NuMItES 107 8. J
FOR CHARTER,
T " E 8" * P
ABOUT 257 tons burthttti; is now in
•onplete to receive a on board, and lays the
lecond wharf b-low Pine-t>reer. Enquire of
Jehu Hollin?;worth CS 5 Co.
February 8. j
For Sale, or Charter,
the sloop
BETSEY,
tjtTJohn Dankins, matter,
BURTHEIvf about 800 barrels flour, in complete or
der to receive a cargo immediately. For terms apply
to the Captain on board, at the fiibfcriber's wharf—
or t ° , , JOSEPH SIMS.
Who has for Sale, just imported in said /loop,
Coffee, ©f an excellent quality, in hhds. and tierces.
Sugar, ditto in iihds. and barrels.
Fetiraary tt. s
Excellent Chret in Casks,
FOR SALE, BY
Jofepb Antbmy & Son.
February 13,
For SALE, by tbs SUBSCRIBERS,
IN PENS-STREET,
13© quarter Chests frefh Hylon Tea ;
100 ditto do. fre£i Tea;
30© Boxes China, containing fnlsli t;a setts of 41
pieces;
400 pieces Bandanoes;
4 Bales EngHlb Sail Canvass, £10. 4, 5, and 6 ;
Willing! & Francis.
,}taw.
[amiary 30.
MEDICINES.
JOSEPH HUGGEFORD,
DXUGGIST,
I No 319 Pearl-street, late Queen-Street,
NTENDING to retire from bufinel's, will dispose of his
whole tlock of Medicine? together wi:h a complete
fliop furniflied, which afe of the latest imported and bell
qua'ity.
Any perrons inclining to purchase the whole will be
only charged a fma.ll advance 011 the original cost and the
terras of payment rendered easy. The purchaser will
15 Jl' le af lvatitage (if ho chooses) of taking immediate
poircffioii of the (hop and cellar a* the house is engaged
for another year, and on the firft of May next he may have
pofleffion of the whole which is an excellent stand for bu
iinefs and no medical ilorc better eftablilhed nor more ex
tensively connected in trade on the continent.
Persons not inclining to purchase the whole m».y be
accommodated with any qua-itity at very reduced priccs.
Those persons who are indebted to the co-partner/hip
«f Peter and Joseph Huggeford, will b; pleased to pay the
fame to Joseph Huggeford, on or before the Isth day of
April next, as after that time all outstanding debts will bis
put into the hands of an attorney.
New-York Feb. 6.
WILLIAM I O UN G~
No.; z south Second'frreet,
HAS FOR SALK,
An extf.five aflortmcat of PAPERS, from the marmUc
turers in Europe, and from his Manufactory onEitan
djrwine, whokfale and retail,
WRITING £* PRINTING PAPERS, viz.
Imperial, Small folio Port, plain
Super-royal, Ditto gilt
Ro Bloflom Paper assorted
Medium", Transparent folio Poll
Demy, Superfine&comraoh foorf
Thick Post, in folio, Marbled papers, large and
Ditto, in quarto, small
Extra large Folio Poll, —
Ditto, quarto, COARSE PAPER*
Folio Post, wove, London brown, afford
Quarto, ditto, Li g-book paper
Folio wove Post, lined, Hatter's paper
Quarto do. do. Stainer's paper
Ditto, gilt, do. Common brown
Common size Folio Port Patent (heathirtg paper
Ditto, quarto, plain Bonne t boards
Folio & quarto Post, g:ilt Binder's boards.
jllfo, a variety of other S-TA TioN/iRr Articles, viz.
Wedgwood and glass philofephical ink-stands, well af
foited ; pewter ink-chests of various size?; round pewter
ink stands; paper, brass, and polished leather ink-Hands
for the pocket; fed morocco portable ink-ftahds with pla
ted spring locks, gold leaf .and embofled papers; fhininj
fund &. sand boxes , pounce & pounce btfxes* ink <k ink pow
der, black leather & red morocco pocket books, with and
without instruments, of various sizes. CauntiHg-koHfe
and pocket pen-knives of the berf quality, ass-skin tablet
and memorandum book*. Red and coloured wafer*,com
mon size, office ditto. Quills from half a dollar to three
dollars per hundred, ready made pens Black lead pen
cils. Gum elafticor Indian rubber. Gilt and plain m«f
fage and conversation card 6.
All forts aad jizes of BLANK BOOKS ready made or
naade to order, Bank checks, blank bills of exchange, and
notes of liand executed in copper platqs* bills of ladipg,
manifefts, seamen's artirW and journals, See. Sec.
A well feleited collc&ion ©f miscellaneous books. Bi
bles and prayer books various sizes and different bindings, j
Toy books for children. Alio, of greek, latin, and englilh j
clamcs, as are now in ufein the colleges and fchoolsof the
United States.
N. B. Feelt*sspanifhflora indigo,moulds, &otherarticles
ofedjn manufacturing of paper, to be had oneafy terms.
•0* The market price in Cajb paidfor any quantity of Havs.
February rj. 'i,w6w
PUBLI S H E D,
Price of a Dollar,
No. 60,
SOUTH SECOND-STR. E ET j
I STEPHSNS'j
Philadelph' I)'
ja ire
FOR I j96,
WITH A PLAts OF THE
City of Philadelphia.
January 18.
SPIRITS.
ANY Person may be supplied with Rum, Gin, Car
dials, and other Spirits, upon application to the
Subscriber, at his Diflillerv, No. 115 Story, or New
flreet, between Third and Fourth streets.
THOMAS CAFE.
January 25. m4w
N.' B. Whilkey and Molasses will be purchased up oil
application as above.
J !/ ft Arrived,
80 Pipes Bourdeaux BRANDY;
J° Hhds. do. Red WINE;
50 Cafe do. do,
80 do.. Sweet OIL,
For Sale by
Feb. 20.
W A G N E R,
Woolen Draper and Mens' Mercer,
Jit No, 25, South SecondJireet,
TTAB, in addition, to his assortment of fuperfine Cloths
A A and Caffimers, Received by the FaSor fromLoi
doi, a very clc £a nt assortment of Gemicmens' Wailkoa:
Patterns; such as Sattm, Silt Mobfeln, Caffimcr, and
Mtrieules, which will be fold at their just prices.
January 9. 1 .
For Sale by 1
EDWARD STOW, jtm-
No. 4, South Water-Street.
Dec. 12. A
I Jaraes Tiffin,
IP HOLES ALE & RETAIL HJITTER,
H i 1°- [° ? CC9I " 1 "re", near the City Tavra,
, J P r rc f lv f J b y the late arrival, from London
an I „ anJ . Bnftol » a lar 2 _-and elegant ajlortmer.t of Ladies
and Gentlcmern fafc.ona'.lc HATS.—AIfo, a variety „f
nn /w" n colour*, wludi will be fold
on the loweft-tcrms far cafiu " .''
I o^V 8 ' Li " UeS rtatS ttll nwe{l from
i-oiitlon. . , Oift. li.
pise Coparmcrilup of the SttWcnV-ri, trading- by the
ill Dt -rf« m ° A j 1 ? EMSaA,v '" this J" dissolved—
fn fa,d Firm are "lifted to m.be
I? ? P armCnt /o W Hknsh.w, No. 8-, south
Fourth-street, who is duly author,zed to «utt and
lcttle all accounts.
Philadelphia, Feb.
i? 'he Business will be continued by William H»n
jhaw, asfoon as a proper fitnation can be obtained.
j Notes, Wanted.
TVp/SRNICHOLSON'S JVOTES,
r° r ±2 dHtle and uell iHMMeJ Lots in
•he City of Wajbingior., will be given.
|TiIOMAS NOriLE.
February i S.
| COLUMBIA II OU S E
J Boarding School for Young Ladies.
TVs' AV GRa °,^ E R! DGE havingreniovcd from Lodec
XT*. Alley, to tns earner of Elevc:>-h and
air the ad* .Mage of a large, convenient House, in a dry,'
-salthyfituatiou; hopes for the eentiimanre of the eocmw
{he has hitherto so highly fxiur.'jUctJ; <ad m;
wwich file returns her sincere ackupwied&ment.
«T.Mrs. GkWoM'tmooi is afiil'tej, hy MA of th ■
firft ability; and the ufrful, as well as ornamental sfanchc<i'
ot education are particularly attended to.
February
Columbian Gallery,
Chefnut-ftteet, third Door Wtft of Tenth-street,
MR. SAVA GE,
INFORMS the Ladies and Gentlemen «f Philadelphia
11 a' r Go .'- uvlßI * N Gallery", containing a tiro*
collection of amcient & modern PAINTINGS & PRINTS
will be opened on Monday, inft. • ■'
1 his collection confiih of the production! of the s'fl:
artists, and w,d doubtless he pleating to amaleurs and the
Hdmii Lrs of the fine arts- To this collection Mr. Savage
as added fevcral pieces of his own, one as which is the
President and Family, the full size of Life.
dollar " Ce a< ' m ''^ lon t0 Gallery, one quarter of a
■j,.' 4 -' PANORAMA, in High-street, exhibiting a
View 01 London, continues open for the amufemertt of
. o who ma y bc difpofid to fee that intereHing perfpec
tlVc'' Feb. 20.
To the Public.
AT MR. O'ELLER's HOTEL.
A French Miniature Paiater rcfpcAfuUy offers his fer
4. X vices to the Public, and hopes that the moderation
of his terms the very ftort time of his fittings, and the
rate ot his abilities, will indute his visitors tobecome his
patrons. Feb. io. s
'T'AKEN fr<*n Mr. Hill's on Thursday evening
last > a g°°d Hat, marked in the crown, the name
Andrew Allen—Whoever has taken it is requested
to return if at No. 68, norih F.i S hth-Street.
Feb. 16. * .
Mr. Walter Robertlon
T3EGS leave to acquaint tt ; Gentlemen, fubferibers to
Washington, Prefidant
of the United Statesof Ai* :.-ica, engraved by Mr. Field,
trorn an original picture p a Jited by W. Robertfon, that
the i roofs arc ready for delivery to the feverat fubferib
ers at John James Barralet's, No. 19 north Ninth-flreet ;
V J U or , mr9d ' s ' book feller, No. 4., Chefnut-ftreet,
where the fubferibers are requested to fend their address.
Q£ober 27 eod _
WANTED,
ON Loan, for two or three years— jooo Dollars, for
wluclj a mortgage on Land will be given as-fecuiity.
l tte land is clear of every incumbrance.
J an - 9' A
Paterfon Manufactory.
A r ? Meetin g of the Board of Direflors for
-L X. cltablilhing ufeful Manufactures, held at Paulus-
Hook January 25th, 1796 "The Board taking into
consideration the general affairs of the Society, think it
necessary that a meeting of the Stockholders tWid be
tailed as soon as the Law will permit; it is therefore re
vived, that the Stockholders be called to meet on the firft
ruefday in March next, at Egerlcy's Hotel, at Paterfon,
by ten of the clock of the forenoon of the fame day, then
and thereto take into serious confederation, affairs of the
utmost importance to the said Society;"and that every
Stociholdai be earnestly requested to attend either in
perion or by proxy."
ory,
A true extract of Minutes,
. T „ , p - COI,T, Superintendent.
E.ew-York, January 26, X *96. CtitM
N r ED, ~
Several Apprentices to the Printb"--
Bu fineft. Apply at the Office of the Gazette of t?ir
united States, x\«, it<h CHcluut-ftrcct. $
MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, , 79 6.
#.«V*
F. COP PING EH,
No. 221, foiith Fror.r-ftreet.
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MADEIRA, -)
SHERRY aad I WINERS'
PORT \
MICHAEL GILL,
WILLIAM HENSH \V?
aha T.
HOUSE of COMMONS.
November 25.
Mr. Sheridan presented a petition agaipft the con
vention Ml from a numerous body of affiliated men,
eonfiftrag 0, printers, -hatters, weavers, cordwainers,
bookbi.deip, carpenters, joiners, smiths, &c. &c. &c
to the nuir.Jjer of 17,000, which if there had been a
longer tinp allowed, wobld have amounted to conoc
tie next prtfented a petition of a similar conrtrurtion,
ri om the ine.ndly focietv of working bakers, to the
nnmq«-®f 1000., The right hon. gentleman (Mr.Pitt)
had a flirted that the friendly societies would not be as.
ertled by frhefe bifts, if they pafled into 3 law ; but he
' £, that wnen that P art of the bii! Ihoutd be dif
ouJen, the ngnt hon.gentleman would be convinced
that hf had been mift.-vken. He next presented a peti
tion again-, L thelitis from 4000 of the inhabitants of
Birmingham. Here again it had been prefied for time
or it would have had an afionilhing number of more
bgnatures. Suth too was the situation of the oeoole
who signed this petition, that in confluence of foane
"'niHemlmanoeuvre, they were denied a public meet
ing, for no newspaper would publilh an advertisement
to call a publia meeting, nor whaShgli handbill fuf
iertdtA be circulated for that puroofe. Yet hotwith
tlailding all tligfe discouragements, in a day *r two
had 4coc lignatures'been fubl'cribed.
KNATCHauLudidnotrifctooppofetliemo-
I t ' on L tor r th f P etlt ' on to lie on the table, but to caution:
the hoafe how it accepted that petition as the .sense of.
the inhabitants of Birmingham. He was dire&ed to
this caution by a petition which lay upon the table of
the ho4fe, and was presented in his absence by his ho
norable colleague (Mr, Honey Wood) which was stated
to he thepeuttonof themayor, recorder, freemen and
inhabitants ot theWty of Kochefter. It was G -n-d by
1700 p rfotis, among whose names there were not more
than 140 names of freemen, though Rocheflcr contains
700 freemen, and between thirty and forty thcufand
inhabitants. He did not mean to cast a reflexion on
txe peclons who figaedttatpetitioii, but he knew there
were numbers who did not know they signed. At the
lame time lie had to übferve that the conduct of the
[ chief magi,lrate of that city, was reprehenlible in fuf
fering a prjeeflion at the lame time,, wljich was a dif
gr r whcrcl » t!le effi gy of a reverend and
resectable hifhop wfis carried about'the town and after--
wards burnt (a laugh). He said it was no laurhin..
mattsr, for not only the person of that prelate, bnt the
churcii itfelf was insulted, and he h:-,d to remark tiiat
many of the persons who signed that petition, were
the very persons who conducted that proceflion. He
W ifeed h:s honorable colleague had given him notice
tiilt tuen a petition was to be presented, as he fhcuUl
t.ien hsve thought it his duty to attend, and mention
tn lc ureumfUnces at the time.
Mr Kc>(«fcy.woodlaid, ti at it vaj not for want of
relpeft or a. tention, that hit honora.bU colleague lad
:10c Wi>per notice given tlut fueh ; petition.was to he
ll .',"' ru ' w'-lt hecaqfe he himkii" knew nothing of it
fill it was.sent to him. and on account of the amazing
t-apnjuy with which the bill; We're fririiga ihroughtfce
houie,he was defircd !o deliver it soon. He did call
upon his honorable colleague to appriie him of it, but
he him, audthe urgen-y of the nccafiotij
I '< he mating. hoWevcr, a- K
before ft-ated flHhe Uoufe, was regular: and, notwitli-
the fffle>Ttioii driVn npon the chief roa<*iUrate,
he would alfert that his conduct, had been bold and pro
per, in co.nifig forward at 'fueh an alarming crisis like
an independent man. That gentleman was as good,
pure, ami peaceable a character as the honorable baro
net ; and in regard to the suss which had been made
about the proceflion, perhaps it would have been bettir
it it had been omitted. About the time of that procef
lion, Mr. Honey wood arrived in Kochefter. The peo
ple, having by fowie means received intelligence of h.'s
approach, afTembled on the road at the other end of
Chatham, anil begged his pcriuifl&n to attend him,
and draw nim w.tho'jt horses to h:; inn. This he de
clined, being apprehensive »me mlfcanllruaion would
be made, and palled through Chatham a« usual, attend
ed by the people only, who behaved with the utmost
decorum. Whsn he came to the entrance of Rochest
er, hbwever, they took hi{ horses from the carriaw
and drew him to the inn, where he addrelTed them
from the step, and exhorted them to depart in goo'd or
der, and in left than ten minutes they had entirely dif
peried, leaving the streets of Rochefier as quiet as the
bar of the h9lllc 0:' cpmm >ns then was. Some time af
ter this he heard a huzza, and upon lookin-' out of the
window, he law feme boys leading an as*, with no com
mon figure upcS h, end there the matter, so far as he
knew, ended. He had oceafion yesterday to be at Ro
eheiler again, when he-Was informed that the figareon
j the a.s had IX'en burned , but he heard of no other ir
regularity, uor hats he eve r heard, till now, that any
ot the people who signed the petition were concerned
in the proceflion, an affection which he was much in
clined to misbelieve Refpeding that proceflj-on, how
ever, he had to state, that some hand-bills were after
wards diflributed, one of which he had not about him
bat he thanked his honorable colleague for lendiss; one'
wherein the mayor, recorder, and twa other magijirates
expreded their disapprobation of the proceflion. He
thought it would have been much better if the honora
hie baronet had attended when the bill was presented •
but he was glad that he had now given him an oopo--'
tunity to explain, ' r
islvt Sim
Sir Edward Kaatchhull did not mean to throw the
™<>J1 /Kgbteft refleflion 011 the mayor, but he thought
mm leprehenfiv.le to let the procession pass by his houfe
aiidas to rhe (ignatures of the handbill, one of the ma
giitrates (Mr.Mancroft) was not in town at the time,
he told him so, and had, therefore, merely signed it to
j suit his own private purposes.
Mr. Honey wood informed the house that the mayor
| had no knowledge of the procession till it was over.
Sir J. Moßii/i un t a.Tured the hoofe, that the pe
tition from Birmingham, did not contain thefenfe of
the majority of tfce inhabitants.there ; that it was pro
cared by falhemu* means frem the lower orders of the
people, who were induced to sign it by the ronnexis*
ol a petition for peace with the petition agaisftthe bills,
and that no public meeting had been-cailed for the oc
casion.
Mr. Sheridan reminded the house that he hid {fated
the petition to be signed by 4000 of the inhabitants of
B.rmmgham ; and consequently, no man who .knew
the immense population of that town could imagine it
was figsed by the majority. If he had brought the let
ter which he received from a refpc&ahle gentleman of
that town with the petition, he could have mentioned
more precifcly the reasons why a greater number of
signatures was not obtained. One cause was, the rapid
'fy with which the bills were prefi'ed j another was,
that an attempt had been made by the opposite party j
to promote a violence if the meeting was called ; and
a third, and very obvious reason, was that which he
had dated, that no advertisement had been pubiifhed,
and no hr.ndbills permitted to be circulated about the
town. Thus the people were deprived of a public
meeting. And now he would fay a word or two upon
the Rochetler tale, which if the c,fe
have come w.m a betier g,a , from the eiry of
Canterbury, a« it was of tnat lutein wnichiseo.'n-noulyiail
c * Canterbury ta.e. He mUi it did a ta: a 1
aoply to the petu ion whicJa Ive had rf , t f „, f 4(V , m
w"" n t ! T !u s ' h T I u ' from
Warwick, he thought it had hetfcr bereoeated, *o,
ridiculous liory fuoitiuited, fi.ftr it would apoly fqv „,l;y a J
well to Warwick as to tS.rmir;«!, $ e c^cgvT:itr, c ,Vv
was not at all onicjrd to ciedit, so *,as it ifvolv-d the per.
lons who Itfbfcnocd io tne p.tuion. He deoreca.ed the cir
cumltai*ce, lo tat as it re!a:td ro a revet but 'u'*
footed it had aril'cn fro.a aJ| ; m £ i,. in tiFpublii p.pir,*
w.iieti lie ho pi a *v dS a he could iio' for
a moment undine, that any learner,d P - r foi»
cou.d be .o inn;lere.t, and (o ignorant* the pri tl «i« st ,. „ Ur
lonltiiuiiou to lay, thj.t « the mef.of the people haJLihinir
lo ao wuh the Uwj b.f; to obev • licit*. !" v % '
SirEd.vaid Krutchoull explained again that he did not
me.t,i to throw any rdlcaioti on the perfbu who frmed the
petition, but nc thoti jli; the mayor reprelie&fible in luffe-mz
ilic 6 ,
Air. S'lcrtdanobCe-ved that this was an extriordinary expla
nation ; tOrall that'he Could unuerliand by it was, that ei'her
tne huriorao e mionet thought there was no harm to bum a
bt.hop, and :hcieloie did not nfcan it re (left ou the peifons
wlio permitted it, or elf,- theve was harm, 'and those L r <b-s
who permuted the ad were implicated in it.
Sli. 1 ox- begged leave to i'ay a few words. The procefltoa
he wun every other perlonmuft equally condemn 5 the.efi.re
ic ..oped tha: he i'houid uo. be to defend it, but
h<t cou.d not help reinnrkiug how much mil i.ulignali.to was
Ihcwii by the hoa'e at one time to of this de-
Icrtptioii, atid how littleat another. I hetel.ad been frequent
inlUnces ol pauial dislike towards h.'m, when, bectule his
pet lon cou.d not be attacked, the u ifojtuaaie animjl, which
was of the I,,nie name, wascondemned to fuif'cr. and yet r.o
notice had been taken. Another mftance was that Hie wo a
gaiflll a jevcrcrjd nerfon, though not a bifltop, who has di
tt.ug-ulhcu Im.tfcll lor the love ef fuence and liberty, and
wt.l be remt mbercJ so loo< as fcier.ce and liberty (hall be rc-
I pefled. I .iat n verend oerfon, to tl.e difgraceof this king
! 1 f" 3 " !crcc d to leek in a r ylum in a foreign cnuntry,
m comequencc ol fttth iv.deccnt outrages — outrages which, to
Inc di(»i,ee of tills kingdom, will (lain the page of ItilUuy
n n V "ir. pa,Tcd The person he aliud-d to was
Ui. 1 rU'Hiey, who wjs not on'y burnt in butaffaulted
in tin own liotiie. and tigainft who.n those very French prin
ciples had been p.ut m profiler, which were so ir.duftrioufly
imputed to him. 11., rnifcreants whoinlulicd him not on
ly carried an efhgy o! draw about tiie town, butthty enclosed
tl.e heart of an animal i>i it, which they pierced with a pike 4
and cxpoTed die effigy fiaimd und llrcaming with blood in
that ltoirtbie co ß d,non. Tney t.f cr-,va,d, borethat bl.edni?
heart hef.re the effigy, which they consumed, mfmuattnl
tner. jy, itial m that :n?nnei thry would have deftroved the
perlon himlcfi ;sa traitor. '1 his was not then tiled as an a'r
gument ; but he reminded she f-tife that it was the nature of
violcttcc to produce violence, and thonatureof inlultto p-'«-
duce mfult; and that tt was not bv »fls ol opprcfilon and
cruelly, but b/luce, fqsuy arid forbeaiLnce Uiat the peo
picam. the govitutr.rut were to be united. It therefore be
came tiye hoi.fe to convince the wo.id that it afled with im
par ia'.ity, aet.ttiat it (hould not fl, ou: with indiznation zt
oue >'.«'«e.H -Q.u.., wi.cn u d.fregaided others ten thousand
t.ntes more detetiio*. With ten,, ,1 to the adiniSon of the
pe.tiionsast:.e lettf.- Nt the ,ot,.y 0 1 the p'aces (row which
;hey came, it was abl,nd, for they were to feecrvnlidercd on
ly t.l tne peiions who them, and he therefore thought
tf?'t'tli should always be, the petition of the underfizned.
Mi. vv ILII AM Sm; I H wirs of Ihe fame opinion. Mueh
a..0 had been laid ot inilrcprelentat-on, but it he had'been
.11) the l-l jufc w.e-1 the ueutio 1 fro j, Ba.i» wa p.efen.ed,
he mould have Hated, .that no o her purpose had been exprefl
ed in the pnblsc nonce of the me. tinj than an add.efsof coh
gtatulatioo and that the recommendatory claulelortheatioo.
tion,,l additional nicafures was infcitcd after, and that »,•{_
tieuiea who fiJ.icd the petitioa wtot away without any idea
ofr itjch a cbuf?.
Mr. Stiendan p;efen:cd two fenaiate pftirions against tliW
bills from the inhabi.aut. of the toWn of Warwick,' a e ainft
tne relpedlabtlity of whofq names there could be ISocomplaint
linee thefii ft signature on the lift was lord o,.rmer, and'(boa
a.terlollowed the name ot apct'on.wno, th'o* no bi(ixoc» (o
| loi)2 as unrivalled worth and learn fig were entitled
i p •f-P ea •Jjeold *. fefpeaed, U, was that of»Dr, Samu«V '
Mr. Sheridan next presented a petition ag«in(i the billa
Jrorn the inhabitants ol the town of KHqiarnock. Notwith
standing that the people of Scotland were retrained from «
ftce declaration of their opinions, he had ao opportunity of
knowing the lentimeitts nf manyof them, ever since bad the
honor of bringing forward a motion relative to the Rwal fl-,.
roughs, and he could politivtly affvtrt that there never was a
time when the people there were more dlffjti.fitd than at p'ei
fent It was indeed a sullen and silent diftnisfeflion,, froA
which the right honorable gentleman opiate mightawue an
probatios, but it wasfuch a mod«ofiealoi,ing»s a man milht
uie who Huns another with a bl*w, and obfcrves, thalhecx
prefTes no difTatisfaftion . ■ .
General Macleoa informed the House, that if many
petitions had not come from Scotland, this was no ar
gument of the approbation of the bills: when we con
fidcr the nature and severity of their laws, we need not
wonder if the people of Scotland are timid in avert
ing their rights. He was happy that this petitien,
of which before he had no knowledge, and which fun.
ported another from Paiflevj had been prtfented. He
then commented on the diftinflion which was made of
late between the higher and low:r orders of the peo
ple, and observed that fudi diftimftion was'molt dan
gerous to social life, to our beloved monarch, and to
the constitution. What is it that the rich hold their
efiates by, but by the fufferance of the lower order of
the people; and are not their rents enforced in some
degree by law, and their rank in life entirely behclden
it that fufferance ? He cautioned thehoufeto take care
how such opinions got abroad ; for if once the lower
orders of the people are made fer.fible of these invidi
ous diftinflions, as they art the most powerful of two
clafTeii, some fatal may enfne.
Mr. Wilmot ftaud,- that no diftinclion had been
made by any member, but that it came in a letter from
Birmingham, which an honorable baronet (Sir J. Mor
daynt) He then adverted to the Coventry
petition, presented the preceding evening by Mr. Fox,
the prayer of which he had refufed to Support, and said
it was not the sense of the majority of the inhabitants
yf that city.
The Speaker submitted to the hovte, whether mem
bers ought not to attend in their places tomalce their ob
fervationsat the time the petitions were yrefented, and
not to revert, in thecoui-te of other bufineft, te form
cr petitions, the great inconvenience of which was so
apparent as not to require his notice.
Mr. Fox said, that the Coventry petition was signed
by 33 00 persons ; and he did not go further when he
pretested it, than to Hate it to be the petition of those
who signed it. If any one perfau kad a less right, too,
to irnke any objections to that petition than another,
he thought it was the honorahlegentleman, becaufethe
petitioners could not find the noble lord his colleague
(lord Sheffield) ; and they therefore waited on him, re
questing his concurrence, which herefufed to give, and
of course, they had then a tight to apply t? any mem
ber they pleated,' and they applied to him (Mr.Fcx)
as a person agreeing with their sentiments. The hou.
gentleman, therefore, could not complain that lie had
not complete notice of it; and, Mr. Fox said, lie pre.
tented it purposely on tl»e night when the call of the
house took place, to give the faireft opportunity for
any objection, though another time would t»
have b*er. more agreeable.
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