'ier r «*/i»ii iii*> ne«.p!e fte t'.e'i* cu !ve prottrate, they t'tty com* iiLto his protection, and furnith htm v. ith'mAr of Itnportiiig hiuiiclf that would be truly for tA.jibSt. Vlr. O. obfened, tliat he Ihould hive at tempted to (hew, tlut these lcgiflative en er ichments had fometimrs happened in oar own country ; but the "gentleman from New. Jerley (Mr. Imla v) had read the authority on which he meant to rely. It was Mr. Jener fon'f notes on Virginia. He would, however, take occafton to read another paflage, to ano ther point.. When the gentleman from Ma ryland (Mr. Smith) was pleased to compli ment the Virginia members with the putt di rect, he did not know but that some invidious reflexions had been made upon that date.— Thedefign, however, was understood bv him. when he perceived that a gentleman from Virginia (Mr. T. Claiborne) by a rideran i nexed to his written (peech, returned the compliment to the people ot Maryland. For h s part, he thought it highly improper to criminate the designs of the people of any one (late, hc presumed the people of Virginia were like other people, ami with some of their representatives it was his pride and his pleasure to think and to aft. There were others from whom he differed in politics, and whose measures and opinions of government, he believed to be pernicious and unfounM— But for them tie found an apology in that book ; Mr. O. then read the parage in Jeffer • Con's notes page 194 —where ;t is hinted that j lie govern me nt of Virginia is an tltXivt def foii/'tt j and a palTage page 195, to thisefFecl, " that the direction of the Executive during the whole time of their session, has become habitual and familiar." It was, therefore, natural for gentlemen edusated in thole habits of diftatingto their Executive npon all occa sions, to form erroneous ideas ot government, • and of the Federal Confutation. Mr. Jeffrr fon has indeed remarked in the fame book, that this conduft of the legislature ofVirginia, " proceeded from the heft intention 1, and that they lucre m 'jlcd hy art and dejign in otters" —He did not m?an to dispute upon the fubjeft of their intentions, but their measures he could never approve. . \ftcr so much had been said upon the fub vcct ot Executive Patronage, Mr. O. would add but a fe<v obfervatiohs. The patronage of the Executive was fairly presumed to be the patfonage of the people. When a man, afterrendering the mod important services to his country for a series of years, is defied at an important crisis of national affairs to the liigh office of President of these dates ; his po litical opinions, in general, and his sentiments upon the exiding (late of affairs, mud have been known to the people by whom he was deftcd. It mufl all'< have been forefeen, that he would purfije ftich a fydem of adminif -11 alien, and hy the aid of fitch means and a- tits as would be bed calculated to give effi cacy to his own sentiments and fydem. His fyflem, therefore, may be considered as fanc tioued by the previous a (Tent of the majority ot the people. His conditional patronage is the patronage of that majority, and to m creafe that majority by all fair means, istoin treafe the chance of public tranquillity. It is an important duty that fbopld bejudicioufly exercised, and no' an offence to be disavowed. The gentleman from Pennsylvania, as a pipofof the patronage already enjoyed by the Kxeeiitivtj h_d exhibitedanaggregateamount of the salaries of the public officers, and con tractors 111 the United States. Biira large proportion of these officers were not appointed by the Executive, nor d : d they feel any de pendence upon him. In many instances.they would be found among the mod zealous op pofers of his measures, and cnlilled under the banners of his adversaries. Numbers of them appointed by the heads of department?, were ur.knowa to the President, and feeling morally, sure of retaining their oljiccs, except in cafe; ofgrofs mifbehaviotir, they were often led, by the violence of oppolition, to prepare for a change ofmen and measures, and to be more solicitous for the favour of members in that Itou/e, w ho might attempt to raise or diminilh their falaties, than of the Executive himfelf. After so much liad been said refpefting the "cnltitutional right of the House to refufe an .appropriation, Mr. Otis obfevved that hc Ihould add but a few remarks.—To prevent conftifion on this subject, it might be well to tfate the poiuts in which both fides of the House were agreed, and those in which they 'hflVnted, —It was not denied that the Presi dent had the right of nominating public Mi-, nillers; nor had it been contended that the iloufe pollelfed the right of fixing their fala i is; the doctrine ot his friends was merely that the appointment of a Minister imposed a moral obligation to give a reasonable fahjjy, and that beinjj once' determined, it was unjiid to reduce it without tiie bed reasons. It was doubted by the Gentleman from Pennsylva nia, whether the office of Minider.was crea ted by the Constitution, and whether it was not competent to this House to fix the dedi nation of a Minister, and it was afl'erted by him that in all cases the House had an autho rity to refufe appropriation. On these tall ppints they were at iffiie. To explain the reason of his doubt refpefting the right of the president to designate the Courts to which the Ministers (hould be lent, thafGentleman had , rclici that the fame clause in the Conditution which gives the power of appointing Minif ies to the Executive, aifo gives that of ap pointing Judgesof the Supreme Court; which , he never pretended to cxercife until the num. ; btr of Judges had "been afcertaincd by law.— | In this argument he hardly appeared to be ferions 1 but he would answer, that the fame -Conditution provides that a Supreme Court f ; ill be edabliflied by law," and it lias no ex lttanee until created by law.—A Court is a ,urifdiftion committed toone ornvore persons; the jurisdiction is conllituted by a Idw, which 1 defcrifces the number ot persons to whom it 1 nallbecommitted; the Executive then appoints ' those who ire to exercise this legal jurifdiftion. 1 In cafe of foreign Miniders, if their deftina fco:i ntud be edablidied by the I.egifiature, the cbjeftj of their miffton mud also be anderdood -ind ratilird by the fame authority, or it mud be exercised without discretion ; and the whole power of negociation would thus be , attraftcd as incident ta the other. It was further urged bv the lame Gentle- , •tun, that in all cases the House might refufe ; to appropriate ; otherwise the Executive r.t'ght ablorb all the powersof thelegillature, .ught toon I reaties ot Alliance, maintain an , Army ind Navy, all the public tie.ifure. I.et us conrtder, on the other hand, the consequence of that Gentleman's rWtrinc.— .J very appointment made by- the Executive comes a nullity, unless ratrjed by that ' House ; in the face of the Conllitution whidi '•xcludes them, and confines this dutv to tJie. with the advice of the Senate. It was owing to the apparent ' .Jingtrom athrorotical view of confutations tke ours; that they wer~ pronoiftKed to be ■practicable by some »>f the bed writers of ■> itiquity. And these abdract qtiefitons and cafes were not calculated to reconcile i .muds of our citizens to our excellent torn kl government. It is a plain conclutive I reply, by w liich 411 such objections are ob> 1- ? 5 luted, that tlje.Conditutiqn i» ntt prcdicaf 1 j f I upbn a preftuned abttle ot power by any de- | ■ 1 parrment ; but on the more reasonable conh- j I den. c that each w ill pei lorm its duty with;.i . | its o'vn sphere with (iuccrity, that d.vision of ■ I sentiment will yield to reason and explanat:- r j on, and that extreme cases are not likely to 1 j ?>ne word in relation to the motives of Gen . I tlemen, and he would finidi h:s obferyations, , which, he was admonished, by his voice and . »teelings hid been too much extended. Why, said Gentlemen, do you charge us with de . I signs to subvert the Conditution t Have we . ' not our (hare of wealth and ot power ? He i I was not one of those who had imputed fucli ■ designs to Gentlemen ; nor would he pretend , to (ay whether the part of the Union repre -1 fented by thole Gentlemen was ritto, or gene ■ rally involved in debt. But he would fay, ; that wealth was not alw ays a fecurity.forpub r lic or private virtue. Was not the Duke ot > Orleans rich • Was hot his income equal to the reivenuc of a kingdom ? But hc was not fatis fidd with his elevated rank or princely for f tune —Heconfpired-with others, men high in s dation, who poflelTed both riches and their r (hare ot power, and promoted a revolution I which, like a whirlwind, swept thctnofl into , fwift dedruftion.—lt is not easy to dilcern, - 'and therefore not always neceflary to impeach, the motives of men. When, therefore, a Gentleman exclaims, we want no revolution, : we wilh for no change, we wish to keep things quiet, he was not authorised to dilpute the ztfurance, and fay it was uot true. But when, in the fame breath, lieheardin- , (■filiations eompar : ng the I'relideut ot the United States to Charles I. and the mild ex ercise of a conditutional power to the odious claim oi Jhif-money, in that reign; and w4ien ' he heard further, the opposition to the pre fentbill compared to an oppolition to that o dious measure, he would not fay that he dif- , credited the profeffions of Gentlemen —God ( only knew fheir hearts, but their language was full of danger. The Gentleman from Pennsylvania had ' concluded with an invitation to his friends to i unite with him in twoobjefts; in preventing : the incrrafc of foreign Influence, and In dirai- ( nidiing the expenditure of ttie public money. He would meet that Gentleman; and, if lie and his friends would discover a real disposi tion to join in measures to prevent the increase ' of foreign influence ; he (hould almolt be in- ' rlined so secure that advantage, by confcnt- 1 ittg, for himfelf, that they should dispose of >] the money upon their own plans. I Tuesdav, March 13. Mr. Co it, from the Committee of Elec- . tions, made a further report, which was or- 1 dered to lie upon the table. ' Mr. Livingston observed, that the Set nate having tniided 011 their amendments to ! , the bill' affording relief to the refugees from j Canada and Nova-Scotia, he wished a com- j mittee of conference to be appointed to confer I with the Senate. i 1 Tiie Speaker said it was firft necedary for t the House to determine they ivould not recede I from theirdifagreeinent to their amendments. c The (enfe of the iloufe was accordingly ta- : ken, and having determined to inlid on their * difagreenient, a committee of conference was appointed. ' Mr. D. Foster, from the Committee of t Claims, made an unfavourable report on the a petition ofWilliam Thome,-which was order- j ed to lie onthe table. « The Speaker laid before the Hpufea com munication from the Secretary of the Treafu- ® ry, inclosing a report on the petition of the " Portland Marine Society, who pray for cer- v tain buoys to be placed in Portland harbour, f The report is favourable, recommending the e placing of fix buoys in the said harbour, the r expence of which is ellimated at 400 dollars. The report was referred to the Committee of a Commerce and Manufactures, with indujCii- ' £ ons to report by bill or otherwise. j r A message was received from the Senate, 1 e informing the House tlut they had pafl'ed the e bill for the support of Government for the ♦ear 1798, and tor ether purposes ; to the bill providing the means of intercourse with for- ' eig'i nations ; and to the conference proposed j \ with refpeft to the amendments bill for t relief of Refugees from Canada an<tN.Scotia. ' n Mr. Sew At, l wished the House ftp go into c * Committee of the Whole on the date of the Union, in order to take into consideration the . resolutions which had been referred to it. J' This motion was objected to, 011 the ground of further information being expefted from c the President with refpeft to our dispute with f France, and occasioned a very warm debate v (which (hall be given to-morrow). It was at length agreed to go into a Committee of the Whole, when 115,833 dollars were appropri- * ated for completing and equipping the three c frigates for sea ; aiid also a relolution appro- prating dollars for the pay and sub- n fidence of the crews, and for the wear, lofles, r expenditure of ammunition, and other cur- i, rent and contingent expences of the naval armament. e 1 liefe two resolutions having been agreed to, the committee rose, the House concurred g in them, and a bill was dira'ted to be report- h ed accordingly. The House then, ou motion of Mr. Liv- • incstos, wer.t into a Committee of the Whole 011 the bill fupplemsntary to the aft for a edablilhing the Judicial Courts of the United « States; but not having gone through the bill P the committee rose, and had leave to fit »jain. g Adjourned. h A Great Bargain. "l WILL BE SOLD, if applied for immediate ci ly, Twenty Thousand Dollars in Bills of ; r CredU, upon intcreft at fire percent, per annum , now lodged in the Tr«afury, «nd endorsed by the 1 United States, with a promise to " pay the intc- a( r<ft annually." (j. inquire at the Office of THOMAS McEWEN tt Co - march i 3 -^t Wanted to live in the Country About five mi!*s from this'city, a fuber ftea-' "] day M;n who understands gardening and the manapement of a few teres of land, an 1 would r ° not objeft to attend a couple of horfts. Such ,f; a one may meet with liberal wag,s hy applying tb at the office of this Gazette. p, r 3' B m N r Jf " te '' »PP'y those of unex- at Cfptior.ablc cbaraO.crg. , March 13. g NANKEENS. dj Ten thousand pieces Nankeens, 2 TOR SALE on a libtrat credit, by 01 SAMUEL HAYS, o. niar* b"> liy, «-'h«fn a t Street. Ci eodtit ( j. 6/. Croix .Sugars. re J6 ho.duads bed ST. CixOIX SUGAR, tii for sals. by c ; ■ jCHST NIXON Co. ft iwS*2«r- ' dr 1 j Latest Foreign Netvs, i* J at r|»r Mine's v»«iv<»" V"' if BRITISH PARLIAMENT. 0 PROTEST AGMN'ST the bill of requisition. I- S : HOUtR OF I.ORDS, f>IE MIHC. January ir. The question was put, that this bill be • ! committed. e It was carried in the affirmative, e DUskntiemt, h Because, we conceive that in the pre.ent f circumftapces no grant of money by parlia ment, can alone be fuffieienTto extiicate the country from its alarming and critical fitii - ation. it When the exigencies of the State are e such, a* to demand large supplies from the people, our duty is not confined ta the bare ~ confidcratiun of the ceceiEty of the cafe or „■ the mode of levying .the money. We are n not from the prefiure of cireumtlarices and o the approach of danger, haitily to concur '» in laying additional burthens on our fellow '■ fubjedts, without in luring to the public a " wife application of the money so r.aifed, and 3 without due precautions for diredling the ef e forts of the people to their only legitimate objeft, the benefit of the community. A • neglecl of this moil important of all parlia e mentary duties produce, and in our o ~ pinions, it has already produced confequeuc n es the moil fatal to the dignity of the na tion, the (lability of the government, and - the interests of the pe#pls. In the uncon - dirional compliance with the demandsofthe executivt government again proposed as the f remedy, we perceive the real and fatal source j of the evil. Year after year his majesty's 0 ministers have giounded their application to g parliament upon the urgency of the oceafi - on, and the extrantrdiriaty exigeacies of the State. To fatisfy their demands, to enable them to encounter the dangers, and remove c the difficulties in which we are involved, e - very article of luxury or convenience have - been taxed,the resources of the country have ' been exhausted, and fum§ unparalleled in history, have been eatrufted to their dispos al; yet, year after year the occasion has been more urgent, the exigencies moreprefT . ing, the difficulties more alarming, and the dangers more ir-imcdiate. The fecarity of - the nation has been shaken in the fame pro > portion as the profperityef the country has 1 been impaired, external danger has kept r pace with internal distress, and the exertisns which have impoverished the people, and r shaken our credit, have purchased nothing : but the loss of national honor, the defection • of allies, and the failure of every great ob je& of the war. . If the whole force of Great Britain and Ireland, aided by grants, lavilhed beyond f the example of the moil improvident timet, ; aflifted by the most powerful monarchs of ■ Europe, has proved inefficient in the hands of ministers to secure the blessings of peace, or even to' avert the present awful circam . fiances of the country, it seems inconsistent . with reason, to expeil that the painful ef . forts of an empire, whole means ate exhauft | ed by taxation, whose spirits are damped by failure, and whose affedlions are in part j- alienated by oppression, can, without a sin gle ally, under the direftioa of the fame men . relilt with effeil, a powerful and exafperat , ed enemy, elated with success, strengthen ■ ed by conqued, and supported by the unit | ed powers of Holland and of Spain. In this situation of affairs, to perfever? in the [ | fyllem which has produced it, to confide in r the ministers who, with the aid of so many . ' millions, have been unable to avert it, evinc > cs, in our opinion, a total disregard of the ; common maxims of prudence, a wanton re je&ion of the lefion3 of experience, and a [ determined negledl of tfie most important of 1 ! our parliamentary duties. Under the per -1 suasion, therefore, that the dangers with : which we are now threatened, are the result J of force, dire&ed to objeds at once imprac [ ticable and foreign to the interests of this - country j and that they arethenecefTary confe . quences of a misapplication of the public - money, and the natural fruits of the iuca . pacity and profufion of those to whom it j has been improvidently entrusted, we deem ed it iftir duty not to fanaion any grant to I the executive government until a pledge was [ given to the House, by the removal°of his • his majesty's ministers, of a complete alter ation in his councils. We held it neither k just to impose, nor reasonable to require any ; additional facrifices from our fellow fubjeds until (ome profpeft was held out to the peo [ pie of a reform of that house which had granted and a censure of thoft ministers who have lavished sums so enormous, without a ny benefit resulting to the community. We thought that while his majesty's affairs were conduced by those who originally engaged in this calamitous contest, and who can nei ther carry on war or negociation with honor advantage, or success, no grant of money by parliament, no facrifices on the part of the people, could afford a reasonable hope that the bltflings of peace would be speedi ly rettored, or permanently secured. We imagined, that until some earnest was given of a radical alteration of the system of ter ror and coercion in Ireland, of the repeal of the two bills, the one intitled "An a& for the fafety and preservation of his majesty's person and government against treasonable and seditious pra&ices and attempts," and the other intitled "An a& for the more ef feftually preventing leditipus meetings and afTemblies," of (Economy in public expen diture, and diminution of the enormous pat ronage and influence of the crown, we are not warranted inexpefting that cheerful co operation of the people, which being at once the indication and result of a recipro cal confidence between the government and the governed, can only be restored.by the relloration of the ancient and happy prac tice of the cor.ftitution undisfigured by coer cive laws—cf a parliament speaking the lenfe of the people—and a miniflry depen dent 011 the voi-.e of th? MtltsmttnV. Beccufe it appeal to u» tkat ar.y attempt to'raile the supplies within the year, in the present exhaufhd state of the country, must be attended with the grcate'.t difficulty and danger. . . Because were we to allow that the [prin ciple of railing the supplies by contribution in/lead of loan, was jnft, wife and expedi ent, ret under the'prefent ministers it would appear to us attended with the mod danger, as the real expenses of the year have jrener a'.ly exceeded by nearly one half their cal culation ; and thus- any regulation for the equal distribution of the burthen which we adopted upon the firft calculation, might be rendered ineffe&ual by subsequent and more extensive demands. ( Because if the bill is i-.n ended a» a tax upon expenditure it? retrofpeftive operation is arbitrary and cruel in the extreme, and al together repugnant to the uiages of our ancestors, the fahll ofcivilized and the common dictates of humanity and juflice. If it is intended as a tax upon in come, in our opinion the criterion proposed is objectionable and iusdeqnjie •; and above all, as income is of rarious descriptions, sometimes arising from permanent and dispo sable capital, sometimes from precarious or temporary pofleflions, and sometimes from labor, talents or industry we deem any at ceropt to proportion the burthen to the in- Come, in itfclf urijuft, unequal and impoli tic. If it is intended as a tax upon pro perty, neither in the original criterion, viz. the a fie fled taxes of '95, r.or in the propo sed relief, do we recognize any just princi ple of taxation, or perceive any fair or ade quate method suggested for the imperial dif tributionof the burthen. Because the relief proposed in the bill,to those who may, by the increase of their al fefled taxes, be liable to pay more than the tenth of their income, requires a difalofure of their peconiary circumstances, which is contrary to the customs and prejudices of Engliflimen, and repugnant to the princi ples of the eonflitution ; and which to per sons engaged in commerce or tradf, must be attended with yet greater inconveniencies than the payment of more than the 10th of their income. Furthermore; this re gulation ap<pears to us an indireft >. breach of the faith so often and so sacredly pledg ed to the stock-holder, for should the whole of the income of any individual claiming this relief conilft in a dividend upon stock, a tenth of that income is immediately facrifi crd, and the dividend, in violation of the faith of the parliament and the nation, di minished one tenth by the intervention of government. Because the operation of this bill ii not confined to a definite period of time, but by the mod wanton violation of justice, re mains in force till a certain sum is produc ed ; thus exacting from the honefl the de ficiencies whish may have been occasioned by accidental circumstances, by the designs or the distress of individuals, by the favor or the negleft of the colleftofs. HOLLAND. OXFORD. HOUSE OF COMMONS. SATURDAT, DEC. gO. THE KOYAL FAMILY. Mr. Tierney aiked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether heexpedled to receive -vr&ntor- »o sage refpedling the contributions of the" royal family towards the public expendi ture? If no such message was in contempla tion, he should hold it his duty to move, in the committee of way? and means, -on Wednesday next, for the repeal of all those clauses by which the royal family were ex empted from paying paying to the general contribution. No notice was taken by the mmifter, ei ther of this quftion, or of the intimation by which it was followed. - ROME, Dec. 9. The Pope has acknowledged the Cis Al pine republic, and averted an expending war. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 24. Great difcontent3 prevail amqng the mer cantile people in Sweden, on account of the total failure of the French in their engage ments, a want of faith now so generally known, that there remains scarcely any commercial intercourse between France and Sweden. ■ FRANKFORT, Dec. 30. Cicize» Hoffman, late profefTor at Ment, lias published a letter to the inhabitants of that city, in which he congratulates them that the I'rench have acknowledged them as brothers ; and aflures them, that under the prote&ion of the French, Mentz will be come one of the firft commercial cities in the world. UPPER RHINE, Dec. 3®. The Bayreuth Gazette states, that the French will only lciep possession of Mentz till the congress for the peace of the empire shall be ended, and the sum of lixty mil lions be paid, which France requires of the German empire, as an indemnification for the expences of thewar. This, however, is not much believed. LONDON, Jan. n. It is said, that the executive direclory has refufed to enter on any kind of nego ciation with the commifljoncrs from Amer ica, now at Paris, unless 400,000 dollars are paid as a preliminary douceur for a the honor of a conference. When the last ac counts left Paris, the commifiioners had not been admitted to any public audience, th<o* they have now been there near two months. January 12. By the Waliingham Packet arrived at Falmouth from Lisbon, the following intel ligence has been received : " Lord St. Vincent had sent home all the men of war except the Ville de Paris, and four fiig trs, the Emerald, llie Lively, Aurora, &,c. which were at Ltflmo vyhoj < the WaHingkara failed. 'Accounts u-rrt re ceived at Lisbon a few days preVioii" to the failing of the Waltingham, that Sir John Orde, who wasthen cruizing off Cadiz with * a squadron of line of battle (hips, had fal len in with a fleet of merchantmen, very richly laden,under the convoy of three Spa «i(h line of battle (hips, bound from the Hnvanna to Cadiz ; the rcfult was, that Sir John had captured the three Spani(h liqe of battle ffiips, and greatest part, if not the whole of the fleet. The greatest credit wai> given to the above information at Lifooti, I inafmnch that the arrival of the Spauifh men ot war and merchantmen were daily expeft ed there wheo thepacket failedfrom thence. Admiral Parker had hoi#edhis flagon board h,s Majelly's ship Princess Royal, and had failed with fix line of battle (hips, to cruize off Cadiz, and to fupercede Sir fohr. Orde. Both iquadrons would form a very strong fleet, and Admiral Parker wa3 to have the command, to cruize off and on Cadiz bay, and watch the motions of the Spaniards ly i.ig thcr*, but who durst not venture oat, tho' ft much superior in numbers to the Bri tish fleet. A fleet of merchant vessels had failed from Lifton the 26th ult. undrr the convoy «f his roajefty's (hip Irrefiftahle, of 74 guns, G. Martin, and, a (loop of war, far England ; they conllfted of fourteen or sixteen vessels. The emigrant hrmy was down at Calh Kies Fort, all in readiness and expefted to be embarked for England, in transports waiting to receive them, having been all marked and numbered. It was re ported a; Lisbon that Lord St. Vincent . had declared to the Court of Portugal, that et their refufal of supplies of provi vifioys and water to the Britifli fleet, he 1 would reduce the city of Lifcon to ruins. His lord/hip was in perfed health when the packet failed. His Majesty's Packet, King George, eapt. Bell, had fafely arrived at Lisbon two days previous to the failinw of the Walfingham. January 13. At a veey early hour th's morning, we received French papers to the 9th inft. These journals are chiefly filled, as for the most -pai t they have lately been, with a colle&ion of official Philippics againfl the | government of England. A proclamation ot" the executive direftory, iffutd 011 the 6th, and of which we have inserted a trans lation in our fubfequcnt columns, calls on the mass of the people to contribute lo the loan again ft England, and states the prob ability of success in the proje&ed expedi tion as a consequence of our immense debt. : January, 15. Notice was given at the Bank of England | on Saturday that Books will be opened and receipts given for voluntary fubfcriptioni in aid of the Requisition which is now passed into a law. The law direds that the bank ihall give receipts for funis that may be paid in, together with duplicates, if required. If only receipts without duplicates, shall be required, then such payments/hall be deemed and taken to be the voluntary contribution, but if they require a second receipt or dup licate, such second receipt or duplicate (hall be deemed and taken to be in advance of the new assessment ; and which receipt (hall upon delivery to the colleftor, be an acquit tance of such affeftnent as for as the fame will go ; all funis above the auual affefl ment to be deemed and taken as the volun tary contribution of tS person crr persons. That the Aims to be paid into the bank in this way over and above the amount of the assessment of each individual may be great, we hope that fplepdid examples will be set from the highest places. Their Majtftifjs and'all the court have beefi called upon in a strong and pointed way. The people ex peft fabrifices, and this day we trufl will prove that there is a just feeling in the higher circles of the burthens they have brought upon the country. Admiral Thompfoa and Sir Roger Cur tis have received direftions to hold them fclves in readiness to fail at a moment's war ning, in consequence of information recei -1 ved by Government of the designs of the enemy. Now that Parliament is adjourned, th« loan is immediately to be fettled, Mr. Pitt has fortunately made a competition, so that the terms will be more advantageous than he might otherwise expeft. According to present report, he is to call only for 14 mil lions. The new measure of the dire&ory againfl England Manufadtures and Commerce, will be felt as severely by Lloyd's Coffee House as by the Weavers of Lancalhire It is im ' pofiible under fueh an anathema to insure any (hip, since an Englilh pocket handker chief would ensure the coßfifcatiou of the cargo. It is a most dreadful blow to our trade; but it is ridiculous to charge it upon the e nemy as a'thing unpreeedented. It is our maritime maxim returned upon us. It in v that assertion of power which we have al ways made when we were able ; which gave rife to the armed neutrality in thelaft war, and made us obnoxious to all the commerci al powers, at the outlet of our mad career J in this war. I Duel—Yefttrday morning, a duel was fought in Hyde Park, between the earl of Lonfdale, and fir Frederick Vane, hart, in , which the latter was wounded. This is the second time they have met 011 the fame quar rel. The public will recollcft that tl.cy fought about three months ago. January 18. The duke of VVirtvmberg fncceeda, by the death of his father, to his hereditary dominions, and to 5238 copies of the hoiy bible, in different languages. The r.ett income remitted to this country frofn the king's dominions in Hanover, is estimated at about 30,GC01. a year on a general average But during the iirft seven years of the present reign, his majesty did not receive a sixpence revenue on account of the ravages ca'jfed by the war in that country. The Biihoprick if calculated Wtt about 17,0-0!. a year.
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