ADDRESS To his Excellency Governor PATEJISOX. S I R, AMIDST the numerous addrefles which have been presented since your laic appointment, the Bar of New-Jersey beg leave to solicit your attention. As" friends and as brothers we address you; and if, in this testimonial of refpettand veneration tor your chara&er, we should depart from the usual stile of congratulation, we hope the feelings which occasion the departure, will plead our apology. The profeflion 111 which we labour is of lo dclicate a nature, that to preserve the chara&erof a gentleman with tellow pra&itioners and deserve the noble appellation of an honed man with the reft of mankind, requires a propriety of condutt which can be claimed by few, but which ought to be aimed at by all. Perhaps no man ever pra6lifed at the bar, who so fully arrived ai this desirable point as yourfelf ; and whilst you afford an eminent example of moral rectitude and enlightened understanding, you re pel the illiberal idea that ftiicl virtue is incompatible with the practice of the forum. Since the interest of the state calls the ex crcife oJ your abilities from the bar, we look forward with plea lure to that equal diftributicm of justice, which mull be the conse quence of your judgment and experience, when you preside as chancellor, of the state. In this point of view, fir, you are not loft to the profeflion ; and as citizens, we enjoy the profpefl ot every benefit which can result from an efficient and guarded administra tion. As no one can better uuderftand the interest? of the com munity, your own benevolence and the general affe&ion for your person, will conspire to accomplilh oui political harmony, which will at once give us weight in the national government, and influ ence the prosperity of the union. That your constant and fuccefs ful exertions in your late public character, should meet with the utmost gratitude this state could display, ought to have been ex pc&ed—but very few official appointments have, like your own, combined all ranks of people in one common bond of affection. Under vour auspices, fir, we are become a band of brothers ; every whifperof suspicion will be baqifhed : and whilst we, as a pi oleftion, bid adieu to your Excellency, as the most diltinguifh ed member of it, wc, at the fame time, embrace you as the ruler of a free enlightened people. That the cares of office may set lightly on your brow, is <»ur fmcereft wifti—Be firm ! —lor Hea ven smiles on conscious re&itude : And long may you live to go vern our interests and our hearts. At the reque/l and in behalf of the Bar of New-J erfev JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Attorney-General November 13, 1790. GENTLEMEN, YOUR address affects mc in a most sensible manner : It flows from the heart : It comes from friends and from brothers : —I receive it as such ; and asfuch, I feel it. The testimonial you present in favor of my private profeflion and public character, is exprelTcd in the most obliging terms. In return, be plea fed to accept the warm efFufions of a grateful heart : To live in your al fe£tion and esteem is qiy fervent wish, and (tall be my continual itudv. To etfeft this desirable end, my cares and efforts {hall be directed to promote the freedom and happiness of the good peo ple of this ftatr, to advance our national prosperity ; and to those numerous and diverfified objects, which result from the admini stration of a free government, it is the full purpose of my foul to a£t with firmnefs, uniformity and iec-ifion ; to make general prin ciples, and not expedients, the constitution and law of the land, and not the politics of the moment, the rule of my conduct. While thus I ast, conscious re&itude will smooth the brow of carc, and adminiftcr consolation and lupport in the most difficult and trying (late of things. Candor, liberality of sentiment, and moral re&itude, have, I well know, been always held in high estimation by the advocates of this state : These, indeed, are virtues ufeful and ornamental in every profeflion, and in none more so than that of the law : May they ever decorate the Bar of New-Jersey ! The profefTors of the law, have diflinguifhed themselves in behalf of the violated rights of mankind; have been eminently ufeful in the late revolution, and in the formation and eftablifhcd of our national government. In this point of view, they are dear to eveiy friend of freedom ; and it is not without a degree of profeilional pride, that I behold that long lift of juridical names, which illumine and adorn the pa triot roll of America. In the administration of public affairs, it is a pleating and ani mating circumstance, that in every measure which will conduce to the general interell of the state, or of the union at large, the ex ecutive can confidently rely upon the aid and cordial co-operation of the gentlemen of the law. But notwithftandiag these encou raging afTuranccs, it is not without much diffidence and anxiety, that I enter upon the execution of the important trust committed to my care. The scene is new—the task is arduous. Alas !— gentlemen—l fear—that I shall often regret my acceptance of the honorable officejwhich I now occupy—and wifli—that I had con tinued with you a fellow-prattitioner at the Bar. There I form ed my friendfhips—there I pasTed the prime ot my life, and ex pc£ted to pass the evening of my days : There—l have often seen and experienced your candour and politeness—your generosity of i'eutiment and elevation ot foul. Memory will frequently to my view those social hours, in which we lived as brothers, and in which we mingled the " feaft of reaion and the flow of foul —hours, which I shall muse upon with pleasing melancholy ! and fwceteft luxury of thought ! Go, geinlemen, and be happy— 30. and flill continue to exer cise those virtues and talents, the display of which has rendered you conspicuous, and merited the esteem and confidence of vour fellow citizens :—go, and may you long live an ornament to'the profef fion in which you labour, ana a blefling to the society in which you live. WILLIAM PATERSOX. LONDON, Sept. 2. IN the year I 762, when success attended the Bri tifli arms in exery quarter of tine globe, this country derived near ten millions sterling of spe cie from the different captures made by the fleet and army. Such an influx of wealth, invigorated commerce and encouraged indultry, while it rai led the fpiric of the nation to a pitch of enthufi afin, that rendered our men invincible again ft any superiority of numbers. Tuesday a meeting of the privy conncil was held at the cockpit, futnmoned forthepurpofeof taking into consideration a report of Sir Joseph Banks, on the general question of admitting wheat, the produce of the United States of Ame rica, detained at the ports of Liverpool, &c. It was not fuflicient for the French to be free, but they mult l>e forward ; " they would not be good, but they mud be too good."—Having ob tained all the liberty a nation (hould wish or want, they pervert the very fir It powers of it, by the annihilation of rank and title, to the very ruin and deftrudlion of honour, the great aflertor of freedom, and the very thing which emancipated that kingdom ; for now, since it is uijiverlally al lowed that " Order i> Heaven's tirft law ; and llus wJiifcb'd. Some aip and must be grcatei llu>" the felt , . Flattery will bow its head to money and to office ; Placemen and monicd men will bear ail tic «") > and the great badge of superiority, h 0111' ie * K . e . forth will not be ingenious merit, but diJatoria ■ power. . . c Sept. 14. The Spanifti AmbaUador, it is ai fcrted, is in hourly expeiftation of receiving 1- patches, wkich were to determine whether he is to abide longer with us, or bid adieu to acountiy which, from long residence, and habit of jntima cy with moit of our nobility and gentiy, lie is particularly attached to. His excellency lias been heard more than once to declare to his friends, during the present dispute, that he ed lie (hould not be under the painful necelnty ofleaving them dire