1 R E L A N D. LORDS' COMMITTEE OF SECRECY. 2 A** 1 ** 1 ® s s Of the United Brians to United Irtsb- Li trwd and alluded to ,n the evidence of John Hughes. fellow-MEK ! VNXIOUS to dissipate those B rej«dices which a mistaken and interested policy ha artfully diffuied to prevent an un ion ot len tiiiK-nt and mutuality ot opinion troinbe.ni hv the people of England and Ireland we in the name of the former(with who I, sentiments we are acquainted, and whafi confidence we polfcfs) declare thatWC will b, every pollible means promote the emanupa tu nof both countries. To forward thi: great object we offer you pur confidence and in return demand yours. T'-oru h laboring under the yoke of fame oppressors, the lifter countries hav< been differently treated. Ireland ha, beer always the object of direct and open violt lice Km vfand of fraud —Ireland ..as be -n robbed England has been cheated. _ One unitorn been earned on m both S"C" 'iced as Ireland has been to the amb.tioi of Inland, the idea of her being twted. a free country was too etc Is to be c.l,tn.'« < v ,, n!l the meam-ft ur.dcHV'.ni.tiv- ; but -n h„J. wh'-le atarice' wa» flattered by defpitSbk lure of exctuftve trade, greedib allowed the bait. Site was taught to be liev e that riches flowed upon her, while po vcrty was I'ecretly inlinuating itfelf into lie very vitals. _ ■Ainidft mock contentions for liberty, ai.* real ones for plunder, Ihe vainly imagiito herfelf free, and was thereby induced to pa; he'lntereft of a debt, of greater amount thai :he value of the whole landed projierty 'o :he countrv, without reflecting tint bank ■uptcv, however late, nuift be the conie pence of an' overft-etched credit. Tha >\iukruptcy has arrived. The religious diffeiitions between Catho ic and Protestant in Ireland (whole opinion tdmit ot' a real diitiniiion) and the part; huabbles between Whig' and lory in and (whole political or.es admit ol none vere affiduonflv tomented. Ihe people wer< 'ubftance. The plan of oppression was lyf ematically direfted throughout both couiv ries to the fame object though in apparen ■aifed to be laviflied in unmerited pensions without the in I'ult of pretended national ad vantage in England the veil of traud wa: leceffary to cheat the people of large funis y. The undisguised oppressions of Irelanc vf rendering subsistence precarious to thf joor, have madehera confant hot bed for the ion a I crops could only be railed when tht tame of v.-ar itfufually forced the foil. Thi -t ,tr marked a. differ ence iu the characters ied to their just rights am rue iiiterefts.. «< The apoftarv of 'fevmf leaders in the public Quf(' added to the infamous coalition, tor a long time, the flume' of li berty ; till the French revolution again fanned* its dying embers into ft glow, which, we hop? and trust will never be extirigurflied. The conduft of the two countries, 011 this important event, d.splayed a ftrikingcontraft. Ireland, who by ber arms, had extorted frbfn the Eiv/lilh Government some fragments of her rights, &<-med readvin the fame manner 1 to demand the reft. England also formed li'cieties, whose o! j./ct was emancipation, out who hoped it tnigft be. obtained by rea son ; alar,! they overrated its force. The dili Fining bill in Ireland, the treason and sedition bills in England, and their con sequences in both countries, need hardly be mentioned. On the people tluy have hro't, chains, on the Government irreconcilable ha tred. One 'eflTecl has, however, reftilt ed from mutual fnfferinjjs, and mutual com mtfcration ; the prejudice of nations is done away, and the Englilli burn with iefire to lnil the Irifli as Freemen and as Brethren, Our numbers are immenfc, one influence (Ml more considerable. and our sentiments accord with voitrs. We are -unthipned bv the Tyranny of the Law or the Sword ; 'tis true we have had our fears, and our jealousies ; .Spies and Informers have been' introduced among us, but '.JI tftcfis have served only to point out more clearly the men who are wor thy of trust ; «nd in these, whether rich or poor we have the highell confidence. Our delegate is etrtrufted to lay before you bur whole proceedings ; we, therefore, de cline entering into-particulars in'the present address. We have reposed confidence in you and fliall expeA such a return as you may think our integrity and talents deserve. Wt doubt not but you will, fee the propriety of eflablifliing unlimited confidence or declining our interference as friiittcfs r (hould you think c-'ir Situation, our influence and our opportunities calculated to serve the connnemt the v ery end of ihe bow-fpiit and waving his hat, exclaimed, Ne plus ultra ! A few days since died in an obfeure h nfe in the borough Leeds, a cobltr, agtd 891 a melancholy example of ihe vicifiltui&s of human life. He was formerly an Officer of rank in the army, but fold his commission, ajid beca\nc tea dealer. He afterwards quit ted this business, and accepted a commission in the Ruffian service ; but happening to kill a brother offiber in a duel, he fltd 10 Eng land, where he had not been long, when, finding his finances exhausted, he hired him felf as book keeper to a woollen-draper, and after experiencing many changes and cha ces, beingreduced tothe greateddiftrefs he turned cobler. The Tunisians, in their late barbarous in- ' vafion of the lile St- Pierre, near StrJinia, killed upwards of 2000 persons. Two hun dred women, and the fame number of men, were carried off, together with sn immense quantity of valuable effedts. The residence of the Englilh and French were the only hcufes that escaped A Lady fled for refuge to the British Consul, and another Lady to the French. The former would have been carried away, if our Consul had not declared her to be his wife : the'other Lady wai concealed in a fecnet place in the French Consul's house, where she remained till the Barbariaus left the island. By a census taken in America, it appears, that whilst almolt every other feft, I*9 dirnin idling in that quarter, Quakerism is increa sing. , * Monday morning, on oper.irg the Royal Exchange gates, the sword of Edward 111. with the copper guilt crowns adhering to it, was found upon the payment. What a glorious theme for superstition would this havt afforded Came centuries ago. ! The dpwnfal of the crowns of F;snce and Scot-. land would have kept the pens of our great crand-fathers in perpetual motion; Delaware tf Schuylkill Canal Office- ,< . January 25, 1799- THE Stockholders of (he Delaware Ss" Schuyl kill Canal Company, areNiereby notified and required topay ten dollars ontheir refpefltve (hares on or before the id March next, to the Treafnrer of the Company at their office near the Bank of Pennfylvawa. ' Extradl from the Minutes, George Worrall, secretary. Wm. Govett, treasurer. Jiw April 48 THOMAS RTERSON, No. 177, North fide of Miirket-ftreet* OFFERS FOR SALE, HIS stock of Ironmongery, Hardware, &c On very moderate terms, —The House and Store may be had with the goods. This ftatid is unqueftionably one of the bed in Philadelphia, in the line it is now occupied, or for the Dry Good business—The House and Stores are spacious, an*! taken together with the Stable,privilege of a large vacant lot and other accomodations make the whole very eligible and convenient —The stock of goods although not very considerable in point of value, is notwithstanding very well aflorted. /It ihe fame place may be had, A pair of excellent, young, and well broken Family Horses ; Befi SEEDS, Herds Grass and [ White Clover J All warranted fujb and free from all foul feed, FOR SALE, BY C. ROBERTS, No. 97, Maitket, b«twecn Second and Third streets, Who has al/o an hand, a general ajjfertment of Ironmongery, ladlery, cutlery and lirafs waroj ; T. Crowley Millington (leel, pig lead, block-till, red lead, Spanilh brown, V«iiLtian red, Vermillian, &c. &c. To Printers or Ptiblijhers. ONE of the most lucrative eftabhfhments in the above lines of bufintfs in the United Statis, is now offered for fate on liberal terms The establishment tpnllftt of the publication of a very extensive circulating, commercial News- Paper, in a capital city ; and an office fnrnifhed with fetter fufficient for the execution of other work. Further particulars may be kaowji on applt- 1 * to A. B. No, .47, north Third-Jlreet.; hor none, ctb»f than principals, or persons fully cnaHtd.-tO make a purchase ef frme eonfidtra i ble magnitude will b# treated with. LONDON. IVholefale & Retail. %t)e PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAT 3. « > PRICES OF STOCKS Philapei-phla', April 13. 16/4 Six Per Cent, Three Fer Cent. Deferred 6 Par Cent. BANK United States, — Pennsylvania, 21 ditto. North America; 46 ditto Infuranae comp N. A. {hares 31t03Z Pemifylvania, {hares, '8 .to 8 per cent Scrip par COIiRSE OF EXCHANGE On London, 50 1-2 at 30 days j 4 i-» at 6c a' 90 days Amflerdam, 3J a 37-100 per florin Hamburgh 30 £ 31-100 pf* Mark Banco The delivery ps the Annual Oration before the Chemical Society, is poftpon eduntil Wednelday the eighth of May. Yesterday morning were condu&ed into this city, by a detachment of United States' Marines, under the comma d of lirntaiiant Carmick, the French prisoners lately con fined in Lancaster jail, amounting to eighty fix. They were all fafcly lodged in the j-*ii of this city. Recent advices from St. Kitts state, that commodore Tmxtori wai fliortly to leave that island to cruise off Guadaloups for a French fifty gun ftiip said to be in those wa ters. £Bal. Fed. Ga%. From a London paper. Among the many instances of'the mfta bility of all human things, great names, W e find, are peculiarly liable to fad reveries it is not long since William Shakespeare was sent to Botany Bay for a burglary ; and on Wednesday, John Milton was convicted at the Old Bailey of stealing bee's wax ! By a gentleman just arrived from Natchez, we are informed) that the inhabitants of that district, have it in Contemplation to build a veflel of force, for the use of the United States, and that he law upwards of 3,000 dollars fubferibed already for that pur pose. Sj,W< was fpttke'' by the United States, fnj;ato Cenftitution, ijveomnany with the 'MerrU mack, bound to Dominico for benefit of con« vov, all well. : ■ . ' !..• April r6th, tat.: 264 40, N. W« brig- Kafia, of Philadelphia, 81 days from the River of Plate* Left tin ft the fi»ip John of Philadelphia, (hip .Diana} aird brig Patriot of Baltimore, .ipj two French frigates. . ; ■ . ■:' April..! 7th, spoke the (cbooner Fair Tra- of Nonvalk, 13 days from New York, 'bound to-St. BarthulemeWs, had loft some of His spurs and fails in a gale of wind, lat. 275 N. long. 63, N. April 26,dat. 85. 54, long. 71, 30, {poke fchr. Potomack, of Georgetown, from Suri nam, out 26 day's, bound to Baltirn jre. April 29th, spoke the fthooner Jolepbyof Hartford, from New-London, 36 hours out, •all well ; with a deck load of cattle. Lad evening arrived here from London, the ship Sally, Capt. Lockyer, of and bound to Philadelphia. She failed from Portffflcuth on the sth of March undetf convoy in co. with the W. India fleet. Monday the 11th March, parted from the fleet, in company with the fair Ameri» can of New-York. April 9, in long. 70 W.carried away hef main-topmast ia a moderate breeze—The next ftiorniag, blowing a heavy gale, the fh p under cotirfes tnd Hay-fails, the rudder parted ip tw<* pieces at the furface of the wqter. The ensuing 36 hours employed in ma king a rudder out of a spare top-mast, and sundry pieces of timber—a havy sea run ning' in attempting to ship it, was struck by a sea and broke it. The iu<.c*ed;ig 24 hours employed ir. etiu ting away a beam for another rudder, the only resource, defparate as it was, for the salvation of the [bij>. From the lot's of the original rudder, until the latter one was com pleted, which brought the ship into port:, ilia i'uffe red extremely in her fails, rigging, and hull, laying at the mercy of the winds and the sea. On the 21 ft of April, in the Gulph one of the mod awful seas running ever ex hibited and encountered by man, occasioned the ship to labor exceflively, when Hie sprung her main and fotetop nioft, ai\d fhipt many heavy seas. In the Sally came paffeutyer, Mr. Samuel Moore, merchant, of Derry. POST-OFFICE, Philadelphia, April 29, 1799. LETTERS for the Brittfh Picket Weymouth, for Falmouth, will be received at this office until ! Tuesday, the 7th May, at 11 o'clock noon. I N. B. The inland pofhge to Nsw-York mud b« ! P ai d- MAIL COACHEES Between Philabel*hia and Baittmors, LEAVE Philadelphia every day, (Sunday excepted) at 8 o'clock, A M. arrive al Baltimore the next day, by ti o'clock, A. Returning. Leave Baltimore every day, (Sunday except ed) at 4 o'clock, A. M. and arrive at Philadel phia the next day, by 9 o'clock, A. M. Between New-York and Philadelphia. Leave Philadelphia every day {Sunday ex cepted( at i» o'clock at noon, arrive st New- York the next morning, by 8 o'clock. Returning. Leave New-York everyday (Sunday except ceutc^J) at one o'clock 'P. M. and arrive at Philadelphia the next morning, by 1 o'clock. 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