted, but had never yet been accounted for. Ht
>n- now called the attention of tbe house to a refolu.
tion passed in 1784, when it was probable ther<
ius would be a diflblution of parliament before the ap
•p- propriation aft could be pafled,which declared thai
>a- iny minilUr (hould be guilty of a high crime and
so mifdemeanrir, who (hould use any unappropriated
Id sums without the consent of parliament, and con.
n, tended, that the conduct of ministers fell within the
1 g meaning of that resolution, and that they could not
;y lawfully emplay money granted for the current year
fe in retrofpeftive services. He next proceeded to
at notice the economical reform bill parted 1782, and
Is that which relates to the paymaster of the forces,
ft That bill had two dillinft objtfts: the firft, to
't guard against the accumulation of money in the
■ft hands of the paymalter ; the second, to insure rcg
»- ular annual payments to the army.—This aft has
;d been violated. By an account presented to tha<
es house on the 22d of April of the expenditure of
1- money in 1796, it appears, that there hav# been if.
e» sued to the paymaster of the forces 400,000!. in ex
-- chequer bills, that there remains in his hands a bal
n- ance of 83,2001. This was ft violation of the aft
ft of parliament, which provided, that no balance
r- (hould ever remain in his hands 5 for wltich pur
s' pose it had been enacted, that no money (hould he
tr paid lyr the exchequer to himfelf, but that it (hould
if be paid into his account at the bank, and that he
is fbould draw for it from time to time as occasion
>t might icquire. When firft he heard of a balance,
•y in he hatudaof the paymaster, he could not altogeth
- cr believe it ; he supposed it must be in the bank.
) But having often had too much reason to fufpeft
r, administration, he CP' fafrtfd with a pr- 'lenan 011
le the fubjeft, who was capablc oi giving '.um the V'ft
is iiitclligence : that get
m the balance must be
I- quiry he found it wa e
a pavmader to the full s
)f a fubjeft on which hn 1- ar >c ;
r, he eotild fay no more li
is declared that all moi < t-e ac
ir count of the » ban.;,
d that he (hould draw far it ' vices
is as they occured, and r
n remain in his hands : r-re .it p -
:• fentcd to this house 1 g
c that 83,20 c!. was in i ; This violation of
r the law vtfas so limple, so visible, that nothing he
c could fay c»uld place it in a stronger point of
e view ; the two facts themselves weie fufneient.
; Ihe second object of that aft had been equally vio
l lated. It had been provided, that on the 24th of
e June, and the 24th of December, in every year,
- the neeeffary sums for the cloathing o! the at my
- diall be ifTued —He was pofuive, and he had nqw
- fufficient proof, that none had been ifTued from
e midsummer 1793, till December 1795; and now,
. by accounts on the table, dated 1 lit of April, it
: appeared, that these due for 1793-4, had been tak
-en out of the grants for the let vie*of 17516. It
5 wasimpoflible to divine what defence could be fit
1 up for this violation of the paymaster's aft. The
, miniiler cannot here (hew that he is juftified by
. precedent, for the aft was parted since he himfelf
, lafl canje into administration. It was an aft
- brought into parliament and parted under his own
• auspices ; and he arcufed iiim of fettingthat aft Rt
1 defiance, and violating regulations which lie him
felf had acknowledged to he neccffary foi the pub
lic benefit.
• Mr. Grey then moved refohuions, in fflbflance,
; dating, that all money for the use of the paymafUr
■ or the forccs, (hould be paid into his account at the
• bank of England; that in contempt of the law,
' 443> 000 '- I'" heen ifTued by government, immedi
, atfcly into the hands of the paymaster of the for
• ces, and that a balance remains in his hands of
I 83,2001. in dir«*ft contravention of an aft of par
- liamcnt. The lad point to which he would call the
, attention of the boiifc, was the disposition paper.—
1 rhi3 paper, he presumed, was intended to be, that
. which it profefies to be, a real account ; and lie
trusted the house would never admit that it ought
! to be any other. This too had been violated The
• «'nift«» will f-.Tfts-p, th. of hi«-prer
t deceucrs for this; but this is th« lea'ff a^milTlßle
- fiom him of all men, who came into power on ex
- puss condition of reforming the abnles of all his !
e predeceflors. Ihe disposition paper, he would
1 prove to be a falfe sccount, and that the provisions i
- of the law had not been complied with. Perhaps '
- it will be said this paper relates merely to ifluesfrom i
- the exchequer, and if the pay ma r tei' can get the ■
I moTu y out of the exchequer, it is of little impor
- lance whether it is applied to the exact service for
; which it was received. If the violation of the dif
t position paper arose from neeeflity, the mtnider
- i.iould have applied for a bill of indemnitv. His
> crime was aggravated by hi® pretending to comply
with the aft, when in fact it had been totally de
parted from. Mr. Grey then moved a resolution
, setting forth, that certain foms, mentioned in the
1 difpafition papers for 1793 4-5, remained unpaid
■ on the Ift of January 1796 ; and his concluding
■ resolution was, that ministers had presented falfe
accounts, calculated to deecive and mislead the
house. Mr. Grey having enumerated his three
'liflinft charges—-id, rtfpefting the appropriation
aft ; 2d, refpefting the paymeder of the forces ;
and 3d, reTpefting the disposition paper, concluded
a very clear and able speech, confined entirely to the
fubjeft to which it related, by moving his firft reso
lution. (To be Continued.)
BOSTON, June 29.
Arrived (hip I.ouifa, 21 days from Savannah la- ;
i »ar. Jamaica. Left no Americans there. June
tj, saw *he b,ig Hope of Philadelphia, afhoieon ,
Hsis Reef, Florida : brought away the capt. and
his trunks. Supposes the cargo will be laved. She
was thiee days from Havannah, June 24, lat. 37, i
Jo long 72, 17, was boarded from a French fri
gate of 40 guhs—detained about two hours and an c
half, and then difmifled.
> _ Shr. Jane, Burroughs, Nova-Scotia, 8
} ' •)*.
' ——.Sloop Nancy, Jenkins Martinique, 1/
i?.y*. Left there, Schr. Nymph, Mahevv, and
ears Schooner William, of Newbury-port. Spoke no
d iri veffcls.'
teen _____ Schr. Alert, Hilman present matter, St.
He Thomas's, 18 days j where her former eapt. ( But
olu- ler) died.
ierc June 30.
ap- Arrived Minerva, Parge, 44 days from !
hat London, June 26, lat. [42, 6, long. 63, 30, spoke
and ihip Buperb, Trail, 7 days from hence for Lop
trd doh • had loft two of his men by impressment.
un. The Minerva, Hinkley, failed for St. Übes, a few
the dayß before.
not J u ly 1. 1
ear Arrived IchV. Hannah, 16 days from Turks-Is- ]
Ito land, spoke brig Mary, from Baltimore, capt. B. ]
iRd Rogers, bound to Jaremie j veflel very leaky.
July 3. I
to Arrived, brig Hope, capt. Dexter, 54 days I
ihc from London.
eg- Same day—arrived fcho. Martin, capt. Collins, <
has 30 days from Lisbon. Spoke no vefTels. t
ha< Same day—Ship Eliza, Capt. Gibaut from <
of Canton, 170 days; Jutie « lat. 13, 57, long. 1
if- $.8, spoke brig Ann, Patterfon, for Savannah ;
ex- June 7, spoke Ship Hamilton, eapt. Rodman ; 1
>al- Jane 14, lat. 52, long. 40, spoke capt. Edes ill a
aft fcaor. June 15, spoke (hip Marv, privateer, capt. t
ice Loivry, who boarded capt. G. and overhauled his 1
ur- papers, and capt. G. supposes she was run away 1
he with, by the sppearance of the veflel, officers and 1
jld crew j June 26, spoke fchr. Virginia, bound to t
he Port-au Prince, in lat. 34, 43; June 29. was a
on boarded by the Thetis, eapt. Cochran, be examined t
ce, his papers and treated'him very politely. t
:h- Same day—arrived fchr. Telegraph, capt. Ho- t
ik. vey, 28 days from Cayenne. Left there, fchr. \
;ft Peggy,capt. Sumaer of this port. f
on The Slip William, Hickery, 39 day# from New- i
•ft butypori for Manilla, was spoke May 21, lat. 26,
t 2,. N. Iwg, 24, 40, W.
From Lloyd's Lift.
e Gravefand, May I—ll. Sailed, Hope, Seward,
5 Boflon ; Roufelace, Philadelphia ; Ceres, Young,
; do, Sally, Weeks, do. c
h Falmouth, May 4 —9. Arrived, Wilmington, <
Shiel, Philadelphia ; Eagle, Kerney, do. George *"
Rust, Salem ; Mary, Trade, do. c
s Liverpool, Arrived, Three Sifters, Delano, ""
;'r Wifcsffet;- Friendship, Trott, Boflop ; Alknomac, Q
- Tucker, Maffechufetts. ""
g Cowes. Arrived, Henry, Gieen, Salem ; Rang
>»f e ', Eafterbrook, Boston ; Columbine Kirby, New
le York; Juno, More, Charleftoq. .
of Amsterdam, Arrived, Peggy, Laurence, New
t. York. „
0- Gibraltar, Mary Ann, Neill, N. York.
of Elfmore, Betsey, Smith, Newport ; Liberty,
r, Ely, Bnfton ; Induflry, Fisher, do.
ly Weymouth, Betsey Clarke, Boston.
w Hambro', Lr.nfon, Boflon ; Bar, Salem.
m Portsmouth, Sailed, Freedom, >, Salem. c
i', Lisbon, Arrived, Snffex, Pearcf, Boston.
it Plymouth, Mary, Jones, Portland. r
t- ''
t BY THIS DAY's MAILS. J
J NEW-YORK, July 8. .
ft r PATRIOTISM, I
■n An individual in Hungary on the hft requffi
it tions for affiltance in the present war, presented
1- the emperer of Germany with 22 HufTars, well
3. mounted and equipped, too recruits on foot, and -
Bcoo bushels ot oats! His name is Christian Nako. J
e, A company in the Britifli guards was lately fold r
r for the enormous Aim of 8000 guineas.
ic 1 lie expulsion of Col. Cawthorne from the Brit- *
f, ifli House of Commons is in confeqnence of some
i. unfavorable ffintence from a late court martial ; and
r. which, thougjh not materially injurious to his cha- ~
>f rafter, was fufficient, agreeble to the rule of the
r. honfe, to expel him from that body. T
ie •'he Spani/h court have agreed to the free pafisge
_ of French merchandize to Cadiz. °®
it .
ie MONTfiGO-BAY. June 4.
!t We hear general Walpole has declined the Sword
c offered to h>ip hy thejjoufe ofaffembly.
• rhrrf-Ttsrrfa diift. 1 titiEeoh tlie obferv- a
e ance of the articles graiited to the Maroons to be »c
i the cause.
j Thursday C'.iled for London, the (hip Brunfwick ~~
d jcapt. Douglas, in which went passenger the hon. **
13 j maj. general Walpole. _
,s Ob Sunday evening, a desperate affray happened 63
II | between the sailors belonging to the vessels in the
e harbor, and some of the Spanish Chasseurs; io
r " which two of the foimer and one of the latter were
' r killed, and several wounded. The interference of t o
'* the Police, with the aid of the Military, check- in
T ed this outrage, and has finee preserved the peace of ' B
ls the town.
7 Inquisitions were held oa the deceased, and a ver
cift returned against three of the Spanirds, for the foi
n murder of one of the sailors ; the other re- ets
® turns were wilful murder'againft persons unknown.
The Spaniards aie apprehended and in cltjfe con-
S finement.
Monday was tried, ft the court-house, Bernard,
e a negro, belonging to John Grey, Etq. who joined
e the Maroons when they attempted to bum Indus- .
1 'ty fftate, last November, when he was found
> guilty, and sentenced to be hung in the market of on
■j this town, his head cut off, and placed on the mill- h '''
J lioufe at the eltate; which was put in execution
" the day following.
CHARLESTON, (S.C ) June 23. J
The following is taken from the log book of the —
- sloop Friendfliip, 84 days from Ifleof Bourbon,
f The (hip Columbia, of New-Yoik, William Pell, <J~ C
1 master, failed from Bourboa for Europe on the
I 18th of March.
March 25. The fliip Lenox, John Rich, mas
. ter, failed for Philadelphia. Ch<
March 26. The bark Entcrprize, of Salem, ,io,
capt. Cleveland,arrived at Bourbon, i6e days pas- to '
Cage, from Sakm. 3 } P
8 Apr!! iS. Fifteen leagues so tbe westward ofthe
Cape of Good Hope, spoke tlie (hip Eliza, of Bos.
J ton, from Calcutta • ound to Ollend. She was three
id days out from the Cape ; the mailer informed, that
10 there was but one Britilh 74. gun fiiip lying there,
the crew of which was very sickly.
t. On the I <Sth of June, in ]at. 30, long 74, spoke
t- the schooner Fortitude, Rofs, 6 days out from ihi*
port, bound to the Weft-Indies, all well.
Arrived, Ship Ophir, Stephens, St. Thomas's ;
m. Brig Ann, Swcetfer, Philadelphia ; Principle deli
;e Pa*, Buftamnntc, Havannah ; Sloop Friendftiip
l- Johnfoti, Bourbon,
t. ' —
iv GEORGE-TOWN, July 5.
We understand tl>at the Frrrtdent was at Alexin
( dria yeflerday, and dined with the citizens of that
f. I place who commemorated the declaration of Inde
1. pendente.
Arrived in the river, fliip Peggy, Capt. Lunt,
from Amfterdam»with Ijo paflengeri—all redemp
s tioners but one. ♦ ,
1 he Lottery, No. 2, for the improvement of the
i, city of Wafliington, commenced drawing yellerday,
the memorable 4th of July, and will continue to
n draw 011 Saturday! and Mondays, weekly, until
;. further notice.
; The firft day's drawing will be forwarded in our
; next paper to fubferibers per poll.
a It ha* been determined, with general approba
. tlon, that the principal prize houses shall be erected
s near the Capitol. The fourth in value is already
yr under roof and nearly tensntablc, on Sq. No. 253,
i Lot No. 7, near the Prefidcnt's house, near which
j the other two will be erefled as soon as the funds on
s a frttlement of the lottery will admit.- No more
1 time will be expended in conducing the drawing
than may be absolutely neceflary for the iafety of
- those concerned in the remaining tickets, with a
. view to which, a moderate advance will be rteceflary
from time to time, as the value in the tickets may
- increase.
f " *" r
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
J&RirED.
Days.
Snow Polly, Rcilly, Demerara, 25
| Schr. Mahaley, Howard, New-Providence, 9
Industry, Williams, Nurth-Caroh'na, 10
Sloop Hunter, Lackwood, ditto, 7
CLEARED.
Schr. Almy, Woodman, Alexandria
Betsey, Fletcher, Edenton
Hazard, Bray, Currituck
Dove, Church, Ditto
Betsey, Williams, Ditto
Arrived at Fori-Mifflin.
Ship Mary Ann, Brock, Jamaica
Goddess of Plenty, Thompson, do.
Brig Liza, Thornton, Havannah
Latk, Stilts, Jeremie
Kcrinhappi ch, Green, do.
Polly, Wroth, Port-au-Prmce
Sloop Hero, Brewller, Jeremie
The ships Sally, Weeks, and Ceres, Young, failed
from Graveferid May 1 i,both for Philadelphia.
B'fyf Patty, Wickham, failed from Kingllno,
Jamaitf, for Philadelphia, June 5.
JUST RECEIVED,
50 Tierces f'refh Rice,
For Sale by
EDWARD STOW,
July 9. §lw No. 76, N. Front-street.
Bank United States 4th July, 1796.
THE Dire&ors have declared a dividend of Sixteea
Dollars, on each Share, for the last fix months,
which will be paid to the Stockhold r,, or their Repre
sentatives, at any time after the 14th iriftant.
G. SIMPSON, Cafliier.
Lottery
FOR railing fix thousand fix hundred and Exty-fevcn
dollar* and fifty cents, by a deduflion of fifteen pef
cent from the prizes, and not two blanks to a prize, viz.
I Prize of 5000 dollars i« dollars 5000
I 1000 1000
t S o» jo <3
S too loco
•*? 1 . 1 • 1 —rr *CO9
99 jo 49S *
100 JOOO
•000 10 20,000
5 Last drawn numbers of tooo dollars each, 5000
li3 t 44.««
4018 Blanks.
6350 Tickets at Seven Dollars each, 44,45»
By erder of the Directors of the Society for eftalr.ih
ing Ufeful Manufa&ures, the fuperintendants of the Pat
erfon Lotteryhive requcfted the Managers to offer the
foregoing Ssheme to the public, and have direaed them
to refund the money to those persons who haye purchaftd
in the former Lottery, or exchange the tickets for ticket*
in this Lottery.
The lottery has a&ually commenced drawing, and will
continue until finilhed. A lift of the Blanks and Prizes
may be seen at the office ol William Blackburn, No. 64
south Second street, who will giveinformation where tick
ets may be procured.
Dated this 17th day of June, 1796.
J. N GUMMING, ■)
■JACOB R. HARDENBERC, > Managers*
JONATHAN RHEA, 3
June 18 eo
All persons having demands
on ANI HONY ROLAND BUSSIER, are requested t#
hring in their accounts on or before the firft day of Augufl
r.cxt, or they will be excluded from a dividend then t»
take place. WILLIAM CHANCELLOR, - )
JONATHAN JONES, C Auditor*
JOSIAH TWAMLEY, }
J«ly 7- I *codjt
For the use of Schools.
Tomkins's Text, Round., and Running
hand copies.
TUST published, and for f»le by W. Young, thecornerof
J - v econd and Chefnut streets, and J Ornirod, No. 41
Chefnut-ftreet. Price of proof imprcilinfls on fine paper. I
dollar. Common, 7,5 cents. Executed in a ftyje superior
to any that have been formerly engraved in the United States,
and not inferior to a«y®f the Kind imported from Europe.
June 30. Bawßw
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