Mr gi>< fcisj: bis. 'time to refund 'it' ; they alfo-give vhc -t>i aurehaftnjj off the rent, at any time tt.ev may fte proper, by paying the prtiu •the amount- * . ' ' STJ7E OF IRELAND. IRISH PA.RLI AME.NT. HOUSE QF COMMONS. Wcdt.efday-, May II . ' RKTORT OF THE SECRET COMMITTEE. , . The r-jport having been read Mr. Pel itaiit said it would be cnneceffary at present for him to trouble the house with many ob servations, because as a committee of the ijords were fitting on the fame fubjetk, the step Avhich ought now to be taken PWs tq fend the report to them. He could not however, help observing that what had now trtofpired nraft convince every man that it was not legillating which should be refortedto, to.repress this daripg and dark conspiracy, but to those strong measures which the executive government had already adopted, with the approbation of the house. This report juftified to the fulled extent those mcafures—and at the fame time cal led on the gentlemen of the house—and on a very loyal fubjeft to drain every nerve to put down thi* society : Nor did he think/ formidable as they might appear, that there was any reason to fear that the loyalty ps the country and the force of thtf Statp, would not be fully fufficient to crush them ; their numbers it was reasonable to believe, had been greatly exaggerated in these pa pers, as it was plain that they tried every mode to keep up the fpints of their'deluil ed followers, as well by fallacious statements of their force, as by the' expe&ation of foreign affiStance. For his own part he be lieved the great body ps the people were loyal—aud he.would,be proud to exert every power he poflefTed in oppofiug this band of daring traitors ; but he hoped that the pub lication of this report would open their eyes and (hew them the danger and the crimes into were hastening. He hop ed this report would open the eyes of other persons also, No man in the house, he was fare, would deny that parliamentary reform And Catholic emancipation were fair quef- ! tions for discussion, either in or out of parli ament—but he was confident that when it was known that these , were only made pre tences for introducing confifcation, murder and a republic—they would be less zealous in urging these questions at such a time. He concluded by moving that this report be communicated to the Committee of the Lords, and that it ie printed—Ordered. Mr. Pelham, without preface brought up the report of the secret committee appointed to consider of the papers seized in Belfaft, and to report their opinion thereon. This report, which consists of sixty nine folio pages, was read at full length by the clerk ; we must content onrfelves at this time with giving a summary of its contents. iThe committee began by dating, that they cpnfidered it to be efTential tp a peeper difchargepf the duty imposed on them, not to confine their enquiries to the fpecific pa pers fubraitted to their consideration but to go back to examine into the principles and motives of the society of the United Irishmen at itS, firft formation, they aflfert, that in conference of this examination, they find the society, under the pretext of promoting a parlimentary reform and what they cal|m emancipation of the Catholics, design to disunite this Britain, to overthrow ' tipn, and establish fprtn of this opinion written tive mcnjß' •' -praportipas, .aud Us it in certain ways, such as provi am'l,s and Rnununidofi;' fupglying the !nerhbirejshp (jiSfer for jlweaufeby itr.prifon i i.cnt or otksrwifc, with noeefTaries, apd with the means of deftr.es; providing for the wives andfatnilies of tiiofc who may fajl in the. field or any other, way for the common service; they are enabled to regulate the e lection of military officers, and, in a word, some branch or other of thia organized body is. to regulate every thing which relates to the military, the financial or tht;judical de partment. With refpe£t to .lie lift, there is a particular provtTion-which fixsntlie man ner in which the tribunal {hall be chosen, who, when a revolution begins, (hall decide on the property and sven the lives of accused individuals; and there is another provision which declares what defir.'p.tion of fufpefted persons fliall not be fuffered to enter the ranks when the conflict (hall begin. This paper contains also the path and teffi which is to be taken by the private members and by the committee-men, by the treasurers, &c. that of the privates in little more than a promise " to promote as far as in him lies a brotherhood and union arhong Iriflimen—and that he will not through hope or fear, pr-any other ipotivc, give evi dence against any of his 1 brethren, or betray any expressions which he may hear at the meeting of the society." The other papers which the committee have copied into their report, are minutes of the proceedings of sub-committees of United Iri/hmen; and re ports on a variety, of fnbje&s. They con tain in the firft place accurate returns of the numbers of men who have at different peri ods become members of the body, fpecify ing the precifenumber inthe particular coun tries, towns, aud diftri£ls; they contain al so returns equally minute of the sums fub fci;ibed by each refpe&ive place, and the maDntr and purposes for which tjie money ha? been expended. The returns of guns, bayonets, swords, spiles, cannon, powder in barrels, and in weight, of ball cartridges, ps bullets, &c. &C. are all reported with equal accuracy,- and always accompanying the re turns of the men and money. By these returns it appears, that the so ciety, within a (hort time, and from begin nings comparatively small, has arisen to a number truly formidable—not less at this moment than one hundred thousand men ! The amount of their arms, though far from being comraenfurate to their numbers, ap pears to be very considerable, and they rec kon among their' ordnance eight pieces" of cannon and one mortar. In their -money accounts are found accurate statements of their expenditures for a (lifting prisoners, pur chasing arms, &c. and in one return it is remarkable that the officer who remits it fays, " this money has been paid somewhat before the usual time, because it is expend our friends will soon arrive at Bantry," or words to that effect-—and several inftancss occur in the papers-'of allusions to tlje ex pected arrival of these friends. In sortie papers the committee earnestly exbtirt their people to temperance, to sobriety, to peace, observing that the wiih of government wai to goad them into infurre&ion, hopes of the people only - By this day's Mail. NEW YORK, July 18. By the pbiitenefs of a gentlemen, who came passenger ip the Franklin from Bour deaux, erriv;d yellerday evening, we are in pofleffioa of Pari?papers to the 23d of May -—from vxUich we have extra it ed the follow ing pa«ie-(tlars< " The late hsuir at which we received them, precludes the possibility of furr.ilhing any thing more for this day ; but" * fiat ever ap pears worthy of will be given to morrow. From a carfOry pewfal of the mod recent th a* do pot appear to contain any thing, ve ay ; itereiling. ■ The most important event announced, is the intelligence relative to the iufurreclion on hoard the British fleet commanded by Lord Cornwallis, and deilined for the East Indies. Though the Paris Editor does not appear to attach much credit to the authori ty on whicli this news is founded [letters from-Loudon] —yet we thing it corroborates the accounts we published last week from from Marblehead ; which may now be ren dered less dubious. PARIS, May 16. On the 14th irrft. the Directory is said to have appointed Buoilaparte (brother of the general) ambaffaflor to Rome—and Sche . rer, Consul General to re fide at New-York. Mr. Scherer is brother of the general of that name. LA FAYETTE and his companions in misfortune Bureau de Pufy, and Latour Mauionrg, are liberated. Buonaparte did not wait for special inftruftions from the Diretlcry, but demanded and obtained their enlargement, immediately after the signa ture of the preliminaries with the Emperor. We are aflurtd that La Fayette is determi ned to repair to Paris in the character of a prisoner, and that he means to foiicit a for mal trial. ■' May 23. Letters have been, received from London of the 15th instant, which announce, that a new infurreftion has taken place in the British fleet, commanded by Lord Cornwal lis and deilined for India. The admiral having given orders for failing, the crews refuted to obey—he resolved on decisive measures and directed the mutineers to be fired on. This step, far from calming the infurredtion, served only to exasperate the sailors, who soon obtained the entire com mand of several (hips. They immediately arretted Lord Cornwallis and many of the superior officers, and appointed a commission of delegates from the several (hips to try them—Mean while,, deputations from the fleet were sent to the other ports in England to engage all the sailors in a common cause for obtaining the justice they require of gov ernment. It is unneceflary to add,, that while we give publicity to these reports, we think it prudent to fufpendour belief of their entire authenticity, till further accounts are ~ ... 5. . . ' by another French privateer 10th, by ano therand received civility from all. 23 spoke brig Naney, Reed, out ten days from Ne\j York to Madeira,.then in Ut, 37', 43. July 6th, fpokc the (hip London F.i?ket, Ewif, ou; 45 d"jv« from Liverpool to Bnlti moie. g:h, lpuke felir Hercules, Cut 4 days from li.iltirpore to Cayenne. The Slip Walhington and (laup Sally, are arrived at iislefn from this port, / Tiie brig Eliza, ,h2»atrived ».t Chr.rlef ton. New-York, July 18. ARRIVED. DAYS. Ship Commerce , Havre Franklin, Dodge, Bourdeaux, 41 Ship Franklin, Capt. Dodge, left Bour deaUx, the 6th June. Left their the following American veflels. Brigs Betsey, Ewing, for Dofton, to fail in 10 or 1J days ; , Very for Salem, iu 15 or 20 days ; Leopard, Guthridge, for Boston iti 8 or 10 days-; Ship-Liberty, Wheaton, of New York, to fail for Lilbon in a few days ; Hercules, Bridges, of Bos ton, lying in ballast ; Brig Ceres, Guthrie, of New-York, to fail for the Weft Indies in, two days. Arrived there. May 30, Schr. Eglantine, , N. York. 24, Brig Phoenix, Grafton, Sakm. 28, Ship JefFerfon, -Hooper, Boston. 30, Ship Mary Ann, N.York. Schr. Fricndfhip, Saunders, Glou cester. 3 1, Brig Eagle, , Philadelphia, June 3, Ship Diana, White, New-York - The brig Sally, Foster, for Philadelphia, and brig Nancy, Webb, for Salem, failed in company. June 8, long. 7, W. lat. 44, N. was" boarded by the English frigate Phxton,and treated politely. June 11, Long. 17, lat. 43, boarded by a French cruiser and treated politely. June 15, Long. 21, lat. 43, fpokc the (hip Ceres, Conger, from Newry, out 17 days, bound to New-York, with 50 paflen gers, all well Sailed from Newry in com pany with the (hip Warrtrj, Stoddard, for New- ork, with 250 paflengers. June 20, long. 30, lat. 42, boarded by the Argonaut, an Englilh 64: and treated very impolitely, but fuffered to proceed as- : ter two hours detention. June 22, long. 32, lat. 42, pafled a| wreck, to appearance American schooner, with yellow lides, round house, black Hern and yellow mouldings: (he appeared to be a new vessel, but could not discover her name, being full of water—mails and bowsprit gone by the board. June 26, long. 43. lat 43, fell in with the English homewards bound Windward Weft India fleet, confiding of between 2 and 300 fail, out 35 days—was boarded by the (loop of war Swift, one of the convoy, and treated politely- ' July 6,10ng, 59, lat. 42, spoke thebrigZe phyr from Botlon bound to Hamburg out 6 days, all well. July 10, long 66, lat. 43, 39, spoke the the brig Mary, O'Brien, from Wales bound to NewYotk, out 54. %ljt <5 wttz. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING? July 19. TO DON CARLOS. Sir, • ' IT i« very currently reported, that the Offi cers of your magnanimous malier, now com. n.anding on the territory of the United States, have recently fold and are no*v felling, through thair agents, large quantities,of pr.me lands, to which (being ceded to the United. States) their title may well be deemed quellionablei or rather uiiqueiiiiiiiably had. It is also reported, that this has given rife to the pretexts which have delayed the delivering; up,of the Polls to the officers of the United States.—That that celebrated Land-Dealer, Blount, had fa corlcern in this Speculation, and finefled, thro' fl.s i-nderltrappers, with tffV British minuter, in the double view of gainiag money as an Indiau-treaty-man, and fii'i gjtfftng your officers with a new pretext, winch may a low further time for the dilpofal ai the disput ed lands. If it be true that his majt-fty and hisreprefent atives( whoaiefaidtobe iaterclted) \v|nk at these tranfaeliops ; and r.eally'the tergiverjatibns and prevaricating conduit of Don Sbuffl-qjt aivl the Baroii de Carry on delay, ju It ify Uic iiilfiiei' on , 'I leave it to your excellency'* good • Mil'.' to decide, whether u will no: be- very, natural for us to begin to d.iubt whether his majeity.2&i;al ly mean! to fulfil the ltipulation by which the atortlaid lands are ceded to th» U.ited "States. These important points will not mil's y< s iK ex cellency's notice. Yeu have abundant oppor tunity to clear up the bulinefs through.the me diuiw of any of"the public prints'! ffipuM it be in your doing it will prove iin menfely advantageous to the interims or your malter. A A. A.N. Mr. FENNO, Please to inform' Mr. Bache's correlponr dent, that he lies under a miitake, rtl'peit ing the President's JirJl appointment, his jirit being that of " Sands" from which no Gold caa-.be. extracted, in place of the Lambs whom wolves were devouring" —that the nomination of his firft born to Berlin, was no more than a removal, and not as he and his correspondents have endeavoured to irn pofe upon the world, a new appointment — It is will known to Mr. Bache and his co~ - respondents that Mr. Adams was appoint by President Walhirigton last June t\u". month, Minister Plenipotentiary t. 1 ; but as no appointment was made to t ..H li place at the Hague until this lail March, when Mr. Murray was sent to succeed him, he was directed to remain at the Hague un til his successor arrived—the successor 01 Walhington thought proper to alter his des tination to Berlin , instead of Lifbcn. 'I here is no additional rank conferred by this ap pointment, nor any additional emolument, and is no more Mr. Bache, than if your em ployers Ihould think proper to remove you from home to France without an increale of pay or emolument.
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