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.