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BRITISH PARLIAMENT. «: Houss of Lords, Monday, May 2.- ha STATE OF THE NATIOX. cil Lord Grfnfilie in ecnlinunlion. tn As to the next point, the pay of the army, the he noble marquis was "certainly wrong, when he con- vi tended that nothing had been done on this head as pt proposed by the commifiioner6 of accounts, for that m "both Mr. Burke and Col. Barre, to whose abilities te he paidjihe warmed eulogiums, had brought in bills w&ich'had paSed for the better regulation of ft' that .particular department He defended the nexf- b point, as to the loans, very ably ; and said that they tl '.vfre made at present in a more open manner, and tl by a p'.lblic mode of competition, far superior to jvhflt they ha 4 ever The unfunded u *!<bt ? Hp also maintained, was equally benefited by tl the present mode of conducing it ; for formerly rc I? wis iiFual to leave it floating, as well as the navy ir 'bill?, to a confiderableamount; whereas it was now C regularly funded at Hated periods, and even the ex- tr pence taken in that was forrfeen to aecrue within w the remainder ol the year. His Lordship then ad- si verted to the office of third Secretary of (late, which a he aflerted was, in time of war, efTentially jnecefia- w ry. From thence he proceeded to the barracks, h which he said were inveighed againd without due confederation. Much bad bfen said about them which they did not deserve—as to the measure be -4 ing unprecedented ; how did the matter really (land ; There were so many new, and so many old barracks —the .old ones were built to contain 20,00.0 men, o and many of tlurir situations were not healthy, and n otberwife inconvenient—the new ones were there- o fore fubdituted for the old, and contained only ft 15,000; so that it appeared elcarly tlw« was no d new measure. Much had been said of-i'e bein£ 1111- b conditional ; but it could not having been e •in ule folong. His Lordfil'ip then defended the army extraordinaries from the arguments whicV the t noble marquis'had brought against them, by PneW ii ing, that is was impofjlble to form any edimate of n the ex.pence of a campaign, without being obliged i; io recur to ; and dated, an ar my being abroad,was not sent thither todarve, n but muf. bave prorifions and ammunition feut witlr j: "• ouppofs these to be or lort, with or b Without blame, they mull be made good, and in all e "such cases, which were not unfrequent in all wars, d they mult be added to the original eflimates as ex traordinaries. He then adverted to the tranfpott r boa id and said, that nothing could be more necefTa- 1 1 ry than it was, and, if h# wanted a witness to prove I th!B,he would not desire a better than the noble mar- r qus who has (hewn thaf, during the American war, < for want of such a boat d,the affairs of the'country had t like to have fuffered in the mod eflential degree for t want'of traofports. This was not a new board, but < a revived one. In the courfeof mentioning this as ] a branch appertaining to the Naval department of ; the War, the Noble Marquis had made »fe of an 1 exprtjfion, not particularly propitious. This was an 1 observation which had sdonifhed him, indeed ; for 1 when was there a period in the English Hidory, in ( which thi3 nation had been more .Angularly amTptSV «uliarly fortunate, even to a degree of -splendour, 1 in iheir naval Et.-hievements and fup&iority over thsir enemies. Look to the Channel; to tlw Me diterrgrreaan ; to the End and Wed-Indies'—look to the accounts of lall week, when so many of the navy qf the enemy had been broiijrht into our har bours, and it would be allowed our superiority was ; never greater, nor the honor and spirit of our brave tars at ,a higher pitch. His Lordship next defended the India bill as a measure of infinite wis dom, calculated to ensure the prosperity of that country, and to proteA it f»r the benefit of this; anfl described it as a foarte of wealth and confe- , quence which was almod incalculable. With re ' gard to the Police bill, his Lordship thought that the introduction of it ottthe present occasion, was certainly premature at lead, and might have been as well omitted untilit came before their Lordships for difcuflion, which it was soon likely to do.— The noble Marquis had obje&ed to it as not being tlie fame with the Police of th< City of London— but he had forgot to mention the revenues which the Corporation of London r pofTefled towards the support ar.d maintenance of the City Police ; give the City of Wcdminder an equal revenue, and he had no doubt but Aldermen enough would easily be found to fill every Ward intfc which it (hould be di vided, and to ndrtiiniiler such revenue in a similar Police. The Noble Lord then conduced an ar gumentative and spirit cd defe ;ce of the present Administration of the country, by observing, that the Noble Marquis, when lie declined going at pre sent iulo an examination of the finances of the country, should have alfj dejaye»j giving any opini on which he might have formed in the general re sult of his own private examination. He had da ted that the pifitttre .vas frightful, but had not gi ven the house an opportunity of viewing the Blon der : when, howe\er, on a future night he (hjuld t'hink proper to fhevr that piftureto the House, he Grenvillfc) woald undertake jo point out its beauty and proportion ; he would take care that the exaggerated mifrepreleiitations which hard been ri«de of our finances, (hould be opposed by dub born and falemn truths ; he would then clearly prove to the fati'sfaSiion of their Lordships, that the bid founded public copfidence could be placed in our refoufcis, and rtie date of our revenue and permanent taxes were such as to exhibit to the ene :t.y how ill-founded they were in that arrogant pre sumption which was, he believed, in a great mca ftrtt fcnrlt upon fullaciottsflaterteritsanid i.npreflions. Lofd Lauderdale spoke in-fupport of the date ;%cnts and arguments of the Noble Marquis, aod H) opposition to those of Lord Grenville. He ar raigned the con'duft of admjnidration in the erec tion of so many bariack6 throughout the kingdom and, though he* did not wifli to charge the No l«e Loid with wilful midatement, yet he thought it iieceflarv to inform the H«ufe, that to the num ber of 15,000 men, far which he had dated them 10 be ijnilt, le had u> add 9000 more, which jnight be contained in the barracks intended to be t uiUd. Tht: e were alfa barracks erected, ar.d to ,l c.'ertiSed in Gucinfcy ar.d Jersey, containing above • tcco men, making in the whak above 30,000. V. ,tb refpe£t to the cxtraotdiuaiics anu uiJucucc' dtbt, and the toad which had been.r j.nle of parti - cular good cdndact in providing for tiiem before hand, he allowed tlist the Chaneelh: r of the Ex chequer had proposed to fund two. t jillions of Ex traortiinaries, and four millions of nn »y debt, which he had dated at the probable expert it s in these fer viees up to'the end of the present ye »r. Cut did any pe.rlon believe that thcyjiot would Inionnt to much" more ? He truHed the Noble Lon ) would not at tempt to date to that House, as tl »c Chancellor of the Exchequer had done to the Qimmans, that such would be the probable amount : of the ferviccs. He did not believe tljere was any other man but the perlbn to whom he alluded, t .hat would have the impndence to make a probabh 1 datcment of ihe 1 navy debt up to the 3rd of De_*ember 1796, n- I mounting only to fotir millions, WhcK far the fird thrse months of the year that debt incurred, a • mounted already to 2,800,00 c 3. After urging r many other objeflions to the did (nfk parts of Lord r Grenvilles' statement, Lord La- jderdale said, that . men who were attached to the ct .wotry by pioperty, 1 were afraid of contemplating th e true date of their - iinances. Men did not wtfh to speak out who had 1 1 any property at (take ; this p. jt him in mind of - what Corneilfc, a celebrated French author, said of , his patton Cardinal Richlieu. ' " Tout le monde en vral, 1 " Pour moi, je.n'en par!i 1 pas, < "II m'a fait tiop de biei> , your en parler mal— -1 ; " II a fait trop de inal, 1 jour en parler bien." 3 Lord Lauderdale then cnt ered into a panegyric 1 ,on the excellence of.our Cbfaditution, which he I 1 maintnir.rd might be upheld !jy good pra£lit;e, tho' < - objectionable in theory. He condemned the.fy- I ' dem of funding, as earryvig with it famething 3 dcdrtid\ive ; it might proceed to a certain icngtfe, < but going beyond itsbeu/ds, i: would produce fh ) evitable ruin. <" 2 Lord Kinnoul entered, into a general defence of ; the war, and of the ci; pfequenc(sr<?fuUi»g frojn it, in which he took occa! jon to defend the prtfeti.t ad s minidratiitii in the t rediion of barracks, snd the ' 1 inditutiou of a transport board. ' Lord Auckland en.ered into a comparative state- ' , meni of the finances, commcrcc, im- ' ri ports, exports and revenue <>f ,</liis country, r between the years t-83 and,1796, by he j 1 1 clearly fhevved tha.t its lituution was improvesk»nfi- ( , derably. if 1 Lord Moira 'ftifhed that the quedion of the si- ' t nances liad beei j entered into. He hoped, hoover, - that it would brought forward as soon aj poffi. ' i ble, Snd bef.ire.many' noble Londs were induced to - r"etire from town, possibly on ele£fioneeting views or 2 , on motives of pleasure and business. He was one of> ' J those in ftappy elder brothers, who looking forward ' r to gri;;4 pofljflions, threw away their horn books t and t'/eir multiplication tables as umieceffary.— ' s But Adl he had paid to the finance of this country 1 'f a particular attention, and he would tJndcrtake to n fh Av that the datements of the noble Lord; who 1 n fioke lad was erroneous, when the eircumllances of I J ihe different time's were taken into confideratidn, n Lord Spencer defended the propriety of iiiftitHt- ' ing a tra.nfport board ; and vindicated the condnci ' r,, cf that board in fitting out the WeftTiidia expedi- 1 r tion. ' :- Lords Lauderdale and Spenccr explained, k Lord defended the eonduft of ie Adminidtation, and delivered his femiments in fa r- vour of the finances of the nation, and the juftige is and necefiity of the War. ir The Lord Chancellor entered into a drift and ' tt minute examination of the Refolutidn proposed by f- the Noble Marquis, which he dideclcd andcriticifed it with accuracy and judgment. He infided that to ; agree to the motion would be to satirize the con e- dinfl of that House in all its decisions (ince the be ginning of the war ; and that such a resolution was it unjud, and in many refpedls falfe irt its allegations, as He ridiculed the idea expressed in the resolution, of :n trade being now upheld by that which was funda ?s mentally injurious to it ; and could never agree that - the Parliament had forfeited any portion of the pub g lie confidence. - Lord Lauderdale repeatedly cricd, " Hear ! :h Hear ie The Lord Chancellor observed, that the cry of ke Hear ! Hear 1 was not decorous ;he spoke to be ie heard—every man who spoke in a public afiembly >e spoke to be heard ; but the cry of " Hear, Hear !'' Ii- was merely for the purpole of interfuptidh. Hc ar was not, likt the Noble Eail, ia the habit of fpe'ak r- ing in claiaerausa(Ttmb!ies jhe did not look for ap nt planfe in (liouts and noise. at Lord Lauderdale, after speaking on the fubjeft e- in debate, said that it hatl been cudomary in either 34 House of Parliament to cry " Hear, Hear," when ii- Members afTented to or pa rticularly disapproved of e- any argument or datement advanced. It was be a- cause he wiflved to meet the learned Lord on those ;i- points which he urged, that he had cried Hear, n- Hear, and not with any view to interruption : but Id jvhen that learned Loid thought proper to infinu le ate that he had not like lutn been accuflomed to a ts clamorous audience, he fuppoled he had forgot the at whole hiiiory of his furm.-r ljfe ;he had fafgot that :n he liad been more accudiimed to clamour and noise b- thanhe (Lord La'uderdale) could havi; been. Had. !y he so soon forgbt his former clamours in V#i}t at tliire ? He certainly had. Or, Slaving deviated as ;d he liad'done, from the draight path of life, be id would have recolle&ed the winding paths which e- he had followed, and not have made an unjuit e- charge which would leave him io open to retort, a- The Lord Chancellor declared that he felt such i«. a'fepfe of the habits oHii, putt life, that-fiis mind- ■ e- was entirely at ease with refpeft to any iniinuati >d 011s or charges which might be made by the noble ir- Lord ; but he thought it more becoming his own c- feelings, and the duty he owed the house, not to n: enter into ar.yßeiail or vindication of his former o- conduct, and to treat such observations with silent ht negligence. n- The Marquis of Lanfdown replied at confide in rabje length. He diflt-red from the Noble Lord ;h (Grenville) in all iu3 datements ; and he hoped the x house was convinced that he was right. His Lord-' to (hip mxt combated the objeflions of the Lord <•<"' Chancellor, and the* dated, that if ill health, or 0. other butbefs did tloc prevent hid!, he would iboa :i bring forward a prSpoliEoa the finances. *5. «i; j., ... •( If lie could not, the ta!]< woii'rd 9sxx\]v& o ' a Nob' e * • Earl (Lauderdale} v>ho would, (he was convinced) - execute it with great ability. .Lord Lauderdale then.' gave rotic - , thus be i would on Tuesday fc'nnight move certain ri-foiuti - his refpefting the .1 nances of the Con .tt v, grouit ? dt'd tin the statements on the table. After which, i a division took place on the Me.'quis of Landf downe's motion— f Contents - 9 Non Contents - 73 t Proxies - 3 Proxies t- - - 52 t 13 104 ; Majority againlt the Refutation - 92 • Adjourned at halfpalt 12 o'clock. For tin Gazbtth of t//s United Stjtzs. I THERE is ho security for the continuance of J : a trantpii! enjoyment of the blefiings of freedom, , but in the general ditfulion of knowledge among r the people. Government is bed supported where I the principles are ilnderftood, and apfjroved. A f free government is perhaps neceflarily com f plex than an arbitnry one, because tire multiplicity of rights and privileges requiie a proportional num ber of laws tpdefine, and protect them. The vo cabulary of defpoiifm is comprized in one word - -olcdieuct. ifce why and the wherefore of the freeman, re. quire the whole compnfs of language to afford a ; iatisfaftory solution. 'His understanding mull be j ' 'convinced that the law is necefFary and juii, and . reason diffatea the propriety of obedience, f 1 hus both coiiipire to protedl and support tlje wovk , of his owi) hands. 11 W,Hh such, no us schools prevail, " N»r ol a f fght divine, the nay/eous * Can give to oijie amai)» thcnifc ves the pow's, " Without controul his fcHbwi to devp^r^j Of all the of Inflation in a free govern ment, thfre is nut one of io great importance as that of providing competent means for the general . education of the great niafs of the people ; yet aftonilhing as it must appear to the reflecting patri otic mind, none is iefs attended to. The fubjedt ' is copfeiTed by mod persons to be interesting to the community ; and when it is tirged on the consci ences of legifbtors ; when a clamour is cxcited, their attention it occsfiunally routed, and some ef forts are made to bring biilinefs forward ; but these efforts being opposed hy<rcal or pretended dif ( bculues, and counteracted by ignorance, ambition . and avarice, we hare fcen them baffled and prove r abortive; the business has been laid afidc, to be 1 taken up de novo, at a less favorable junflure. 1 fay' less favorable ; for at a certain book fays, to . < la J fy» ™UHnnr the voice of jujlice and tfuc policy, haraen not ysar hearts. Now it the accepted time. , 0( .<ll procrailinatfon, that of deferring to a , m °'° favorable season public provifiorufor the sup s poit of fchooU, is th< least dcfenlible. Time is loft whicK never can be relieved j "it . 's than loft, for it will always be found that tf° ar / rom diminishing prejudices arid obstacles, . tliey wUI be encreafed; with the necefiary encrcafc of igaonnte. As this fuhjrft appears to me all important ; as the circuit fiances of this common p wealth are, patt all controversy, as favorable to . undertaking, maturing and perfedh'ng a general . plan 6f educ.ition for the benefit gf, the riling ge aeration as any we can reasonably expect, 1 (hall occasionally offer some desultory remarks relative , 'to the business, through the ehannjl 0 f the Ga. j zctte of the United States. , - E. Foreign intelligence. CAftiP.RIDGE (Eng.) March 19. t A peifon of Rochdale is committed to Lanc'af - ter Castle, charged wi.h the murder of his father, a t refpedfable hottfekeeper in that towA- Theprovo- • . cation the son received for convtjiitting so foul and unnatural a crime, was the interference of the fa ! lh er between the murderer and his brother, who were quarrelling with each other, when the son t ft nick the father so desperate a blow, accompanied ; with threatening words, as inflantly to deprive him 1 of life. LONDON. FORGERY. Old Bailey, Saturday May 14. Henry Wcfton was indi&ed for forging a certain deed, purporting to be a power of attorney, and t executed by Gen. Tonyn, with intent to defraud r the governor andcompany of the bank of England. 1 A second comcharged the fame offence at "being f intended to defraud Gen. Tonyn. The cafe was rather complex : it occupied the attention oT the court a confiderablc tune, and a' , variety of evidence was necessarily adduced. The t following is the outline of the cafe. It appeared - that Gen. Tonyn was pofTeffed of i 6,0001. Hock 1 the three per. cent confo's ; the prisoner was e acquainted with the General, and in the habit of 1 doing bufiiiefs for him: in the month of Februa f'7 it appeared tliat the ptifcner forged a- pon-- 3. e» of attorney, as signed, See. by the General in the - tnontii of January lad (at which time Gen Tonyn s was at Ipswich) authorizing him to fell the above e properly in the funds. In the begining of last 1 month, Gen. Tonyn wrfhing to transfer his ptoper t ty, tookthe necefFary steps for that purpole be font a.friend to Mr. Welton at the hank, to d'elire 1 him to be prepared to make the transfer on the f foliowiiig" day fTTiis v/at' the 7th: Mr. Wefton wilhed to have the matter postponed, as the Bth e would prove an iuconvenient day for tranfading the 1 business", in eor.fequence of which the Gen. agreed 3 to postpone the aifair, until the following Monday r when it appeared that the General's property had t been fold, aifd Mr. Welton had fled. Mr. Sylvester, who tried the <?aufe, fnmmoned - up the evidence : the cafe appeared to him to ad i mit ot very little doabt; but if any remained on e the minds ot the jury, they were bound to <n' vc the -- unfortunate gentleman the benefit of themfand of i the very good charade, which he bore, until ,h c r unhappy traniaflion inqueftioii. j Wcfton then, it a genteel manner, a<Jdfef* fed the court, and <n uawV. ha i he flight "be faf" fertd to lay a tew .■> n.is. i'c learned judge ha" ving i.omplicd with his vrq>t<Ml, he proceed : '• I am rny lord, as niv cc will eahly l!io*.y, a very young man ; I was much votinger v t ' hc.-! I en tered into biffiijcls, am{ wad truflsd yvith'affairs rtf great confequcce. I h'ipethit my unfortunate' fituatifm rnr.7 prove an cft'.&u-.'l example to youn" men, to deter tliem from indulging in the fatal vise of gaming,and will also be a warring to thote of more advanced years, not to confide the management of their concerns to (he care of men too young and un experienced in the world. l iiave been mined by too much precipitation in myßlf, and by too great want of attention in thole Who haw had tlm fgper. intendance of my condu£k.;' The unfortunate ycung man then bswed, and retired. LAW REPORT. COURT rfp kino's bench, may 3. The King v. Beard, far fending n Challenge Mr. Justice Afhhurft' pronounced the judgment o£ the court as follows, John Beard, you have been tried and found guil ty on an information that has been filet] agaiuft you for challenging George Johns to fight a duel, and for faying/>f him that he was a poltroon and a cow. aid, with an intent to provoke-him to fight. Of this charge the jury have found you guilty. It is certainly a matter very much to be lamented* that the pratficeof duelling has of ld?e become so frequent in this kingdom. That practice, howe ver it may be countenanced by the mode and-falhi. ou of this country, certainly to cali it by its proper name (if attended with thnt effed which j s to be carried into execution) is no better than wiinil murder. It is contrary to the laws of God Jt ; a contrary to the laws o'f-«.ian ; and therefore, wiiatc. ver you may think of it, it is certainly a difgracc to the civilization of this country. If the aft had produced the effect you intended and your antago nilt had fallen, the law would havecandeianed'yflu as a murderer. Your crime is very much ted, bee a use it appears this was not the confluence of sudden heat or paffioii, but that you intended to take »Vvay the life of your fellow-creature : and for that purpoffc you were seen praitifing and shooting at n mark te siake your hand more fui e and certai* in the aft of wilful murder. The crime of wVjch you have been found guilt jr defent# the feveielt xnimadyerfion of the law, and whether this court majbe fuccelsful in their endea. vours or not, at all it is fit we ihould pro nounce such a sentence may convince l the world vve do not chufe to give csuntenancc to ihis prac tice. The sentence of this iyiit thertfore is, that you be itiiprifoned in the jail oi the King's bench for the space of nine calender months, and at the end of that impriio&pnent, that you £tve sureties for youpgood behaviourfor the term of five yens, your felf in the-fum of £001. and your two sureties in 2501. each, and that you be further imprifoncd till such sureties (hall be given. PARIS, Ma v 7. Seventeen ebe!s belonging to »he vfi \ , ' has excited confi durable diluirira' . ; o? deranc4 10 be ftoi, aH !. ve i'urf-rcd ■■ ■fhc Tcrrorillv hav.- t-o: V .-.t. r.-i , . :- e Region of Po !cc. The. . b-f'-if,. l#n • El fees, th«.ir orstois were imjty n-ir ■' y■ i'lthe ! r<> iti 1 q Chairs. Th«» nivi.fd' hcjuy fc.iock lown all '10!? vhom they called Spies; r-T*T~!77~2H tbe 'Tien aho intnrri '/ic *>- ! vernment of the manutuvriS - I ;he -.na Jht foldicrs'of the Lectin tvji'ed' bv heir ri .fa.ut »c. di. rectpdtneir irtaicU towards he 1 111' i-rrrs and thcie rravt r -. . 1 <*'levcra! quarters to the number ol Jin. , o<'lo ,rtiund-sd , n fingmg different-airs,'and mfu!ur>n.ihr o- sC":bic ci irens. Art rived auhrgardeiibf the ci-devau p JU , : Ro't ?y lur'i, 4 them,elves into grbupi, and fume of : Irrfii moved t . len l a deputation sf four ioldiento demand the itb.-lvot their com rades detained for therehelliou «f the Lemon of Police. 1 :>e proposition was adopted. We a.e .lieMir.ilter of Po lice has laken the neccllarv ftcpj to p.event Inch (cents 111 lu tnre : they have always preceded (he mo t serious move menta. , t . : ' LONDON. Admiralty\)fficc, May 14. Copy of a letter from Vice Admiral Kirtg/milJ, Com m"nder tn Chief of his- ATaj. fly's Ships «nd Vefftlt at Cork, h Evan Nepean, Esq. dated May 9. Pleafc to inform my lords commillioners of the Admiralty, that another French national cutter, LeCigne.of 14 guns and Somen, clinker builr, isjutt brought in here { fte bad b.cn out 9 .lays flora the Isle of Bas, bvt had not taken anything when fhewas fell in with and was.captured by hit Majelly'sfhip Doris, having the Hazard (loop in company, on the 7th inft. after a chac_ of S. distant eight leagues. Tins prize parted from the Dofis off Cape Cl-ar nt . °" e , P A \ M ' yeftwday, and Hiall be s ent along with L'Abeille to England. , K 1 he city of Milan, the conqijrfl of which is the great object of the French, is but weakly fortifi ed. In former tva, 3 it has been forty ,i meS and aken twenty-,wo. There % fn tl.e middle of the town, to keep it in aWe. Behind it is a covered gallery, supported by brick pillars, on -' which aie two hftudred pieces of cannon. There arefevera! ve.y beautiful building,, particula.ly the cathedral. The city ,s about ten miles in circttm ference, and 13 abundantly supplied with all kinds o provisions. Tfce ch»f inhabitants are very rich, and are defcerided from the mofl ancient houses. It is situated seventy-two miles N. E. of Turin, and two hunured and fovenfy N. W. of Rome. The Duchy, of which i, is the is extremely fer tile, about one hundred and fifty miles in leu K th, and feventy-etght in breadth. b 'n ) April 30. . 4 Ihe following address was this day presented to i his honor the Governor. We his majelty's dutiful and .loyal fubjea«, the assembly cf Jamaica, beg leave to offer to your ho nor our moil l.ncere and cordial congratulationsor, V the happy and complete termination of therebel lion ofthe 1 rclawny-Town Maroohf. ; i his great and important ev«nt mud be produc tve offubftantMl benehts and faJutary confequencrs , to the pouptry, in every point of view in which it can be contemplated : tranquil;,y an d the en joymentof our civil right a,e rdtored , public cre lo the. """ h!ppo '' t ° f and 0 proipentj, if not to thf very exiHence of the . '-if' ' jjbh