then become gentlemen to reflect on the confe »juences which would result from the eftablifl, rnent of a precedent, which would go to the inva lidation of ah the final fettlemems which had been made. Mr. Sedgwick said, gentlemen had supported the claim of the applicants from a supposed ana logy of their circumitances, to those of the gen tlemen of the army. He said there was the'dif ference which arose from the circumstance alrea dy mentioned—The commutation was founded in contract, the present claim was destitute of that support. There were also other material circumitances which very widely differed the two cases. The officers of the army were called from pursuits by which they were enabled to support and provide for their families, and to abandon their prospects of establishments by the buhnefs to which they had been educated. On the other hand, the gentlemen of the navy were promised handsome wages for continuing in that business to which they had been educafed, and for which they were belt, if not only qualified ; and this too, at a time when, by the destruction ofour commerce, many of them otherwise mult hive wanted employment. They had likewise fn^°J , -. enC r UrafieinC " tfro ' n a Participation in the avails of prizes, while the army derived no emolument from any such source. That the report of the select committee being* iinfupporred either on the ground of contract, or the punciples on which the grant to the officers of the army was made, the application was mere ly tothegenerofiy of the government. He said !r if!| S a P !inc, P ,e fro 1" which he profefled him felf determined never to depart, not to dilfipate that property in idle or visionary projects of re ef i nfe rf' ,S , necc f Ay y ro she performance 0 j '"ice. J hat the arduous fcenesin which we had been engaged, had imposed the necelfity of prauifmg a rigid economy. That the conduct which we might under present embarrassments puifue, 11 would be improper hereafter to consi der as a precedent. That ir would indeed be a "° ! e a ";' g c,le| ous jfentiment to compensate all those lofles which our friends had sustained by the war. But he asked if lucli would not be a vain attempt . Can we compensate all the defo Jation of fire and wanton depredation, provoked from the enemy by the patriotism of particular diftncts in this country? Can we retribute the 1 liftermg-s which have been caused by the deijiv ciation of our currency ? Or the ruin of thou lands and thousands by our delays of payment, and the cot.sequent depreciation ofour fecui'ities > Can we administer to the relief of rh, valt nun,- ber of widows and orphans, who from those cir cumstances, have been reduced from affluence to want and beggary > Remember too, he said, the iages, who in the hour of daneei watched over your security—and who, in their best days, abstracted tliemfelves from every lucrative pur suit, and devoted all their time and talents to ihe iervice of their country. Thcfe patriots, now in the evening of life, are the most meritorious ob jeCts of the generosity of the government, yet they would nobly dildain to ask, or to receive ihe aidot the government, however neceflary totheni, until efficient provision was madeforthe perfor mance of ihofe contracts, which we are under the most solemn obligation, if in our power, to fulfil. And lie concluded by observing that when the improving resources ofour country should enable the government generoufiy to compensate the fuffenngs of those several descriptions of pei-fo.is then and not till then, might we extend to the memo rial i its the relief which they now fought lor. 43 Mr Jackfonfupported the claim of the officers. Ixeobicrved that if the country had not deiived ljexrcnfive advantages from the exertions of the navy, it limit be imputed to peculiar circumOan •' ces and not to any deficiency in the officcis and lailois—fo far as their abilities could be exerted no men (liftinguifhed themselves more. Had ours been a maritime, instead of an agricultural coun try, tlie importance of a navy would have (truck us more fore,hly j heirclaims he confidcred as founded in the finrteft j.ultice, and he had no doubt that if they had applied to the old Conprefs, ley would have granted their ref irainei by a consideration ofthe embankments e nned States, they did not obtrude their petitions upon them—and now this very circuni ance is urged as a reason for not granting their petition.—!,, my opinion thr* did them great bo or luce that time they have been scattered ion g., a], parts of the Union—this and other cir cum tances have delayed their application to this I . m , c 7 b « ' las n °t Ifllened tlie equity of it. He 3 ei. many other observation*,,and concluded by that he was 1 ally in favor of the report. lVli.Gerry wasin favor of i he report under cer tain condiiions—which were, that thefatne be so con ti lifted, as to afceriain the amount of prize lnoney i eceived by the oflicers, and that the al owance flionld be extended only to such, as con tinuedin the publirferviceto the end of the war. I He adverted to the cafe ofprizes, in which " had been said, the officers had fuffered thro the *raa.-,s of their agents. If this is fart, it was ole^r? Wh,CllCallccl / 0r re^re^ —and on priuci- Pies of equity an investi gat i o „ ought to take place Mr IW M ''l K,ke occalion. •,n iMS r- j, Hartle r» an<l Mr. Seney in favor— repon r ' G ° odhue ' and Mr ' Sherman againit the th?reI V , I nVr F ii CZfi , I J 0 | nS ' movin £ in the House, that tiiel epoi t should be re-committed. i Ir. Boudinot said he was opposed to the re commitment, as he did not conceive that the re- ST /° Uldbe granted under this report. iri K- 63 , 1 " 18 Which he had J| eard on the jet this day, he was convinced, that if the commutation is extended to the meinorialifts, Congiefs vvill have to extend it to above 1000 of ded to°rhfff n « dlfCripd ° nS -~ lt must be exte "- ded to the Staff officers, infeveral departments.— enla ' gfa on the unpopularity ot half-pay and commutation—and said, that if injustice had been done to the memorials, every instance ought to be enquired into, and determined on its own merits. He was therefore in favor of reiedtine the report—and Ibll leaving the memorial open to an enquiry as to the particular cases which may require an mveltigation. y MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1790. [ TV.E b.l! to' r. < ; ul»te fcamru in»'..= merchants fcrvicc, uis bro\ J- in engrossed, read the thud tunc, and patted. k* the L Srcretar y at oa fundnr petitions were i'; '?f thcr w " h 3 re P<"< "f » committee <>n the pcti br „ C °'\ *"><«"' «Wd to a committee appointed bring in a bill concerning difaoled (oJdien,Ac. Mr. Wadfwurth, from the j int committee who were to confi derand repdrt the bufmefv necelTary to be finilhed previous to an adjournment, aHo to report when u would be proper to adjourn reported, that in their opinion the bufmefs necttUv to be atted upon may be completed by the , 6 ,h day of July next, and that an Th/» t of the prcfent IclCon should take place by tnat tune 1 he report was laid on the table. 7 I he pro poled amendment uuhe bill forextendinr the tmim r 't'°"l7;;the us Rhode-Jfland, were taken into coluidera i . an i .igiceu to. The bill was ilir it ordered to becnijroffed «,« r ; , ~" L , rC P° r ,t ed onthe oft. H. Dai bv, winch *as icad «ind laid on the tabic. Mr. Amej presented a petition from the infpeaors of the ports ot Bolton, and Charleftown, which was read and referred to the coinmiUcc appointed to bung in a bill for the amendment oi the revenue laws. Mr. Parker of the committee, to whom rtie report of the S-cre taiyat M ar on the petition of Dr. B. Middleton, was commttt ri the table rCpo "' Wh,ch w " 10 favorut thc petition. Laid oil On motion of Mr. Thatcher, the report of the Secretary at War, Br "y » nd were read accepted by thcHoufe: Ihef- wil'n some other reportsofthc ecrctary, **ere referred to • committee, who were ordered to bun- bill, pursuant thereto. file Houic went mto a committee of the whole on the rcpoit O a eject committer, refpe&.nj the Virginia ccilion, and ap. k ' " rt ' ,ni ".« «<>» bill, for I curing tl.c refeiv.tion made by thai st*tein said ccifi m. AJjoumcJ TUESDA¥, JUNt 29. •bJr.fc i m * n of «•« jfliut committee of boti. llmifes, reported, 7 had the follow,ng bills id found them duly tw, ,k~t W ' An , Aa P'ovtding the mv',*s of intcrcouiie b<- '"ttd St ites and Foreign Nations -a.An A3 for Unify. „ n-tlaims ol John and An Att for the relief ol Na tlynu-l Twining. The Speaker affixed i,i. to the fame. , "'r W ' IS received Irom the Senate informing that the* W ' 4ut ' ,oritl "S 'he purchase of a tiatt of land at vv»it to nr. 'in" 0 / c *' cntiln g 'he' enumeration Law to the State of and paired " " S b "° c "8' oli - d ' """i lh « third ume, Ml. i-itafimons, of the felrft Committee on the bill providing nc means °1 p, y . ng ,he mterclt 00 the debt ot the United S ates, gitia a rcpoti, which wal read—and made the order ot the Q y io-moir<>w. Tin report of the committee on the petition of E. H. Dcrbv; wasion inojio" ot Mr. Goodhue, taken into contdeiatiou; the uDltauce ol this report is 111 of extending tlie time allowed P' lymcnt °' on tea, trom fix, to twelve month.; this report was accepted, and referred to the committee appointed to prepare amendment* to the colledtioo law. Mt. Jaikl.ni moved lh„t the committee ot the whole ihould be a xnarged Irnin any fuithcr proceedings on the bill concerning .1! 81 " av 'S«"»n ot the United Slates—this motion after a 1 debate was oegauvtd.- ~" r - J"y°" lhtn "">»«» 'bat the House flumld immediately .clove "Iffrimoa committeeeil the wlmlco,l this bill, which be' 0 carried altera short debate, Mr. Bondinot took the Chair. 1 his bill contaiucd the dilu umnauon in the duty on foiti»rt ; the firll cla ife being netted, the fubftauce ot tile lol b>'Mr - ,n Thai from 'fter the diy of ficltt, thtfe ftidU be aid and cpllcfled on all lhips and vcifeli not built, or reentered in tilt United States, a duly of per ton. l hai on all (hips or vefllls arriving :n any patt of the United M-uovtrom plaees at wh.oh the United State.are not permuted to ii 2di f tlic uun oi per ion. The rcmainining clauses of the bill being difaweed to—the committee ruse and reported Mr. Heitter at the com mittee appointed for the purpofc, reported a lull making further P'oviuon tor paying the invalid pensioner*. Adjourned/ LONDON, June 6, INDIA SI OCK. j 'HL public cannot be too often reminded of t be obligation they are laid under to the un wearied attention and folicitnde of Mr, Hufiey and Mr. I iernay, whose virtue ai:d prefeverante have at length obtained that information which the public have so long in vain endeavoured to procuie. The motions of those gentlemen have bi ought bef'oi e the House of Commons such plain intelligible statements of the affairs of the compa ny, as can no longer admit of the I'lnalleft doubc bin they are ruinous beyond any retrievement. 1 he House i ave fortunately ordered the accounts to be printed, a correlpondent lias furnilhed us with them, and sve are enabled thereby to state to our readers the following authentic fai-'ts, de duced from these papers, all signed by the' Ac countant-General of the company. 507 In the paper, No. VI. Jt !s emphatically ac knowledged, that on the ill of February, ,789. rl e C °!"P a "y were worse than they were on the lit of February, r 7 8r, by 12,255,558!. Tftfßf P T''' . N °- UL his ''"lured, 0,1 the of March 1755 [faon after the Board of Con. troul were appointed,] their goods in ware house unfold were worth 2,037,894!. whereas 0,1 the lit ot March, 1793, their uulbld goods a mounted only to 772,2 39'- And by No. V. it is onfellcd, that their effsCts are infnfficienr to pav leu < e its >y 4,762,54;!. andby adding 3 700,c00l to make their capital Itock equal ro its market puce, and 1,178,291!. the amount ofthelaftfix Items of their effects, which it is presumed are efperate, or at least very dubious, the deficien cy w>!l be .ncreafed to 9,640,854!. to atlAver which the Company have nothing to reckon up on but what is called Uieir dead stock; which though it has fi„ce 1702 cost the company ,222,970!. (being in truth little more than the accumulated aggregate of all their charges for eretfting f orrs and House, of trade,) was, in 1 783 admitted to be capable of producing very little, any thing> | on a salt And yc * [o f J doubt party purposes, we have seen the Compa ny s stock rarjfied (by itratagem to its present e iiorinoui pi ice of 1751. percent. THE CGNTINENf. It is not at all surprising that the ortenfible Mnufter of France, M. Necker, and the General Anamb.y should not be on the bed terms—lt is the natural confluence °f a free constitution. \* hen the Frencli were under the fetters of des potic way, they durst not complain publicly, they grumbled ,n secret. The motions of all Mini. Iters ought to be narrowly watched and their conduct as Mmifters ftri«ftly examined into FUR J HE GAZETTE Of THE UNITED STATES. Float thft FRENCH; 0 p ? y^n;Chief, Fat£tte, the ?<iod and brave, w ■ ,m " : ' ' h,m ,llcnd Ar | a „ti c wavc . Wh le Glory mention., France repeats thy , u;n c, A'i<l I imc conligns it to immorial tame I 1 hough spots the fame of our liril Heroes stain. stncechaiqing foes, they rivetted our chain : Yet FA y ETTt breaks oppreflioo's iron rod, A Patriot deem'd, thence grow a Demigod. NEW-YORK, JUNE 30 , r 79 d. APPOINTMENT The PRESIDENT of the United States has been pleased to byandwUhthe advlce " d tonlent of the Senate t. l hcSitu* Dt it Mottz, Vice-Consul of the United State, for the port of the Havre de Grace} in the Kingdom of France We hear that the b.ll to aeterm.oe the permanent, and temoo rary feat of government of the United States, had a second mg in the Senate yesterday— when New-York, Philadelphia an <» Baltimore were negatived, „ the temporary reftdence, and the Potomac Rands in the bill as the permanent feat of Cove™ •-te"" Ih -"" "■& '■ Extras of a letter from a gentleman in it crkrrr r friend in Amcrica. rhA / / W l rote >' on ia ,P 1 havt «» Londou, about the - - , '"J 0 ™" you was detained here by the Collector ;/« ailed tin f for was not nan, rated according to law. As you are muck concert fx menctnnijelsjthink it neeeffary to give you a particular account 0} in J, S, "< ""/"Ifo'o inform you offome very alarmin/ t-roceci ">gs going ftsrward, on this fide the Atlantic, again} AmeriJn/hZiT, in general. You ate acquainted that the Briti/h Navigation quires, that the rafter and three-fourths of the Liners 1 b.atiallU rttgn vejjels trading to England, be filbjeils of. the country the Ms be long to. Nop ,/ isnecejjary that the Captain and three-four,lu oi of AmtrirlT,?. "T com ' r S E "gland,fhauld iefJ>jcßt JAmerica at the time independence was granted by England. When the armedhere,/he had n people on boat d, out of which number I'; weicZ'JniZ c "Wi e r re rea "y ™!>o had become citizensfince the war- accord,ne to the prfent conflruihon of the Hrttifh navigation ail, [he had one mor« real American on board than the law requires, but 5 of the above numb Wre app, entices, which the Cd/eilor wZd nbtalUt, be numbered L mariners, the veffelwas in conftquence detained tilt he had the opinion of the cmmiffioners of the cufloms j but this being too d.ffi ult a qu it,on for ll,cm lorefolve, it was referred to the Attomcy-GtneraJ Ta 2 detaining thevejel 7 weeks, with her cargo on bo n'd he aavekis 1, cies of inquftion which the colleilir has inflitutedagamll the imr f only, a, he makes no fuck enquiry " a <>on, and I amforry to add that this partial conduit of the Colic tori, approved of by people ,n power, so, / s aw a letter hi Lord tff hury, who particularly mentioned it j this lett e r JasZ lr , ; Mount on all goods imported into L United Stales in American vef have a good cjfeil,and that ai foonas he had gained ThTlir h It Pr ,° m ' j ' ed fiould be dte.—tZ J' have also been informed, that the merchants here have wrote out to Ame nca, giving positive orders not tofkip any goods on board American veC fefs , and without fvincthing ,s done m this bujinefs, the sooner you set them on fire the better. You will afo take notice, that a TtUM fit American teje'"" "* hold any {/t of thoriiy'. 1C ab ° Ve MIS Undoubted - Com 'ig from the very best au- ARRIVALS SINCE OUR LAST. NLU'-YORK, Brig Dilight,-Leader, St. Martins, 17 davs Schooner Patty, Lacey, Shelburne, 10 Sally, PatterfoH, Shelburne, 14 Sloop New York. Packet, Shaw, Rhode-Island, 3 Polly Godfrey, ditto> di ■» ■ Rambler,- Carey, m ■By Authority. England, to hit
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