LONDON, May 12.
YESTERDAY, in the House of Commons, a
meflage was received from tlie Lords, that
they will proceed further on the trial of Warren
Hastings, Esq. on Toefday next.
Mr. Secretary Grenville moved that an account
of the number of vellels and their tonnage em
ployed in the Southern Whale Fishery be laid be
fore the house.
• Mr. Fox wished that an account m'ight be added
of the trade to Nootka Sound.
Mr. Grtnville said, he had applied to the per
sons engaged ifi that trade, from whom such in
formation us he could obtain Ibould be laid before
the house. '
Mr. Fox and Mr. Sheridan said, it was extreme
ly nccell'ary to have as coirett an account of this
as could be obtained—and also to be informed
■whether any fectlcment, and of what nature,was
forming, or intended to be formed 011 the coast.
Mr. Grenville said, he was not yet prepared to
give any information oil either I'ubjett.
The report of the Committee of Supply was
brought up, anil 1 he resolutions' being read,
/lir.. Fp*- said, he u'uderftood the geuei al intent
of the vote of credit .10 l?fc, to provide for the un
certain expences that mult neceiurily be inenr
ed, ftiould the hopes us the country be disappoint
ed, and Spain refufe an amicable accommodation.
Hut he had heard that orders far ah augmentation
of the forces by feu and land were already ill'ued.
If this was true, he saw 110 reason why the elim
inates of tliefe augmentations might not be refer
ed to a Committee of Supply—a committee of
"Ways and Means voted the money necetfary im
mediately—and made provision for paying the
interest of it. No maxim in finance could bet ru
er, than that the means of paying any expence
iliuuld go hand in hand with the expence itfelf.
There was 110 end to the mifchtefs arising from
fpcliding money one year, and providing for the
payment the ntxt. The public also lhoiild know
a: once the extent of any expence, as nearly as
possible, in order to judge of the expediency of
it. The House, therefore, had a right to be in
formed why a vote of credit, without an eflimarc
had been p.eferred to the other mode.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer laid, to have vo
ted estimates in Committee of Supply would
have implied," that the augmentation of the F6l
- was 10 be kept up for the whole year—and
money mull; have been boirowed, and taxes im
paled to pay the interest, before it was known
certainty that either would be wanted. Al
tUo i: was ti ue that augmentations were already
ordered, these augmentations might nor be com-
another—and if the hopes of an fcrriitbble accori- ]
tnedation Ihoald be disappointed, provision might j
be made Iqr the additionalexpence, which would
then becotne neceiiiiry, by as early an application
to Parliament as public convenience woiild admit.
Mr. Fox said, lie ncvertneant to nU'ertthat esti
mates voted under the bare apprehension of war
would be fufticieitt, if war fhotild actually ensue,
but that the augmentations already ordered
tnjght have been voted and provided for in the
regular way.
'The Chancellor of thi Exchequer said, that would
have been to continue, for a whole year, aug
mentations, which, in the event of an amicable
accommodation, might not be wanted for so long
a time, or mightnot even be all made.
The refutations were agreed to.
The House resolved into a committee, and the
Chancellor 1 of the Exchequer, after Hating thea
lnount of the claims given in by the American
Loyalids, the amo:r,u allowed by the Commillion
ers, and the sams already paid, moved
That the film of 22/\,odo\. be granted for further
payments —and t
The sum of ;;,oooi. to make good the lodes
fqftained by cer.ain persons, inhabitants of the
United States of.America.
Some of these, he said, had (attained very hea
■ vy loffj-s by a conduct that entitled them to the
nyunlikentc of f his coumry—and it was found,
oil enquiry, taatttae res Ton why they had not ap
plied in per Jon for conipenfation, v, 4 g, that their
lofles bad dcpi i . ed thtrni of the of leaving
America.' <
These were rhe loaons formoney lie -meant
now to make—bin hegave notice, that, on Thurs
day next, lie should propose a compenfatjon in
tliie way of perpetual annuity to the Penn family,
/•.vliofe lofles were eftiinated by the Comniiflioners
at 500.0001. andalfo for some other claims not yet
provided for.
The resolutions were agreed to.
He then moved a mode of conipenfation for
frtch pcvl'ms as fnftainrd lc'i'esby supplying the
army or the navy u ith itores Or provisions, &c.
For i nch us fufiVred by loflcs of income ai ifing
from office.".
These resolUtions were also agreed to.
Mr. SKiriJa;: fai-J, lie had :i motion to make,
which he knew not whether he had worded pro
perly.; but the purport of it was, to'obtain in
formation whether the trade to Nooika Sound,
and the fettle merit forming, or intended to be
formed there, was undertaken under the fauui-
on ami authority of Government, or merely as
an enter prize of private perlfons.
The Chancellor of thf Exchequer wished the mo
tion to be portponed till the information promis
ed in his MajeftVs anl'wer to the Address could
belaid before the House. Licerifes to trade to
Nootka Sound had been granted ; and he knew
of 110 authority for tfeat, or any other purpose,
J l)iit such as those liceMes contained.
.ilr.'&heriJ.i/! laid, what the house had now
heard, that the fettlcment was a private enter*
prize, was very material.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, whether
the fettlcment was or was not a private enterprize,
there could be no d.nbt that it was incumbent on
the honor of the country to demand fatisfadioii
for any insult or injury offered to its fubjedts,
whether in their pri ate capacity of traders, or
acting under the more immediate famftion of go
vernment.
Air. Sherid in said, if the Right Hon. Gentleman
meant to insinuate that he did not think i he coun
try bound in hdi; Jt *v protect every futjedl from
insult or injury .. M 6 put a conihuiiiion on his
Words which they w*tlls not bear.
The motion was poUponed.
JUNE 4-
The information contained in the m«»(l authentic letters from
Madrid, »:vc as a rcafon for the laigc armaments fitting out that,
as a general Coßgrefs II to be fhoitly balden at Franckfort, to
whii.-h ambtlTadorl from all she-powers in Europe will'be lent,
the kin ;of Spain has thought fit to place his naval and military
eftabliihmema on a iclpe&ibl-.; fcoting, to give a p.oper conle
quenec to this embiify.
The Ducal class ot the Peera r, independent of Rcga! Tales, L
Twenty in number, flxtinfiinrl wilty ,-t Ho vci v d Aant peiiod,
rcducc it to Seventeen ; add as the Hottfe of Hano\n i s likely t"6
extend its branches, we undci stand it to be the S weriign't deter.
niina:ion to raifc n« other fu ; j. tt but ihofe of the Blood Royal to
\ tins superior latik of Bvitifii nob'ifiy.
At the Grand MulicalEmtitairiment in Westminster Abbey,on
(Saturday the 29th May, there 12&0 pcrformeis piefent.
Major Sc«tt, me nber of ?jiij»menf, was reprimanded by the
Speaker, 101 a fcandiloUE »■ I hrelluus paper, reflecting on the
and honor ofthe H0 > . and* an the conduct ot the manage
rs of the Impteachineint ol Warren Hallinjk, Eiq.
There were tn the prit'j. s of the ChateKs in Paris, on the »6th
May, fioo prifnm is.
Last week died at Portfin©uth,'m the 70th year
of his age, Mr. William Chantreil, a matter in
his Majelly's navy, who particularly diftinguilh
ed himfelfat Tt incomale, in the East-Indies, 011
the 16th of December 17J,7, by the cool intrepi
dity of iiis condutfr, on an occasion where tew
would perhaps have ibevvn the fame contempt of
danger, lubtingii from the magazine,
one of tlie boats blevr up, and a large fire brand
£cll blazing into an.rher boat, in which was for
ty-five barrels of pov ler, covered only by a fail,
j stove one of the bar.; is, and mull inevitably have
lint -all U c lii-t !Ly rt
into the' /la! i.\A Mr. Citamiell t&ken the
burning brand from the powder, thrown it over
board, and then, quenching the remains of the
lftre which lay upon the fail; rcftored all to fafe
ty and quiet. The late Commodore Boys, who
was then Capt. of the Pearl, from this circum
itance, immediately look the fubjetfl of this para
graph under his protection, and he was fortu
nate enough in the war before last, to secure a
handsome competence.
A peiTon who fills an inferioi situation in one
of the public offices in this city, and who has
resided at a village within seven miles, for some
years pad:, from a frugal turn of mind, has ac
tually picked np as many bricks npon the roatl,
onhiswiy home (fan evening, as have latcy
built him a neat dwelling-house I—No trivial
lellon of prefeverance.
NEIVTORK, AUGUST 4,
On Monday the . 2th ult. there was a violent |
rempeft at Leomihfter, Maflachufetts, attended
with hail w"hich wm of fucli a size, and fell with
such velocity, that the stoutest Indian corn was
beaten into ftired*—vaft quantities of apples
were beaten from tHe tOes —not only the fruit
but •te trees received great injury, the bark be
ing broken from their limbs ; the windows brok
en in the hotifes, and the fences received such
, impreflions, as to Jie discovered at 90 yards dis
tance. Many of the hail (tones were as large as
liens common size was a little more
than an inch in diameter. Twenty four hours
aftei it fell, of it were mcal'ured at the
foot of a hill, and found to be 26 inches deep.
The Saturday following great datnag# was
done by hail at Shrewibury, county of Worcester.
Of all the curfei that can befal a fi;ee_people,
therein none perhaps greater, tfran to be hood
winked and led blind-fold. bjr. demagogues and
State Empirics. ' '
Demagogues will cry up an appeal to the peo
ple, but then it is only when they have previous
ly poisoned their understandings—when the
people are left to the natural freedom of their
own minds, they difcovcr and despise the ravings
of the faiftious. A pragmatical orator told a
great man at Atjftris, that whenever the people
were in their rage, they would certainly tear him
to pieces ; yes, ftys the other, and they will do
the fame to you whenever they are in their wits.
It is ill arguing from particulars to generals^
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EXTRACTS.
and therefore the character of a country fliocid
not be drawn from the samples exhibited by yij
divicfuals ; especially when it is coniidcred that
whim and vanity fend many abroad.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UHIT ED STjtTF,$.
It may bea profitable I'ubject of enquiry, what
i are the principal causes which produce the fub
veriion of free governments—luxury, ambition
and avarice, are undoubtedly the three great lead
ing principles ; but the operation of ih'.-fe,
pears in an almolt infinite variety of fornis. F.co
nomy is a darling virtue in a republic—thii finen
leadsto impatience under the necellary expence-,
delay* and procrallinations of popular afleiublicj
and the people, from controlling the tardu.clt
of public measures under the direction of a nume
rous body, with the prompt and rapid move
ments of an energetic executive, are gradually
led to depreciate the former, and unduly to e(ii
mate the latter ; theconlequence is juiily to l;e
dfeaded ; for when the public confidence and rc
fpeift, is transformed from one particular branch
of the government, and centers in another, a
preponderation of influence necefiarily takes
place, which commonly proves paramount to
the barriers of freedom. How far the/e'reflec
tions will apply to the pre fen t situation of ai'«
fairs, is left to the profound, penetrating, sagaci
ous, jealqus politicians of the day. One very
obvious reflection obtrudes itfelf, and that is,thac
it isofinfinire importance that all the branches
of the government should harmonize as much,
as polfible j for an indignity offered to one,ftr&cS
' at the vital exiften'ce o{all three.
FOR SALE
The IRON WORKS,
Belonging to the Eftatc of james hunter, dec ear<&,
plcafmtly (ituated 011 the falls of Rappahannock River, with
in two miles of the town of Fredenckfburjf, and on of fa)moult*
and Tide-Water Cpnfcfting of a forge, 130 feet, by 54, rjgHt
fires, and four hammers—a Coal House, 80 feet by 40— ? Slitting,
and Rolling Mill, 68 teet by 3c, for Sheet, Rolled an 1 Slit l>on.
IA Merchant Mill, 70 feet by 36, with two pair of flor.es ; one
whereof French Burr, and every other neceilary apparatus for
• rnanufa&un'ng Flour in the belt method.—A Sjw Mill Wjoinioz
rhe fame, 60 teet by 10. The walls of all these are of
Hfonc, extremely strong and neat, of the be ft workmanship.
running geers, machinery and fixtures of the whole, commoaiouf
ly and "judiciouHv contrived, and performed in the moll noafteily
and advantageous manner, on large and improvtd plans. The
different departments are conveniently disposed and arranged at
di&arices, on a dpep and capacious canal, calculated to
(upply more large and extensive works, and future improvements;
cautiously secured and guarded againll casualties trom frefaets, or
high floods ; has its source in the main body of the. riv:r ; a co
pious proportion whereof, to any reasonable degree of quantity,
is at pi afure collected and turned in by a cotnpleat set of Veil
lUwij, dawt. wl.i-b h-ve ::c;t r i —
icetheii formation, near nineteen \ f r? pad.—The head t?A
fall of the water operating on the wheels, is about iwcrt-y r <.ei
the grcateft part of the ks are in good repair, an J the whole
may be rendered Coat a small cxpence. Iri the appendage l there
to, arc a convenient Tanyard, variety of (hops and utenul* lor
mechanical bt)finef» of different kinds, houses lor the Managers,
Workmen, &c.— And about 4to 8000 acres of land contiguous,
inoftly wooded, including some Farms and meadow land. Aifo,
will be offered tor sale, a number of valuable Slaves, fucb as Hjtti
raermen, Refiners, Colliers, Forge Carpenters, W-heclwiights,
Smiths, Millers, Waggoners, &c. Tbefc works have advantages
over any in America, particularly in refpeft to the sale of tnfcir
produce, as there is none of the kind to the Southward thereof, to
mod of which cxtenfivc, rich and fertile country, there is easy
conveyance by water ; nor is therc any Forge within 90 mites,
noi a Slitting'rfiill at ill in this State, which might (hare the cus
tom, or vie with its manufactory—fome other peculiar advantag
es belt be pointed out on the premises, which on applica
tion will be (hewn, and the terms of Sale made known, and very
ۥ' fy for the purchaicr, by
ADAM HUNTER, or ) v 9prntan
A3NER..VERNON. J ExCCUI°rS
(3W-)
yirzir.id, May 28, 1790.
JuJI publijhed,
In II Vols, bound and lettered) and to he fold by the Editor of
this paper, Pri(.e 131.
MEMO t R S
BLOOMSGROVE FAMILY,
In a scries of LETTERS to a Citizen oj Poha-
[)E LPHIA.
Containing Sentiments on a '
MODE of DOMESTIC '
Suited to the present state of Society, Government, and Manrtifi, ' n
the United States of America,
And on the Dignity and Importance of the '
FEMALE CHARACTER.
Interspersed with a variety of AMECDOTkS.
By ENOS HITCHCOCK, D. D.
The following account cj the above, is contained in a letter to a gen
tleman m this city.
" The design of this work is to show the great importance of
, early education, by exhibiting the portrait of a family in which
this great objett was attended to. In this family were .a f'vn a'- I ®,
daughter, wnofe early education was fupcrintended by their pa
rents, and particularly by their mother. The fever,al ftcps which
were taken to inflil into their young minds, sentiments of virtue,
' and to form good habits, are represented in such a manner, as 10
render the whole a mofl pleasing piclure. The letters are '" ter ~
Iperfed with judicious observations, interesting anecdotes, and re
fined sentiments, tending to develope the fubj«£l. It is written
'in an agreeable mannner, and a familiar style : Precepts are en
forced by a pleasing narrative ; the bell way of communicating
inftruflion. The scene is not laid in any particular place, but u
ii left to the reader's imagination to place it in what part of Am<
I rica he pleases.
This day publijhecl,
And to be fold by THOMAS ALLEN, Queen-Street, corner o
Fly-Market,
A COLLECTION OF
ESSAYS AND FUGITIVE WRITING
OF THE
On various fuhje&s.
By Nqah Webster, jfuri,