HOUSE OF COMMONS
FRIDAY, APRIL 27
In a committee of the whole House
on the slave trade, Mr. Secretary Dun
das's motion for prohibiting tiie im
portation of African negroes afier
Jan. I, 1800, was read.
Lord Mornington argued Itrenu
oully for a more speedy abolition of
the trade, and moved that 1795 should
be inserted inltead of ISOO.
The committee divided upon Lord
Mornington's amendment for the a
bolition 011 the fir It of January, 1795
Ayes 130, noes 161 —majority 31.
The Speaker proposed Jan. 1,1796.
Sir Edward Knatchbull begged to
know, whether, if 1 796 was agreed
to, it was intended to revive the ques
tion by the promoters of it, l>y nrg
itia, at any future period, a more
speedy end to the trade.
Mr. Pitt and Mr. Kox both declar
ed, that they fliould confuler the vote
of that night as decisive upon the
qneltion, and not fubje<ft to revilion.
The committee again divided upon
the proposition for the lit ot Janua
ry, 1796— Ayes iji, noes 132—majo
rity 19 for abolilliing the trade after
January 1, 1796-
WATER FORD, April 5
t*o LERSTION.
A Jewish awlior thns describes the
Tolerant Spirit of the Government of
Venice : " The Repulic alone, fays
lie, " and noc the Inquisitors, have
the Press under their cognizance."
Thus at Venice, an author may bring
forth what he pleases, provided it
does not affect the government. The
Jews have had a Talmud, and Leon
of Modena, and others, have lately
publilhed theiropinions there. The
Turks have printed their Alcoran ;
but what is still more furpriling a
mong the Nazarines (viz. CUrillians)
is that they there publish books a
gainst the Clergy and the Sovereign
Pontiff, which are received with ap
plause, though this fame Clergy are
i'antftioned by the Magistrates. The
Venetians render their religion sub
servient to their policy, and their
faith to times and seasons ; so that
the body of their Dotftors are com
posed of Nazarine Papists, Schifiua
tics, Heretics, Jews, and even Turks ;
for the Senate there freely permit
the Uni v»rfity of Padua to give the
Dutorial Bonnet, without requiring
any profeflion of faith from the candi
dates, though that profeflion is or
dered by the Pope. From hence it
is plain, that this wife republic think
the road trj the sciences ought to be
open to all men ; and that it is a
hard (hip to have any Humbling block
thrown in their way under the pre
tence of religion
A a late patriotic meeting in Ire
land, their sentiments on the Slave
Trade were thus strongly, though
quaintly marked. Their toalt was
<< The cause of all who are perse
cuted because they are black, and
blackened becaule they are perlecu
ted !"
DUBLIN,
Extratt of a letter from Paris, to a gen
tlevian of refps&ability in this city,
dated 19th of March,
" You have aiked what is my o
pniion of the present posture of af
fairs !—lt is the fame, I believe, as
that of every man, who is not ltrong
ly an infatuated friend, or enemy 10
the confticution—All, I think, tnull
agree, that the present pollure ot af
fairs is inoft wretched—that we have
neither liberty nor security that
anarchy, a state much inferior to the
mod despotic Government, pervades
the land ! and, in fliort, that we seem
to be rushing precipitately into thai
state of disorder, in which force sup
plies the place of law and justice,
and in which all the bonds of social
union are diflolved.
" In Paris, though the fermenta
tion of men's minds be extreme, great
er tratiquilily is enjoyed than in any
other part of the kingdom. Never,
however, were libertinism and irre
ligion carried to the pitch which they
have here attained •• In the provin
ces are daily committed disorders of
every denomination.
" Perhaps before this letter reach
es its deltination, the flames of civil
war will have broken out in the
southern provinces. The clubs ol
the Jacobins, dispersed through the
kingdom, I co'.ifider to be the prin
cipal caule of the disorders. They
iiiHame the minds of the people, ex
cite them to riot, counteract the
nicafures taken by the civil inagil
traies for the re-eltabliihment of or
der, and whilit they are violating
the conftirution, pretend to be iis
chief I'upporc
" The Majority of th« National
rllleinbly is coiiipofed ot men ot that
party — hence the confufion ami tu-
hiuic winch accompany all their tie
bales, their continual complaint oi
he inactivity of the execuiive power
—the denunciation of Miniiters—that
indecent abuleof foreign government
— the provocation of war," &c. &c.
N E W-Y O 11 K, June 15.
Who would have thought (fays a correspon
dent) that tie effects ef the late misfortunes of
many of our citizens would have been 16 little
felt in general, as they are atprefent ? Scarcely
any traces of thv difalters, except in tlie Ipccu
iating line, which happened some time ago, aie
now to be seen in tlie commercial iphere.—
Trade of every kind begins to be carried on
again with spirit and success—The reprefenta-
tioiis which have been made of the situation of
Mew-York, in consequence of the late specula
tive failures, have been very exaggerated and
talfified. The Ihock at the time was severe,
but of snort continuance. Credit is again re
vived—ind prosperity once more approaches
.11 fight.
Philadelphia, June 20.
By an ordinance of the' King' and Council of
Great-Britain, the a<sfcs regulating the trade of
that kingdom with the United States of America,
which were continned to the sth April, 179 2 >
are further continued to the sth April, 1793-
Monday lad: arrived in this city from Lon
don by the way of New-York, a model by which
the New Theatre of MeiTrs. Wignell and Rein
agle in Chefnut-ftreet is to be erected.—This
plan has been pronounced by European archi
tects and perlons of taste and judgment, to be
better calculated for a building of convenient
and elegant accommodation, as well with res
pect to the performers as tire audience, than
any Theatre of equal dimensions hitherto con
ftru&ed. The model will in a few days be ex
hibited for the gratification of the curious.
The late European intelligence exhibits a
very interesting tho' confuled draft of the state
of affairs in that quarter of the globe. France,
finding that the combined powers of Austria,
Prussia, &c. were mak ng the most a&ive war
like preparations, while they continued tonego
ciate very indefinitely, has declared war against
the King of Bohemia and Hungary. This, it is
expelled, will consolidate the views of the na
tion; and while the ardor of the great body of
the people will lead them to the most strenuous
exertions against the common enemy of the
revolution, the legislature will be enabled to
complete without interruption the great busi
ness of arranging their finances, and finifliing
the internal organization of the kingdom. The
momentum of the new power, that of the peo
ple, will be felt, and fubmittcd to in all the de
partments ; and while so striking and important
an object is to be provided for as the war, taxes
will be paid with chearfulnefs, to P ich an amount
as that the treasury will probably be full and
flowing.—The accounts from Austria and Prus
sia are vague ; the marchiug of troops to the
frontiers in large bodies, councils, meflengers,
and other concomitants of war are mentioned.
The King of Sardinia disclaims all lioftile inten
tions against France. The ex-princes and their
forces are quite in the back ground of the pic
ture. — >\veden must be in confufion since the
death of Guftavus ; their own concerns will
probably be luHicient to engross their whole at
tention—an investigation of the lateafiaflination
is prosecuting.—The Swiss Cantons do not ap
pear in a conspicuous situation at the present
crisis.—No recent intelligence is received from
Spain which can enable us to determine what
part ihe will take in the war; her old habits,
and the late change in her ministry, are sup
posed to be favorable to France.—England will
probably remain neuter ; some, however, fup
pole her continental engagements will render it
difficult for her to keep out of the scrape. On
the v/hole, the French, united among themselves,
and animated by the fervor of liberty, will be
invincible, while their enemies will have to ast
with the utmost caution, left while theyattempt
to extinguish the fire of freedom in a neighbor
ing kingdom, their own houses lhould be involv
ed in the flames.
April 5
The late glorious triumph of reason and hu
manity in the decision of the Britifli House of
Commons, for the abolition of the slave trade,
mnft inspire every benevolent mind with the
most pleafmg and refpe£tful emotions towards
that enlightened people. Y/hen we consider the
immense intereit which was supposed to be in
volved in this decision, and the per vertingpower j
of avarice over the human mind, we may juftly 1
exclaim, The lacred influence of Liberty is ir
resistible !
This vote of Parliament, with certain splen
did decrees of the National Afiembly of France
in favor of man, have poured a flood of glory
on the tranfa&ions of the present period, which
throws the events of past times, however bril
liant, into the fhacle.
The number of persons in Edinburgh, taken
last year, was 81,865.
Married, Mr. Jacob C. "NVikoff, Druggill, to
Miss Charlotte Phile, daughter of Frederick
Phile, Ffq. Naval Officer of the Port of Phila
delphia.
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[The contested cle&ion of the State of New-York
is highly inieiciting, as it relpeCts the imports;
'privilege of free futfrage.— We are alfured thai
it is the decided opimon of the well informed
of both parties, that had all the legal volts given
»t the election 10 which the following protcft
resets been counted, there would have been a
very conlideiable majority lor Mr. Jay a& Go
vernor. j
NEW-YORK, June 13,
WE, the fubfcnbcrs, membeis ot the joint con
rriiice appointed 10 canvass arid tftuuole the vote
tak.cn at the lait elc&ion in this Suic lor Gov. root
Lieurnant-Governor and Senators,do dilfent t roc
and pi oicft againtl the determination ot the majo
part ot the laid committee, lefpetting the vote
laken at the fa id election, in the county ol Otfege
I. Because thcfc votes, having been given o
ih< freeholders of Otfego, and the packages con
tainirtgthe lame having been received, and tranl
mitted in season to the Secretary's office, by th
per lon a£hng as fheiift ot the county, the commit
ite have no right to rcjefct thcin, under the'pre
tcoce ot judging o! the legality,validity, operatio
c>r extent of the (heriil's authority or Com million
Thcfc que-ftions being foreign to the duty ot thei
appointment, and capable of a decision only in th
ordinary courts of law.
11. Because, if the committee was by law au
thorifed t» examine, and determine the legal it
and extent of the Sheriff's authority and commil
lion, we are of opinion that Richard R. Smith, a
the tim: he received and transmitted the ballots
was the lawful fberiff of Otfego. by the Confti
tulion the (Vieritf, whatever may be the form o
Ins commiflioh, mull hold his office during th
pleafurcof the Council ot Appointment, and b
ihe law of the land, he mult continue therein un
111 another is appointed, and takes upon himfel
ihe office. Richard R. Smith having been ap
pointed on the 17th Fcbru?iy, 1791, and Benja
min Gilbert having been appointed on the 30c;
March, 1792, but not having qualified, or takei
upon himfelf the office, until Richard R. Smitl
bad received and tianfinitted the ballots, Richari
R. Smith, at the time he received and forwarder
:hc lame, mutt be deemed the lawful Iheriffof th
:ounty. The uuifoim pra£tiee which has prevail
d since the eftabliftiment of the constitution, pie
ludes all doubt refpe&ing its true conitru&ion o
!ns point. For, although the com millions of th
fheiifls are for one year, they neveithclefs continu
d toexercife the office, until others were appoint
and entered upon the execution thereof
which has ofien been long after the expiration o
the year, and sometimes after ihc fame person ha
remained in office lot more than tour years fuc
t (lively. And such fheriff sometimes after th
of their year, at others,after having hel<
'he office for tour fuccemve years, have receive<
and tranlmitted ballots for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, and Senators, which ballots have, 01
former ele&ions, been received and canvaflVd
Ind even upon the present canvass, the committe
lave canvaflcd the ballots taken in the counties o
Kings, Orange and Wafhinton, notwithftandin,
he year had expired for which the fheritls o
liefc counties were commillioned, and no nev
:ommiflion had been itTccd. Hence the (herift
)f thole counties, in receiving and tranfmittin,
he ballots, must have atted under their forme
:ommiflions, since a mere appoint me fit without
omrniflion, and a compliance with the requilite
uefcribed by law, could not, in our opinion, giv
»nv authoiity as flieriff to the person so appointed
111. Because, if Richard R. Smith, at the tim
ie received aud forwarded the ballots, was 110
foe nil, the county was without a fhetitf, a pofitio:
00 rnifchicvous to be established by a doubtfu
:onftru£lion of law.
IV. Because, ii Richard R. Smith was not c
r:ght fHeriff of the county at the time he receive*
ind forwarded the ballots, he was then Iheritf 1
:a£t of that county ; and all the a£ts of such an offi
:er, which tend to the public utility, or to pre
erve and render effectual the rights of thiid per
ons, are valid in law.
V. Because, in all doubtful cases, ths committe
)ught, in our opinion, to decide in favor of th
/otcs given by the citizens, left by too nice am
rritical an exposition of the law, the rijht of fuf
rage be rendered nugatory.
We a!fo disTent from, and protcft against the de
ermination of the major part ot the laid commit
ce, refpetting the votes, taken at the laid cle&ion
n tne county of Clinton.
Because, it appears that theffieriffof the fait
:oun:y deputed a person by parole to deliver th
containing the ballots ot the fa id county, inn
he Secretary's Office. Such deputation we deen
obefufficient; and as ihere is fatisfaftory evi
knee, that the box was delivered in the fa mi
late, ;n which it was received trom the fheriff
he votes in our opinion ought to be canvafled.
We also dilfent from, and protest against th'
letcrniiuation ot the major part of the laid com
mttee, by which they declare that George Clintoi
was, by the greatest number of votes taken at th
ast elc&ion, ior Governor, Lieutenant-Governor
ind St r.ators, cholen Governor of this state ; am
hat Pierre Van Cortlandt was, by the greatcl
lumber of votes at the laid election, chosen Lieu
enant-Governor of this state. And that John Li
'ingfton was, by the greatest number of votes a
he laid election, in the Eastern d 1 ftr 16b of thi
late, chosen a Senator in the said Eastern diftriil.
Because, itcannot be •fcertained whether Georg.
Jlmton was chosen Governor, or Pierre Van Con
andf, Lieutenant-Governor of this Itate, by th<
;reatcft numhor of votes at the last election, with
>ut examining the ballots, contained in the boxes
lelivered into the Secretary's Office, by the the
iffs of the counties of Otfego and Clinton ; there
leing a lufficient number of freeholders in theft
ounties, with the votes given in other parts ol
lie state, for John Jay, as Governor, and Stephen
ir-.n RanfelUier, as Lieutenant-Governor, to give
hem a majority ot votes tor thole offices; nor can
t be afcertaincd, whether John Livingfton was
hofen a Senator in the Eastern dillrift, by the
;ieatcft number of votes in that diftrift, without
xamining the votes taken in the county of Clin
on, there being a fufficient number of freeholders
n that county, with the votes given in other
f the diftridl, for Thomas Jenkins, as a Senator,
d give him a greater number of votes for a Scna
or, than the number given for the said John Li
ingfton. SaMUEL JONES,
ISAAC ROOSEVF.LT,
LEONARD QANShVOORT.
Secretary's Office,
New-York, June 12, 1792.
From ths title of t';a National Gazette
■'fays a Corrjfpoiideut) it was natural to ex
jsft that it would have been conspicuous for
d.ileininating principles calculated to promo.e
the great national interetts of tlio United States
the national union, natior.il credit, national projj't
rity, in respect to commerce, sericulture and
manufa&ures-*'national in refer
ence to the conllitution, the laws, and govern
ment ; and in respect to the administration of
the --jvcrnnient, which is placed in the hands
of the ti-it patriots of the country, at the head
of whom ii the man who '* unites ail hearts,"
at least apparently; an administration which
with so much harmony, concord a..d luccei;,
have given America a name in tho earth, and
made her the model of t ie nations that deter
mine to be free. —Initead of realizing these rea
sonable and ji-It expectations, w.-.at do wc bj
holu? A faction, who arrogating to themselves
a superior degree of sensibility fjr the liberties
of this country, are incelfantly pouring forth,
through the medium of that Gazette, a torrent
of abuse against men and measures; and load
ing the government of t:;e people with epi
thets of opprobrium, furpafiing thnfe formery
applied to the measures of the Britiih mimltry
ti their attempts to enllave us.
be considered in any other point of view, than
a continuation of that oppoiition which sprang
up immediately on the promulgation of thecon
ftitution to which the United States is indebted
for its prelent enjoyments and futureprofpe&s-
It may not be improper to exhibit, occasion
ally, an abi'haft of those sentiments and opini
ons, by which the party that supports this Na
tional Gazette propose to secure to the people the
bleflings of union, and a republican system of
government. C.
Tiie following national sentiments appear in
the National Gazette of Monday la.it:
" The fpirtted conduCl of some good old whigs of
1775, in deflroying the notification of the exciseman u1
Germantown, as a dilgracrijl of flavcry, may
convince our rulers that a Jree people unit not be
amused by financial palliatives.
" The government of the United States in all thingi
wishing to imitate the con apt principles 0/ the court of
Great Britain, has commenced the a J graceful career
by an etcife law, and during t/ie lajlfefjlon oj Congrejs
attempted a stamp duty on cards, with a faniliftcd
pretence to ditcourage gambling
N. B. The acquiescence of the refpeftive
dates in the excise law, is manifeft from this
circumstance—that they generally, if not all of
them, have repealed their state excile laws, in
consequence of that species of taxation's being
iffdmed by Cangrefs agreeable to the consti
tution.
Extract from the fame paper.
" A refpelakle minority in Congress (the [ingle note
of Gen. jjekfon might have frequently made it a ma
jority) have rearobatrd every one of the meaf ires that
are complained oj; andij Pennfy'vania had been re
prejenttdin the Senate, many oj those measures, which
mere carried only by the cafling voice of the Vice-Presi
dent, would perhaps never have been adopted."
Extract from Thursday's Gazette.
" That there wai an evident bias m the llmJc oj
Rcprefentatives, of a mojl lingular nature, in the vote
given the 2lft of March Ufi, mujt appear to every nu
partial examiner, who will take the trouble to call his
e\e ovet the Yets and Nays, where it will dearly ap
pear that the northern members generally voted in the
negative on the quejlion for declaring Gen. jfacljon en
titled to a feat."
This is truly republican indeed! Thus also
has the Speaker of the House been stigmatized
in the National Gazette as a prejudiced man, for
the abominable crime of exercising his own
judgment !
Another extract.
1 " Was it a hofi oj who, with the Pres
ident of the United States at their head, kicked out of
I doors the iradtiom/.ing reprejentation bill, to introduce
\a conftilutional one
This fliews the fent'iinents of the party—
from such intolerance may the United States
forever continue free.
The New-York papers teem with publica
tions (pro and con) relpefting the decision of the
canvallers of the votes at the late election in
that state.
A meetiug was to be held on Monday at the
City-Hall, for the purpose of"adopting measures
to obtain legal rcdrefs of the injury conceived
to be done to the Constitution from the decision
of a majority of the can vailing committee.
At a meeting of the Convention of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church in this State, held at
Christ Church the sth inft. the following gen
tlemen were appointed delegates to the general
convention of said church in the United States,
to be held in the city of New-York, the 3d
Tuesday in September next, viz.
The Rev. Dr. Smith, Rev. Dr. Magaw, Rev.
Mr. Pilmore,Rev. Mr. Grig, William Bingham,
Esq. and Meflrs. John Campbell and Wooddrop
Sims.
Died on Saturday last, after a fliort illness,
much regretted by a numerous
Col. Richard Fullertoh, of t'lis city,
and on Sunday his remains weredepofitedin the
burial ground of the firft Presbyterian Church,
attended by a large number of refpedtable citi-
zens.
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