1 'hilade lp hi a,
SATURDAY EVFNING, June 4, *796.
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
GEORGE TOWN, May 31-
On Saturday, the 2%th injl. entered
Jhip Britannia, Pear [on, from Port
Glafgow—/he faded April 18. We
have obtained the Glasgow Cov
RIER of April I 2thy from which
•we have extracted the following
European News. It is of a later
date than any that has yet comc to
band.
"GLASGOW, April tt.
RETROSPECT.
The intelligence received from Germany and
France, during the pad week, evinces that both
parties are determined, if the negoctations said to
be in a train for peace, fail, to profectite rile ensu
ing campaign with redoubled vigour, while it is e
videntfrom the contending armies retiring more and
more to their own cocnrry, that they fhrint fiotti
the idea of putting* terminatfon to the armiltice.-
Both are convinced of the propriety of making
peace; but each seems suspicious and jealous of the
other. General reports are rather in favor ofpeace. 1
It is strongly asserted that attempts hare adtually
been made to negociatc. Of this tnuch we ire con
fident, that peace is earneftjiy desired by every
friend to Great Britain, but only such a peace as
We arejullly entitled to, from our not being the ag
gressor* in the war, from our being dragged into it,
and from the unparalleled fatcefs which has attend
ed his majefly's arms.
The great fall which has taken place in the price
of grain in England, will soon, we doubt hot, be '
general over the kingdom. Within these ten days
only, nearly 50 veflels have arrived at Lcith and 1
Grangemoiith, with grain, flour and meal. '
The sentence pasTed on admiral Cornwallis, while
it juftifies $he conduct of the admiralty in bringing
him to trial, fliews that no man, whateverTiis rank
and abilities may be, can, with impunity, depart
from his inftruftions, while there remains a hope of
his being able to execute them.
With iatisfafHon we record every aft of benevo
lence, and with pleafurewe now mention, that Mr. 1
Wm. Gillefpie, of Anderfon, has, for this month '
jjaft, been supplying the poor and labouring people 1
of'that village, with oatmeal, barley, meal, and
pease-meal, at three pence a peek, below the mar»
ket price.
Proceedings in Parliament.
HOUSE OF PEERS, Thursday April %
Lord Lauderdale gave notice that the Marqois
Lanfdowne would postpone his intended
as certain papers which lie had rr oved were not rea
dy to be produted. His lordffiip moved for the
' accounts of tlie exports and imports for 179* —3—
4 and J. He also moved that a copy of the con*
tract entered into for trairfport v«(Tsls to convey
troops to the Weft-Indies, be lard before the hdufe.
He complained of the impVovidsnee of this con
tradt, exceeding any which had taken place daring
the American war, and wished it* produ&ion, as
material in the intended motion of Marquis Lanf l
dowtie refprfling the ftatc offinanee and the War.
Lord Grenville wished the noble Earl had previ
ously communicated to hire his intended motion j
he should then have informed himfetf whether of
not it would be prudent to comply with it, previ
ous to the full uccomplifhffient of the objects for
which the cofttrafh were made. Without this in
formation lie could only fay, the tendency of the
motion might or might not be innocent. When
this motion was brought forward he would be con
tented with advancing argument agairtft argument.
Lord Lauderdale, after ridiculing the ide'a of
secrecy in tha contradb of thebo'ard of transports,
agreed to withdraw his motion until the Seeretary of
State had made the neceffafy inquiries-.
HOUSE OP COMMONS
Wednesday, April 6.
No business- done there being only 34- members
present.
April 7. Lord Stafford (Lord in Wafting) pre
sented his Majesty's answer to the address of the
Commons praying that copies of the papers 011 the
trial of Col. Cawthorne be laid before tne house—
Ordered to lay on the table.
Mr. Pybus, one of the Lords of the admiralty
presented at the bar a copy of the warrant iflued by
the admiralty for taking admiral Cornwallis into
custody for difofeedience of orders—ordered to lie
on the table.
The committee on tfie ffave carrying titl W»s put
off till this day fen'night.
April 8. The eo?n bounty bill was read a third
time and pafTed.
On motion of Mr. Ryder, leave was gitfen so
bring in a bill for indemnifying the persons who
aited under the otdersofthe privy council on the
the 2KI ot November lafty in remitting the dutiei
on neutral property.
Sir Charles Morgan I'jfodght op the proceedings
of the court martial held on John F. Cawthorne,
Esq. wbii.li were received and laid on the table.
On motion of Gen. Smith, amended by Lord
Tyrconnel a'l? the proceedings were ordered t - 0' be
printed. The report of the csmmittee on the deg
tax was received and read in the following terms :
** Resolved that- it is the opinion of thii committee
that a duty not <*ieediiig three fhSlirtgs a'yearbe
irapofed on all dogs withbur exception.After
iome obfervatious by Mr.- Dent, a bill Was ordered
Wise brought in, and Mr. Pitt, Mi. Dent and
some. others were appointed to bring iii the feme.
Gen. Smith introduced fiis long proMikd mo
tioH "refpi ifing tTte ban acks, ind" concluded' a' long
speech by « It is the optnon of this house
that' it ftiall be referred to a committee to confidft
of the cXpeuJiturc ofpublic money in the conilruc
-1
tion and building ofbatVicki fiace the year~f79 0 '
to investigate by *hat authority the expence ""
been incurred, and to report upon the faweto the |
house."
At too cloclc the house divided.
Fot Gen. Smith's motion 24.
Aeainft it 9*-
PORTSMOUTH, April 8.
/ This morning, at nine o'clock, the Court a ga' n j
aflembled, on board the Orion, in PortfmoutM>ar
bour, and remained deliberatingftom that time mi
' til one, when the Court was opened, and (trangers
, were admitted.
The Judge Advoca'e then called over the names
1 of the members { and» having noticed, in the ulual <■
■ forms, the occgfion sot- which the Court had been
aflembled, the time it haJ fat, and■ rea».£ver the
charges, proceeded to deliver
THE SENTENCE :;
«' That the Court having heard the iMdknee in sup
port of the Charges exhibited agalnft the Hon.
William Cornwallis, Vice admiral of the Red ; f
and having heat-d his defend, and the evidence J
in his behalf ; and having maturely Weighed and
considered the fame, are of opinion,
u That, with refpeft to the two firft charges, or
his returning Without leave, after having been
ordered to proceed to Barbadoes, and of his dif
obeying the orders he received, Misconduct ivas
imputable to him for not having fbifted His flag on
board the Mars or MinotaUr, and proceeded in
either of them to the Weft Indies. But, in con
sideration of other dircumftances, the Coiirt ac
quit him of any disobedience io his cOrtduft cJti that
occaflon. ,
" With refpeiS to the third chirg#, of his havings
after his return, disobeyed tht orders of lhe Board
of admiralty, in not going obi to the Weft In
dies in the Aftrea the Court wete of o
piriion that the charge was not proved, and there
fore acquit adiiiir;d Ctrnwillis ujiOo that
Charge."
Adrtiiral CofnWallis, U-ho, during the ttial, con
duced himfelf with great firmnefs and icompbfurt'j
heard the sentence read without any etftotioiT; and
then making a flight bow to the Cotirt, retired a
long with Mr. Erfkine and foffte other friends.
The Court conduced itfelf with that grave and
suitable decorum which has ever the
Naval Courts-Martial of Great-si: itain.
The Court was remarkably Crowded.
So many fiag'oflkeM never fat on any CoUrt-Mar
t!al befofe.
As soon as the sentence was Communicated to
the people on board the Royal Sovereign, whicfl
lay at a short distance from the Otion, ttiey all got
upon deck and gave three cheets.
GEORGE-TOWN, June t,
A Gentleman procured for us federal numteri of
the Glojgow Ccuriet trought by the Britannia•
T<wo if them are later than the one we were befor e
favored -with. We hdjlea to communbatc tq the
public their contents.
London, April ta./
A cabinet meeting was held at the-Stcffrttry of !
State's Office on Saturday It fat ftom 2Mo 4 !
o'clock. The bufinefj supposed to be the present
mercantile embarraflments. The result was sent to 1
the king at Windsor, and yesterday the messenger
returned with letters, &c. from his majesty to Mr, '
PLtt> und other tabinet mmifteri. J
An arrival at Dover, in ten days from Cadizlj
informs the trews of the (hips of Richery's fsua
dron in that hatbour, had mutinied to a mo ft alar
ming degree. It is said to be in Consequence of
their (hare of the prize money, arising from the
fait of the captures made from our Straights iect,
being withheld. It is added that Richery was as
faflinated.
The London Editor adds, " Silch are the ion
tents of the letters. We have heard fomany falfe
reports about Richery's fquadrony that weihall be
flow to believe the present intelligence.
April 11.
Late last night We received the following very
' important papers, which were yesterday communi- 1
cated by Lord Greenvile to all the foreign ministers
resident at this court. They are the contents of 1
the dispatch received on Friday last from Mr. Wick-
JJaM, his majesty's Envoy to the Swift Cantons ;
> and appear to be the result 0/ the measures Mr.
Pitt some Weeks fmce announced so be jh train for
■ ascertaining the real difpofit'ion of the French Di
: redtory on the question of p<sv« ot war. It will
! also be recollliW that we mentioned aboui three
■ weeks since, that we had 1 tfafon to believe Mr.
Wickham was the gentleman to whotft Mri Pitt
' alluded as being charged with Fris inquiry. We
are ferrry the result is of that gloomy nature, gs to
> leave no other alternative with bis majesty and his
'■ ifiinilters, tfean of continuing the war with Unaba
ted vigour i in which determination they muff, rrnd
- no doubt, willy fee supported by e»ery good fobjedt
in the kingdom. %
f We fHnffld have been happy to have given the
original French,- at well as the translation, but as
> the tranflatioh is an official one, it will be almofl
> requally fatisfadory to the public.
: , In consequence of Mr. Wickham's dispatch, a
1, meflagefrom his majesty is expefled to be delivered
ithis day bj Mr. Pitt to thrhoule of Commons,
3 i U'OTE. j
, Transmitted to M. Barthel<mi y by Mr.vWiskham.
; March 8V itl.jrfi . ;
1 ; TlvenViderfigneif, hi* Britannic jnajeftyTiiiittßer
f plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cantons, is'atiitrWifed
I :tocoßVey to Monf. Baithelemi, the defirtf of his
: €»urt to be made acquainted, through him, with the
e difpofiiions of France in regard' to the obje£V of a
e general pacification. He theiefore requefls Monf.
r Barthclemi to transmit to him in writing (and aftet
J having made the necessary inquiries) hit answer to
J the following questions :
i. fs fhefc the clilpoGtion in France to open a
• jßcgociiiuort with his majesty and his allies for the
» .rc-ellablifhment of a general peace, upqn jnft and
r suitable termir, b) fending, so. that purpose, miuif
' ters to a Congress, a(- such place as may hereafter
- be agrted upns i
»
2 Would there be the diCpofition to communi- «'
cate'to the underf&ned the general Rto.ll.Ar of a pa- tl
eification, flich as France would be willing to pro
ps fe ; in order that his majelty and his allies nugl t
thereupon examine, in concert, whether they are
such as might serve as the foundation of a ncgoua- t<
tiotl -for peace! ?. '
3. Or would there be a desire to propose any 0
other way whatever, for arriving at the fame end,
that of a general pacification ?
The undeVfvgncd U authorized to receive from q
Monf. Barthelemi the answer to tlie quelUons, and a
to traitfmit it to his court : but he is not in any a
mlnner authorised to enter with him into negocia- *
tion or diicuffion upon these iubjeSs.
( Signed) WICKHA'M. »
Berne, March 8.
HOTfi.
Tranfraitted to Mr. Wickham, by Mr. Barthelemi, t<
March 26.
The tinderfigned, airtbaffador of the French Re- r.
; public tp the Helvetic Body, has tianfmitted to .he t
Executive Diredory the note, which Mr. Wick n
ham, his Britannic majesty's minilter plenipotentia
ry to the Swiss Cantons, was pleased to convey to
him, dated the" Bth of March. He has in com-
mand to answer it by an exposition of sentiments
and difpofitfons of the Executive Diredory
The Directory ardently defircs to procure for 1
the French Republic, a just, honorable, and solid t(
peaces Th<; Hep taken by Mr. Wickham Would n
haveafforded to the Direaory a teal fatisfaaion, if
the declaration itfelf which that ininirtcr makes, of
his not having any order, aay powei'to negociate,
did not give loom to doubt of the si • ity of the P
pacific intentions of his court. In fa».t, if it was
true that England began to know her real iftterefts
that (he wilWdto open again for herfelfthe foitices
0/ abundance and prosperity : if Ate fought for "
peace with good faith ; would 'the propjfe a COll- 1
greTs, of which the neeeifary result mult be to rtn
derail nSgociations endlcfs ? Or Would the confine n
hetfelf to the asking in a Vague manner that the
French government (hould point out any otherway,
whatever, for attaining the farfie objett, that as ge-
. tieral pacification'? %g|
Is it that this (lep hai had no other object than
to obtain for the Briiifh government the favorable °
impreflioi) which always accompanies the firlt over
tures for peace ? Majr it not have been accompani
ti with the hope that thsy would produce no ef- |
fed ? I
However that majr be, the Executive Dtredory
( whose policy has m> other guides than openftefs and
good faith, will followiu its explanat'ons a c
which (hail be wholly conformable to them. Yiel- P
ding to the ardent desire by which it is animated to ®
' procure peace for the French Republic and for all __
(iaiions.it will not fear to declare itfelf openly— J
Charged by the Constitution with the Exr:ut on of r
f the laws ; it cannot make or [iileri to any propoial a
that wotild be contraiy td them. The Conititu
tiotial «a does not permit it toeonfent to any alie- r
■ nation of that which, according to the extfttng L
■ laws, Constitutes the teriitory of the Republic. c
lefpea to the Countries Occupied by tin?
French armies, and which have hot been united to
•France, they, as well as other Interests, political
p and Commercial, may beeofni the fubjea of a ne- 2
, gociation, which will present id the Direflory the
means of proving how much it desires to attain fpee
, dily to a happy *
The Direaory is ready to receive, in tflis r£fp'e£t
any overtures that (hall be just, reafonible,and com
patible With the dignity of the Republic.
(Signed) BARTHELEMI.- \
! Basle, the 6th Germinal the 4-th year of the
French Republic (26th Nlar. 1796.) '
r KOTE.
The Court of London has received from its Mi
nister in Switzerland, the answer made to the qtief
tions which he had been charged to address to mon
sieur Barthelemi, in refpea to the opening of a
negociation for the reeftablHhraent of general tran. 1
quiliiy. '
This Court has" seen, with regret, how far the |
tone and spirit of that answer, the nature and -ex- 1
tent of the demands which it contains, and the man j
ner of announcing them, are remote from any dtf- j
pdfii ion for peace.
The inadmifiible pretsnfion is there avowed of
■ appropriating to France all fliat the laws actually 1
exiftjng there may have cotnprifed under the defio- 1
mi nation of a French territory. To a demand fucii 1
as fhis is added an express declaration that no pro- ]
. pofal contrary to it will be made, or even liftrned
to : and this, Under the pretence of an internal re
if gulatioffy the provisions of which aVe wholly foreign 1
to all other nations
While tfeefe dispositions (hall be pcrfiftc'd in, no
thing is left for the King h,ut to piofesute a wai 1 d
, qnally just and necefiafy. ;
( Whenever liis enemies shall manifeff rjiore pacific
sentiments, his' Maj;ftj> will at till times be eager i
to concur in tberti, by attending hinifelf, in conceit
I with his allies, to all such measures as fha'll 1 be best ;
calculated to re-eftsblifh general tianquHity 011 con
ditions just, honorable, and permanent ; either by
. the eftablilhnient of a Congress, which has feeen
, so often srtd so happily the mians of restoring peace (
t to Europe 5 or by a preliminary difcuflion of the ,
principles which may be proposed, on cither fide,-
. as a foumiation of a general pacification j or,- laltly
| by an impartial examination of any other way which .
may be pointed oat to hirti for arriving at the fame .
falntary end.
Downing-Street, April *o,
The Countries which, by the ex-iftrrig raW'j fn
r France, constitute the French territory, are,
1 1. Fraßce, as it flood at the commtncement of
! the War,
■ 2. The French'colonies in the' Weft Indies, still
» ftccupied by France. S
s*' The iflandsof France and Mauritius,
r 4. Ma'rtinico and Tobag6.
J 5. The whole island of Hifpaniola.
6. Pondicherry, Chandernagore, Ca(*ibaf, Mah6,
1 and the other French eftabhfhments ifl liidia.
: 7. Avignon, and the county Vena'tffin.
1 8. Principality of Monttnelian aii'd' bifhoni ick of
- Parent 1 ui.
1 9. Savoy, Nice, and Monaco.
ICS. Austrian Flanders'*i:d Biabjnt. and gr?.~r
ally, whatever belongs to the Emperor on this f,j s
the Rhine.
11. Maeftricht, Venlo, ;nd Dutch Flanders.
12. The Bifhoprick of Liege.
On the fubjeiSt of ail or any of these, the Direc.
Tory refufes to make, or even to receive any propu* *
sal, and infills that the negociatiori {hall be pieced d
by an admission of this claim on our part.
So that, after agreeing as a preliminary hei'.ie
negociation to rellore to France all we have con '
queried from her t and to leave hei in p^flj, MI (| f
all Ihe has conquered from Aullria and
and all that has been ceded to -her by Spain „ r
Holland, belides other frnaller acquisitions, * c n av .
then expeit to leain from Iwiywllat other tonrliii.
ons (he niiy chuf; to require or gtatu, a* !bj telins
of Peace.
April 11. A message from the ho life Q f p ei lg
to the Commons lUted r their Lordlkipj had
agreed to the bill for making the port of iicarba.
rough, in the island of Tobago a trei poit. T| e
American intercourse bill—The rock Salt i;;J tl /,_
nity bill and fcveral private bills.
1 April ij.
For several days there have been afloat very CON .
tradi£tory accounts refpedting the Dutch fleet.
The letters of this morning positively (late that
Lieut louder arrived at Hull fiom a ctuife, s aw ,
ietv diysfince, fix fail of the line and 3 e».
ter the Texel—One (hip of the line, trith her top.
mall (truck.
In the army of the Prince of Conde an officer
Aas lately beheaded, and Si fddler hanged, by ordc,r
of the Prince—Both >vere convi&ed of being em .
ployed by the Fiench government to caufc defini
tions in hie army.
The celebrated character, Barrere, is now at
Paris, befriended by Carnot, one of ihe leading
members of the Direftoiy. tt is a.so aiferted that
he has lately beeti in o\Veden, in in ofliaal capaci
ty, where he fully accompli flisd the object of his
minion. , *
The Spanish fleet it Cadiz ready for sea, consists
of 25 fail of the line, besides frigates and (loops.
A court banker at Berlin rhade a conn ad to
supply the French government jfith horses for iltefr
armies. He ftlriiilhed to tile amount of 2,500,000
dollais, aud received bills of e&cliange. Everyone
has been firotelled, and the banker fteppeCl pay.
ment for that sum—The hiiVvae paid for the
horses, and those persons are involved in the diftrefa
\Srhich that want i>f integrity in the French govern,
ment has occsfioned.
Yelterday v>ai the fettling day 3h the flock ex
change for the April accounts in consols The
great fpe'culations efigaged public attention and
madt' opinions various. T!;e account however was
fettled with left; cmbarraflment than was expcftcQ.
The consols were done for the May aecouut
moning at 67 5 8 Z-2 but at theciofe many felic f »
• at $1'
It is said that a plan for the relief of commercial
men, l.as been ftrggefled, that it coniiits of d'afti
of jl. iol. 501. and so on to large amounts. We
only speak frwm ritmour.
A forgery to the amount of i<j,ogql. was com
milted 011 the Bank -by a falfe transfer of flock;
The party fufpe&ed has abiconded. A clerk to
an army Went off lately with very confideia
fcte property belonging to different persons.
r i'he four kit mafket days ait in Seffex,
wheat fell from 3d,' 103. a load to 151.105. k 14!.
Fifteen Indiamen failed from Portsmouth April
12, for the Cape of Grood Hope.' At the fame
time admiral Golpoyj with' 5 (hips of the line and j
frigates put to sea. Seveial other (hips for the
Welt Indies Mediterranean &c. Vice admiral'
Cornwallis to-m-rrow ftril<es his flag.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, April ri.
Plan for ameliorating tie Condition of Slaves in
the li'cjl- India IJlaads.
Mr. FraAcis iofe to make, his promised motion on
tins fubjedl, He then dated lijj prr»®ofition: it
was to give the Negroes a right, ju property ; to
give tfiem a purtion of the land. He (howed that
the-pltfn was confident-with a flats of slavery, and
jollified by authority. The Roiinaps afforded their
slaves a protection f6r the enjoyment aßd cohtrqul
, <>f thle pcculium, and even the Spartans', vt'uofe tieat
merft of their flalies w<& the n>oft bafbarous aoJ
treacherous, yet gave their Helots property : almuft
the whole land of thfi (tale was hel.d upon tenure)'
the (lave paying the mailer a fixed invariable tri
bute.- He then argued that to give the slaves the
hope of property would be beneficial to the mailer.
Property is a nlotive sot labour. Montelquieti said,'
the labout of rhe mines was maintained by the
temptation cf pVofit,' and advantages given to the
staves- to be accumulated at their pleasure.
Ciceto had said, give (laves proptrty and they
wili labouY. these were the principles'of his'plan
—to give the flavesa legal'ajlotmcnt of land, with
necessary implements, according to.age and cireum
flatices, ailowing an incieafe in ihe cafe of inarti
age f to give the land for We, to be neverthelefs-li
abl'e to forfeiture'in'the fame cases as" freemen ; ne
ver to fcjbarate the father frorft his' family, without
his ejeprefs consent ; to ena6t penalties for the fe
du£tion of female fla'ves; and heavier penalties in
cases of force being used ; no man to be an overseer
who is not married i- and his wife to have the care'
of the female (laves ; the (laves to have jurifdiftion
c/er each other by a jury choten among them ; the
overseer having the right of challenging and prelid
irig on the trial of a negro ; negroes to execute fen
.tence-j- and, to secure the execution of the plan,
magilliates to be appointed, who (ball be well paid,
independent, and without any 1-onimunity of inter
" efts wnh rhe planters. Asa collateral part of the
plan, it Would be necessary to eftabiilh magillrates
i on the coast of Africa, to regulate purchases, in
;Ordtr to prevent hu(bands being torn from thtit'
families and children from t u eir parents.
Mr. Francis concluded by moving, " that leave
be given to bring in a bill for the better regulation
( and improvement of the (late aud condition of
(laves in the Weft India idands, and other dates ia ;
his majelty's dominions."
f —
EDfNBURGH, April 15.
Th-'re we t j'}6 balls of oatmeal in iuarket en Turf*
t ay, and the file (low. Tlie-nftail prjes ftdl fwo-pencff
tifrjSeck. *