ties of eacli individual, are eflentially
connetfed with the preservation ot
the eftabliflied constitution.
" Imprefled with these opinions,
we think it our duty to allure youi
Maielty of our firm determination to
support your Majesty in the reluluti
-011 which your Majetly has adopted ;
and we are fully petfuaded, that eve
ry exertion which may be uecellary
w ill be seConded by the zeal and gra
titude of a free and loyal people.
Mr. Williams, a mafon,of the coun
ty of Glamorgan, and a Welsh bard,|
fired with the notole spirit of enter-,
prise, is meditating an expedition to
North America, in search of the co
lony of his countrymen which tailed
thither with Madog ap Owen Gjvy
nedd, a Prince of North Wales, wj lo '
according to oral tradition, landed
on the hanks of the Mifliffipp'» ' n , ' ,e
year 1170, which was 322 years pre
vious to the dilcovery of America by
Columbus. , i
1 he concert of the Kings uandsj
some chance of being einbarrafled, it j
not defeated, by thejealoufy of the
German States. The kings of Hun-;
gary and Prussia have not addrefledj
them in ihe moil conciliating terms,
and some of the Ele<Jtors begin al
ready to fee, that if the kings fliould
triumph over the independence of
France, their own independence mult
be the next facrifice.
The war with France is the cause
of much more apprehension in Ger
many than the Bruflels Gazette would
give reason to believe. The alarm
has been felt even at Ratilbonne,
which several person» of diftintfion
left on the firft news of the declara
tion of war.
So heartily is the French Revoluti
on detested at Rome, that to have
been an enemy to it, is fufficient to
secure a man the reputation of every
virtue, even after his death.
We are sorry to fay, it is but too
evident that the despots of Germany
have a perfect understanding with
the Empress of Ruflia in the attack
which (he makes on the conftiturion
and territories of the republic of Po
land. We undeiftand that the King
of Pruflia, who was the firft Prince
made acquainted confidentially with
the changes intended in the system,
as far back as the year 1788, now a -
bandoiu the republic to its fate, and
so far declares hiinfelf against her,
as to refufe the auxiliary troops fti
pulated by the last treaty, in cafe of
an attack on the ftdeof Russia—under
the pretext that that treaty is of an
anterior date to the new constitution
of the 3d of May, 1791.
The situation of the French emi
grants, appears to be as hopeless as
ever. The commanders of the Pruf
lian and Auflrian troops will neither
a<ft nor communicate with them.
They will not even fuffer their troops
to converse with tbcfe collected by
the emigrants. The latter are at
leail as much divided among them
selves, as the Jacobins and their op
ponents at Paris.
General Benedict Arnold (better
known during the American war by
the name of one Arnold) was admit
ted to a conferrence with the minis
ter on Tuesday last. This gentle
man, if we mistake not, went over to
the continent two or three years ago,
with a number of American Loyalilis,
to form the settlement of New-Brunf
wick, from which he has lately rc
turned.
General Arnold is about to petition
government for a compenfaiion for
his lofles, or to promote his rank,
and give him atlive employment in
any situation befitting his abilities.
It is said that when the lit. Hon.
Secretary fit (I saw Mr.Thomas Paine's
letter to him, heconfulted Mr. Burke
about anfweripg it, but obtained a fe
•vere rebuke from the apostate dates
man. " What the Devil, fays he,
don't you think 1 would answer ren
own letters firft, if 1 could, before I'd
touch your's ?"
When the Secretary's Secretary
obtained the firft paper with Mr.
Paine's letter in it, he called his pa
tron at the bottom of the (lairs.
" Wha wants me ?" cries the Princi
pal. There's Paine's epiflle to voni
Honor—For the firft time in his life
he did na come when called, but ex
claimed, " The Devil burn the letter
and the author together—l would
they had boath been ftrawngled in
their birth." He returned toliisful
]en studies and there remained all the
day.
Extra fl oj a letter from Paris, May 25.
" Ye Iter day M. de. la Chemaye,
commandant of the National Guards,
was nearly torn to pieces by the mob,
for having attempted to prevent some
hot headed furious democrats from
infuhing the Queen under her own
windows."
WHIG CLUB OF ENGLAND.
Tuesday the monthly meeting of
this Club was held at the crown
anchor tavern, at which the Rt. Ho«.
Lord Fetre was in the chair. After
dinner they commenced their leftivi
ty by conftitutioual toasts. The health
of Mr. Fox in particular was drank
with the warmett and mod general
enthufiafin.
Mr. Fox fuid, he could not pafsoyer
the very marked compliment which
they had paid to him without return
ing his grateful thanks. He need
[not tell the company what they all
knew, that of late the queftioii of
, Reform in the representation of the
jpeople had been revived.
However warmly be wished for a
{moderate reform in the fyftemof our
• representation, he did not agree that
under all the obvious circumltances
of the day, the present was the pro-j
per season for the agitation of the
queftion~-but being agitated,he could
not withhold from it his zealous fjp
port.
After this, many diftinguiihed cha
racters were drank to with gratitude
for their services and attachment to
he cause of ihe conltitution.
The next meeting was appointed
for the 6th of September next, on
which day George Byng, Esq. will
be in the chair.
HOUSE OF LORDS, June ij.
THE PROROGATION.
At a quarter after three o'clock bis
Majesty arrived at the House of Peers,
and beingfeated on the Throne, with
the usual formalities, the Duke of
Leeds bearing the Sword of State, and
Lord Sydney theCapof Maintenance,
Sir Francis Molyneux was fenc to the
House of Commons, to command their
immediate attendance upon his Mfl
jefty.
The Con?mons being come accord
ingly, their Speaker addrefled his
Majesty to the following purport: I
" That his faithful Commons no
content with having carried into ef
fedt a bill, the principle and tenden
cy of which was highly interesting t(
public credit, and to the profperit}
of ihe Kingdom had also made pro
visions for preventingthe future per
manent increase of the national debt
by having resolved that on ali future
loans means should be found for theii
discharge, which operation it was
the hope of the Commons no neceflity
would ever prevent ; as by such pro
vision his Majesty's loyal fubjedis
would be guarded from tliofe difficul
ties in which they had been involved,
and which could only have been sup
ported by that public spirit and pa
triotic zeal, which pervaded all ranks
of his Majesty's people. Oilier ob
jects had also occupied the attention
of ihe Commons, who had the faris
fatfiion of releasing his Majesty's fub
jec'ts from several of the burthens
under which they had labored. The
Commons had also taken measures
to promote the commerce, the manu
factures and the revenue of the em
pire. He allured his majesty of the
determination of his faithful Com
mons to maintain the happy consti
tution of the country, from which the
people looked for an increase of their
blessings, and for the security and
continuance of those of which they
were actually pofTefled.
" T he Colnmons also trusted that
the giving to Juries the right of de
ciding on all cases of libels, would
be highly advantageous, as it gave
uniformity to the law, and security
to the property, the lives and liber
ties of of his Majesty's fubjeifts. He
declared the sense of the Commons of
the enjoyments arising from the pre
sent form of government, the pre
servation of which they were fully
convinced was determined to be per
fevered in by a great and loyal peo
ple. He concluded by faying beheld
in his hand the National" Debt future
102
Loan Bil., to which his Majesty's
faithful Commons prayed his Royal
Allent."
The Cl«rk having taken the Bill
to the Table, it teceived the lloyal
Aifent, in the ul'ual forms.
After which his Majelly was pleas
eel to deliver the following molt gra
cious Speech to both Houses ot Par
liament :
My Lurdt and Gentlemen, •
I cannot dole the present felfion of
Parliament without returning you
my particular thanks for the atten
tion and diligence with which you
have applied vourfelves to thf; fSjf
patch of the public business, and ef.
ptcially to the important objec'ts
which 1 recommended to your con
iideratioii.
Gentlemen of the Hon fa of Commons,
The readiness with which you have
granted the neceflary supplies, and
tile frefh proof which you have given
of your constant affection for my per
fou and family, in enabling me to
provide for the eftablilhment of my
foil, the Duke of York, call for my
warmed acknowledgments. 1 have
alio observed, with the utmost fatis
faiftion, the measures which you have
adopted for the diminution of the
public burthens ; while you have, at
the fame time, made additional pro
vision for the redu&ion of tlie present
national debt, and established a per
manent fyftein for preventing the
dangerous accumulation of debt in
| future.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
I have feenwith great concern the
commencement of hoftilltiesin differ
ent parts of Europe. In the piefent
situation of affairs, it will be my prin
cipal care to maintain that harmony
and good understanding which sub
sist between me and thefeveral belli
gerent powers, and to pi eferve to my
people the uninierrupted blessings of
peace :—And the afiurances which 1
receive from all quarters, t>f a friend
[ly disposition towards this country,
| afford me the pleasing hope of suc
ceeding in these endeavours.
The recent expressions of your uni
form and zealous attachment to the
eftablifbed government and constitu
tion, leave me no room to doubt that
you will, in your several counties,
be adtive and vigilaift to maintain
those sentiments in the minds of my
faithful people ; and I have the hap
pinels of receiving continued and
additional proofs of their just sense
of the numerous and increasing ad
vantages which they now enjoy under
the protection and distinguished fa
vour of providence.
Then the Lord Chancellor, by his
Majesty's command, said,
My Lords and Gentlemen,
It is his Majesty's royal will and
pleasure, that this parliament be pro
rogued to Thursday the 30th of Au
guil next, to be then here holden ;
and this parliament is accordingly
prorogued to Thursday, the 30th day
of August next.
On his Majesty's return to ihe Palace ycfterday.;
a Privy Council was held, which wa: attended by]
Mr. Pitt, the two Secretaries of State, the Duke
of Leeds, Lord Sydney. &c. when Lord Thurlow
laid the Seals of his office at his Majesty's feet,
addrefling the King in a most feeling fpcech, re
pref. nting the unstained state wherein he had re
sinned his commiflion, which ha had held since
June 2, 1778. His Majesty feemeel afl'c&ed on thr
occasion, on which Lord Thurlow immediately
withdrew, and the Seals were put in the corn
million of Lotd Chief Raron Eyre (who was sworn
in one of hts Majesty's Privy Council) Sir \V.
Afhhuvft, Knt. one of the Judges of the Court of
Kind's Bench, and Sir John Wilson, Knt. one of
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, who
k fled the King's hand on their appointtnenc, and
retired with the Seals of Office.
CHIN f. SB EMBASSY
The Embassy from this country to China has
the advantage, as every public undertaking should,
of much deliberate and laborious preparation.
Among other circumftanccs, the provision of
interpreters should be noticed. Sir Geo. Staunton
bad heard, that fomeChinefe, brought over by the
French Miftionarics, were, iaft fu miner, in an
Italian convtnt, to which they hud gone from
France. He wont over to Italy liimfelf; tJifco
vered their reiidcnce, and obtained leave of the
Pope to bring them to England. Two of them
are now in his house in Harley-Strcet, and two
more arc daily expelled. They aie engaged, at
prcftnt, in learning Englifh,and qualifying them
selves othe» wife for the office of Interpreters to
the Embassy. Some little Chmefe is also learned
from them.
These men are deeply initiated and interested
in the mysteries of the Church of Rome, and
were, therefore, the more readily parted with by
the Pope that ihcy might serve hi* cau'e in China.
The number of persons accompanying this
embassy will be much greater than was exp**6led.
1 h<" f ro"ps and seamen alone wll '■ venn
dred, so 4hat the purpofcs ol protffl
of dignity, will be fufficiently for.—
JUNE 16.
we!' zs.
Among the gentlemen eiiated r.r, gk i
areamltsof every c Wj, W«V.- r.5. , «!g t
thev require. "•■MB'
Their voyage from ?or(f mom v wi ls"
mence sooner than AuguH. '
.Wehave been favored with , t-Jl .
TOW miJuary tnftitutfi bv t;
of\he work
Aou*. but ,hc preface i. the ')
tWplvtng, that heaven (übfills bvlii ~l' ■"*'>
h.m " -he f10,,r in rl,c .«r4, *<*
In thtfea of JMimity ; and tcilt,
erect V a pyramid nf the heids ol lilt fnr _.„ ™V®
I'op If "° 11 t '""' ght * ,koUfln<i >"'>
BASSETERIiE (St. Chriftopber'O
On We.-tnefchv the ift inft. toot r ,f t <, a ■
m this road were preparing to de.n-Vfo-v
rope ; but from the ..multiplicity of
be done on that day none of the Com m 4? s
cou.d get on board before the eu-nini 1
from the very strung wind and e t
which tnen prevailed, every effo-t that
made to get the ships under way n-„ verl f, '
less. In the moiling of ThurHay; amoftdifl
felling scene printed itfe!f,for the wind wh' !.
had flufted in the course of the night from the
North to the Weft, South-Weft and South bint
a violent gale, which precluded every enii'eavo
to get to sea. In this dreadful taationmoftof
the veuels dragged their anchors, aid for (cm
time it was expected that uone of then
ride out the storm. The brig George and Mar
garet, Capt. Afhington, the IfabeiL, Captaia
Carnegie, were stranded; as also the Hoop In
dian Castle, Capt. Bafden, the schooner Conceit
Captain Pawfon, and the schooner Fiend-'
Capt. Lifford: these veflels were providential'
drove so near the lhore, that the re<pe ftire crews
got to land whhoat any lives being loft. All
the sugars on board the (hip and the brig, and
some on board the finaller vessels, are loft
The Friends is gone to pieces; the others now
lay stranded.
Abont eight o'clock in the morning,' the (hip
Britannia, fully loaded, and patenters on board,
parted her cables and ft ruck on the bar about
200 yards from the snore; at which time a boat
with much difficulty got along-side. Jo ephM.
Woodyear, Esq. who was one of the pafTenge-s,
got in the boat, not with a view to personal
fafety, but for the purpose of making a haz -
ous attempt to carry a rope to the shore, which,
was made fact to a raft that had been previmlv
ccmftrufted; the rope unfortunately broke as
soon as he got to the shore, and although seve
ral attempts were made to get the boat off
again, none of them proved fuccefcfuL,
The ship sustained the fury of t'ie boisterous
waves from eight till about ten o'clock, when
she began to go to pieccs; and then tbe.moft
grievous scene presented itielf to thefpeftatw
on shore—the more so, as not the least tfcfbnce
could be given to the unfortunate fnfferers.—
Attempts were made by some of the crew to
reach the shore, in which several perifbed—a
few were saved. The Captain, with a few
others, continued on the wreck till three o'clock,
when he was so exhausted, that he either loft
his hold or quitted the wreck—the raoft vigo
rous endeavors were now made torefcuehim
from the watery grave—he was brought on
shore, but so far (pent, that every means nled
for his recovery proved ineffectual. Mrs. Moore
and her two children, and three soldiers, with
two women and a child, were pafTenger<;, all of
whom perished, except one soldier, with several
of the crew. There were 32 people on board,
of which only ten survived—the bodies of all the
others were found and interred on Friday last.
Captain Woodyear was a gentleman deserv
edly esteemed in life, and very generally la
mented in death. He has left a widow and
three children to bewail his untimely end.
The brig , Capt. Satterthwaite, is
stranded at Old Road, and a negro man drowned.
The (hip Sarah and Ann, Capt. Chivers, wu
loft on the reef at Nevis, on Vednefday sight,
and two of the seamen drowned. She was rea
dy to fail for London ; the passengers on board
were providentially saved.
From Dominica, we hear that a ftip and le ;
veral small veflels were on fliore at that uffi.
At Antigua, several small vefTels are <*• <nn-e.
At St. Euftatius, a large Dutch ftip,
wards of 400 hogsheads of sugar, is gon; 0
pieces, the whole of the cargo loii. Se \ e . rl
small vefTels totally loft. A Spanish bri? ™cd
lay in that Road, put tofe i in the gale and foi
dered, and all the people, the Captain excepted,
drowned; the Captain's wife and twoorthr
children drowned. ~
ExtraSlof a Utter horn * fntkuiy »• «"" f
ncwiytt his friend ir *«"
" On the firft instant, the wind blcwttnwt
from the North ail da-, and the Iky bad ■
oniinou" appearance; about ten o'clock at n. »
the wind increased, and continued to doo to
the fame point, till fonr the next morn
short calm fncceeded, when the wiin
the south with redoubled force,
that every moment would be carta• .
the mercy of God, ray house ft' o
amidst the general wreck. out,
" When dav-light permitted me to
Oh God! Oh God! who c;.n tell ho» (
Every vessel in the harbor, to e tfctpei
ten, were driven 011 ihore : i.ot »
but Col. Gumb's boat
house to be seen up the Bay, p
ami one or two more ! nieccPo"?
" Poor Frank Savage, and . i
Crawford, were knocked jj ow " 1 "', ef( j morn
killed immediately—rbothburie . • h broten,
ing ! Little Polly Savage has_ber t g
a„ S d is very ill. Mrs. Duffield a £
dangerously ill. Old Mr. ca, t"n dead «f
---ed in the public bay—l-e wasta - . fevera iof
terdav, and buried in the even r t ~f
his negroes are dead, but lift
about seventeen blacks in I whit jn ( „ wO .
There are fifty-fix hou.es bl ba ]f dowr—
Mr. F,levdin's fpscious hmi ar e
vonrhoure is saved. a F"
, t more than even houfa
I ileaveu's fake let me bear liom .
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