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tnisfortmitt to the colony ? Have they not been all men void of religion and of good morals h He who defpifes GOD and his divine precepts. who does not cherifit his parents, can he lovsi his neighbours? Honour thy father and mother. that thy days may be long, is one of the &IV Commands of Goa." After Tome farther re- fleainns of the fame kind, and enforcing the need-, Pity of virtuous education, Toussat ay proceeds as : " This reproach is applicable alfo to a great number of planters on their eftates Since the Revolution perverfe men have addreffed them (elves to the idle and diforderly, telling them 'that liberty is the right of remaining idle ; of doing snifebief with impunity ; of defpifing the lases, and of following the dieates only of their own caprice.' Such datrine would be received by all bad fub jeas, robbers and afFaffins. It is time to punifh thole hardened men who perfift in fuch ideas— every one mutt be made to know, that there are no other means of living peaceably and refpeited, but by labour—continued labour. Such are the lab= which fathers and mothers ought to give to their children every day, and every moment of their lives." The proclamation concludes with a decree containing feveral articles, pointing out the rules of conduit to be obferved by Generals and other military Commanders, as well as by indivi duals, in order toprefervetranquillity in the colony. Etats, FEB. 19.—The Marquis de GALLO, Mini her from the Court of Naples to the French Government, arrived here the day before yefter. day at the hotel Grange Bateliere. The Minifler of the Itrerior lately feat to the Prefeß, of the Department of Ourthe, the fol. lowing notice:—" In confequenee of your defire, I have requelled the Minifler of Foreign Relations to negotiate with the Batavian Government, an arrangement for admitting our coals into that Re public, on the fame footing as thofe of England, on paying only the duty of two per cent.—l have begged him to employ every care in this negotla tion, and I hope the Reps he takes win have a happy refult, of which I (hall give you the ear heft information. (Signed) "cite PTA L." The (hips of war which during the late forms were forced to put into Cherbourg, fet out a few days ago to proceed to the place of their deltina tion. They are in number four, and will pro. bably be joined at fea by the Indefatigable frigate, which failed with them from Ham; but feparated from them during the gales. Letters from Madrid, dated the ak February, announce the marriage ofthe Prince of Art unias with the lifter of the hereditary Prince of Naples, and the marriage of the latter with the Infanta Isaztt.ce. HAGUF, Fts. 6 —Letters have been received 1 1 at Amflerdam from Batavia, of fo late a date as the z6rh of Anguß, 18ot. At that period the Colony wag in a Rate of perfeEt tranquillity. The death of the Governor had oceationei the deepell regret; he was provilionally lueceeded by Citizen Sumas, Direelor-General of the col 'nye Fin. 9.—The following official note has been publithed here lately : We are now able to an nounce, with certainty, in regard to the fqua. drops Which have put to fea ; that the Concorde frigate failed from the Meufe on the 3d of Janu ary, and the Juno and Phenix, with die William corvette, and Echo brig, from the Tete!. The firil of there frigates arrived on the t4tb, and the Juno and Phoenix on the 16th of that month, at Saint Martin, in the Ifle of Rhe, in good condi. tion. After completing their butinefs at that place, and at Rochelle, there velfels will speedily continue their voyage to the Eall Indies, nnder the command of Captain MeLissx : in the mean time the William and Echo, being deßined for Batavia, continued their route in the moR favourable Rate. No news have been received from them Race their departure, nor can any be expedled fo soon. " The national fquadron, under the command of Vice-Admiral Haarstsce, confining of the Brutus of 74, Neptune and John de Wit of 68 guns; the Ajax brig; Flying Fills schooner, of 14 guns ; and the French frigate, la Pourfuivante, which failed on the 4th of January from Flulhing, arrived on the lath in the harbour of Breß, in a good Rate, the Flying Fifh excepted, which, after tlpelicacing bad weather, returned next day.— There vflTels will continue their voyage from Brea to St. Dtmiago, with the troops they have on boar ;. " Atlanta brig failed from Flufhing on the 701 of January, and continued its voyage in the hell 114:e for the coati of Guinea : the Sea Horfe and Ligle brig failed from the Teel on the 13th of January, as well as the Daphne corvette, &Rift ed for Lilbon and the coafls of Barbary ; on boArd die latti.r was Citizen GRASVELD, bliniller of this Rcpuhlic to Portugal. The three 'aft •effels hay mg experienced contrary and tempefluous winds, Put into Cowes, in the Ifle of Wight, on the 17th of January, where they are in a gond Rate and t"adY to put to fea when the weather becomes fa vourable." Admiral GAIKTHIAUXI has failed for St. Do nitng9, and not for the Eafi Indies. One of his trat.fpnrt , , confining of Soo men, was thipwreck. , :dcn the mill of Barbary, and the cr e w mad e Pri:' , r.t•r, and carried to Tunis. SPORTING INTALLIGENOE; srrriNG.Room, Ft.. 22. FIRST CLASS or 0 1.-3 tot agft. Penelope -4 to I aaft. Marianne -5 to ta tt Chippenkant--6 tot agft• Llgnum Vitte•-qrs toe agft &MOND CLASS or DITYO.3 tot sift. Dick Andrew.-- 4 to I waft. Soreerer-6 to z agft. Hosay Larl-..6 to t aigit Pheitlz-9 to z alit. Striver. Deaar.—y to i agft: irodog EripErr=y to t agft. Brother to Gig —to to I salt. any other. 0A1tt0...3 tot am. tot agft. any other 611 y. A MA T C o.—.3ir P. Sandilh'a Eagle, agft. Sir H. V. Tempeit'S Rolla •6to 4 an Ea g l •— Si r H. V. Tempers Rolla agft. Lord Boonville's Tag. Actors the Flat for won.. h. ft.; the odd! 6 to 4 on Rolla. The LORD CHANCELLOR has appointed EDWARD WILLIAM HUNT, Efq. a Commiffioner of Bank rupts. • Mifs ADDINGTON, the daughter of the CHAN CELLOR of the EICHE pea, lies dangeroully ill, at his houfe in Downing areet. Lord Carrisasac 14 gave an elegant dinner at his houfe in Cleveland-row, on Friday lafl. Among many perions of dikindion prefent were Prince WILLIAM of Glouceller, the Marquis of Loam a, Lord and Lady HAREM &c. &c. His Lordibip, on Saturday, gave another fuperb dinner, at which were rent the Marquis of Harrroan, L or d PEL H•tiI, arls of EUSTON and BATH URST,SiTGEORGI SHER, Knight of Kerry; Colonel Jacssoti, Hon. MT.FRENCH, COMM! &ERRE FORD,MT.TALIOT, &c. The Duchefs of GORDON, during her late vifit at Huntly Lodge, was eikceding liberal to thofe in want. Betides culling meal and money to be stiftributed to the poor houfeholders of Huntly, her Grace made a large donation to the Kirk box, as did alto the Marquis of HUNTLY at the fame time. On the Bth infant the Mearns4hire Volunteers, commanded by Major DUFF, were infpeded by Colonel GORDON of the Duke of York's, or Royal Inveniefb-iliire Highlanders: in the evening there was a genteel ball and (upper at Stonhaven. General CLAUD MARTIN, who died lately at Lucknow, in the Eaft Indies, has left an immenfe property. He role to his high fiation in the army from being a common foldier, and fought in all the campaips in the Eaft Indies againft HIDER ALLY andfirroo SULTAUN. DRURY-LA/II THIATRE.—Mr. ST. JOHN'S Tra gedy of Mary Rya? of Snob was performed here Taft night, in pretence of an overflowing and brilliant audience. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. —LaiI night The Beggar', Opera Was performed at this Theatre for the benefit of Mrs. BILLINOTON, who appeared for the firl time fince her return to England in the charader of Polly. The Licenfer of the German Theatre has pro hibited all witches, necromancer.c, and fiene, of Mood. If fuch things are ailed there as on other Theatres we could name, they would feem too ridiedou: for ferious notice. The reafon why the Vienna Profe(for of Anato my was forbid to ledure upon head:, has never been fatidadorily explained It cannot be fop poled that a man of fenfe would have much to fay upon many of thofe of the Court. BON•PARTE. it appears by accounts from Hol land, has prupofed to the Dutch Government to build a continued line of fortreifes along the Rhine from to Menu. The Dutch Mi. nifter, it is laid, has contiderable fums already in hand for that purpofe. Bonn is to be made a for. trefs of the firfl rank; and fo early as next month, to,ooo pioneers, two battalions of rappers, and other workmen, are to be placed at Juliers, and on the frontiers of Weßphalia. LONDON FASMIONS.—That of I - Amon-coloured Patin, with white feathers, feems extremely predo minant among our fafhionables.—Steel loops to the Reeves of white muffin or (ilk dreffes, are very univerfal ; and cut-Reel bandeaus for the head have a pretty effed. Small watches of beautift.l workstan'hip, or a round ball of gold, furrounded with diamonds, are coming much into vogue.— Spanilh manteaus, of the fineß muflin, trimmed with broad white lace, flowing loofely from the Shoulders to the heels, are alfo in high fafhion. Ye ft erday two me n laid a wager, a guinea a fide, to go the dillance of too yards in Lambeth-flreet, one to roll a coach wheel, which was calculated to accelerate his (peed, againa the other man who had but one perfed kg, the other being a cork one ; the wheel flicking in a rut, the cork leg man came to the winning poll, ditlancing his opponent about ten yards. We yeßerday received by the fhip Harlequin of Liverpool, the Bolton Papers of the 27th of Jan. By there we learn that Captain LORD, who arrived at Norwich on the sth of January, from Point Petre, Rates, that four days previous to his leaving that port an American vefel arrived there, which had fpoken, off Defeada, five Englifts line of battle fhips dired from Europe, bound to St. Do. mingo, to at in concert with the French in difpof feffing Too ssmsyr of the Government of that Wand. Captain Loan Pays, that although tran quility was in Caine degree reftored, yet the Whites were fearful of further trouble, and many of them kept their trunks, papers, &c. on board the Ame rican (hipping, ready to fail in cafe it was necef- Loy. A moil diabolical attempt was made to deltroy the town of Bolton by fire, on the ; Sth of January, when fcveral buildings were confumed, and a great many lives were endangered; but the only fufferer proved to be a child about four years old, who had been put to bed in the upper part of a houfe which was confumed. On the following evening a Rill more defperate attempt was made for the deftruetion of tbe City by Tome daring incendiaries, who fet it on fire in four different parts ; but a prompt fupply of water and engines had been kept ready in confequence of combultibles having been found in various parts of the town, and their plan was happily defeated, though very confiderable damage was done. A perfon has been apprehend ed on forpicion of being one of the incendiaries. Tom Patna has been admitted to the bar at the Court of Common Pleat, for the County of Suf i folk, in America. tAUTICAL INtELLIGENCif. MAILS THIS DAY.-.WIND S. W. &WUllia. Oat. o Freud. o patch, - - • Handlurgh„ a a Waterford, PORTSMOUTH, FF.IIItUARY 22. Arriied the DELFT, of 64 guns, Captain RED MILL, having the Argyle fencibles on board, from Gibraltar; the CARYSFORT, of z 8 guns, Captain DRUMMOND, from a cruize ; FALCON flop, Cap tain NASH, from Madeira ; and Lleticy, 1 - lawelas, from Weymouth. Sailed the fchooner Thomas and Jane, MA HON y, for Chichelier ; and AMPHITRITE, LEVY, 101 the eaftward. A wherry upfet this afternoon in croirng, the par age from Gofport to Common Hard. The paffengers were fortunately Lived, by clinging to the bottom of the boat, till alllflance was fent them from the Iltore. SHEERNESS, FEBRUARY as. Sailed his Majcity's (hip Isis, of so guns, Cap tain HARDY, for the Downs. FROM LLOYD'. LIST. DIAL, FEB. 2 2.—Arrived the CAMBRIAN frigate, from Portfmouth, and failed for Sheernefs. Ar rived and failed for the River the PERSEVERANCE and MIN IsRVA, from tengal. GRAVESEND, FEB. 22.—P.;;Ted by the Waflking ton, Scots-, from ChArlefton ; Lovely Crnizer, PRINGLE, from Limerick ; Geode Verwagting, Boas/sr:rut from Hambu rg h ; H o p e , ---, and jonge Jarrad , from Rotterdam.—Sailed the Indtatry, MBADOWES, for Gibraltar; Favourite, VOLANS, for St. Vincent's; Sufan and Polly, Lawastits, for Antigua ; and Hamburgh packet, GROAT, for Hamburgh. ARRIVED At Dover•—The Lively Smith ; and Young William, Bacon, from the South Seas; and Wallington, Scott, from Charteftun. At Africa--Otway, Mann • and Alexander, Ainfworth, from Liverpool ; Hind, M`Donalil ; Minerva, Colley; Sir W. Douglas, Shaw; Adventure, Finlay, from London. At St. Vincent's--Diligent, Marlhall, from Africa. At Clyde.—Rofamond, —, from Charlellon. At Londonderry—Adive, Stephenfon, from Philadelphia. At Charletton—llirmingham PacketlCockfon, from Lon don ; and Ocean, Murray, from Clyde. At Bahamas—Tamer, Brown, from Africa ; and Speedwell, Jaekfon, from Liverpool. At Portfmouth—Swallow, Fowler, from Rip. At Liverpool—Lottery, Whittle, from Jam-mica; South C. • rolina, German, from Charlellon ; Bolton, Reddie, from St. Vincent's; Harlequin, Turner, from Button ; and Wilhelnaina, from Dantzle. At St. Helena.—Rofe, Kymer; Betfey. Hooper; Perfeve ranee, --6.; Thames, Elbech ; Union, Luke; Suffolk, —; Ganges, Brion ; Ceres, Todd ; Eliza, Holman ; Bellona, Lamb ; and Hind, from Bengal. At the Cape of Good Hope—Friendfhip, Pry, from Lon don; Roebuck, Blihop; and Admiral Rainier, —, from Bengal. At Cowes--Matilda, M'Micl, from St. Michael's. At Jamaica--Louifa, Motlan ; and Nautilus, Finlay, from London; and Armfted, Prince, front the Spanilli Main. At the Spanith Main—Lord Nelfon, Yellowley, from Ja maica and back. At Cadiz—Betfey, Leonard, from Guernfey. At Hatnburgh—Hope, Brooks, from Londo.t. At Cuxbaven—Wackzumkeet, Rear, from London. At Leghorn—Sean, Wittle, from Leith. At Briftol—.The Sally, —, from New York. At Falmouth--Favourite, Richardfon, from Surinam. At A lieant—Edward, Giafgow, from II 'watt. At Belfait—Eagle, 'llompf o n, from NCVI York. At Plymouth — The Henrietta, —, from Dantzlek. At Genoa--Crefcent, Ruffin, from Hull. At Bourdeauz—John Davies, —, from Charleitown ; and Saran, Jeffery, from Philadelphia. The Harriett, HOARY • and Harmony, —; which were faid to h ave been loft with the Midfum mer Blofforn, on their ;mirage from Honduras to London, are now fate at that port, the two former vefiels having but juft arrived out, as appears by Lloyd's book. The Maria, MADDOCKS, from Dublin to Guern fey and the Weil Indies, is 'oil near St. Agnes, in Cornwall ; five people drowned. The Hannah, LAWSON, from Jamaica to Lon don, was loft on the gth of December, on the Hog flies ; great part of the cargo laved. The Willoughby, LOVE'S', from London to Ja maica, which has been taken and carried into Cay. enne, is fine given up, and arrived at St. Vincent's. The Lucretia, BURN Er, from the Clyde, for Trinidad, arrived at Madeira on the 17th of Janu ary; on the 16th, to the eaftward of Madeira, ihe (poke the Hercules, CRAW FORD, from the Clyd4 for Grenada, all well. We have the pleafure to announce the fife ar rival in the Downs, on Saturday laft, of the (hip HARMONY, Captain WICKHAM, and the (hip Hops, Captain Douai', from the Prefidency of Bengal, loaded with a cargo of rice for this country ; to gether with the Chip Indifpenfible, a South Sea whaler, and the Young William, Captain BACON, alto from the South Seas, but laR from the Mind of St. Helena. The HAI stony and Hop& are not included in the lift of rice thipslicenfed by the Ho nourable Eaft India Company lift year to proceed for grain : of there only fix have yet arrived. A Court Martial was held yenerday morning on board his Majefty's fhip JAMAICA, lying in Sheer nets harbour, Rear Admiral RowLE r Prefident, to try Benjamin Wooding, a marine, belonging to l'Unirt, lying at the Nore, on a charge of rob bery : after a number of witnelfes had been exa mined for the profecution, the charges alledged againft the prifoner were clearly proved, and the Court after mature deliberation found the pri foner guilty. He was fentenced to receive 200 lathes, and to be imprifoned two years in folitary confinement in the Marthalfea. Saturday a Marine Soldier delivered himfelf up to the Commanding Officer of the Plymouth Di vilion of Marines at Plymouth, confelling hinifelf a murderer and a robber, having declared he robbed a Gentleman on Hounflow Ifeath, in 1797, of 25 guineas and upwards, and afterwards with an ac complice murdered him. He declares he has never been happy fine, and what is remarkable was about to be difcharged, but hisconfcience, as he emphatically declar e d, f o tormented him, he could not refit declaring his guilt. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRALTY COURT, DOCTORS COMMONS, FED. r.• This day the Right Hon. Sir Wm. SCOTT pro ceeded to the adjudication of the following caufes : The Nancy, —, Kurielfen maffer.—This was a Danilh (hip, laden with a cargo of coffee, fuvr, and dye wood, bound on a voyage front Batavia to Copenhagen, which was captured on the 3 tit of July, 1798. It appeared that the cargo was cm demned on the former hearing on the ground of Dutch interelt being concerned in it, but that fur ther proof was ordered with relpea to the property of the (hip. The Court, after hearing the Counfel on both tides, was of opinion that the cafe of the (hip was dillinguilhable from that of the cargo, and accordingly retlored the fame. The Hope, —, Wheelwright mailer.—This was a cafe of further proof refpetFting certain par cels of goods. The Court reflored the goods on which further proof was produced, but condemn ed the reft. -COURT OF KING'S BENCH, PEE. 22. THE KING V. ELLIS BLAKE AND OTHERS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opened this profecu. tion, which was againft Blake and four others, for a confpiracy to perfuade a witnefs of the name of Dumpley, otherwifc called Donouhough, a private in the Ealt Middlefex Militia, to ableut himfelf from the trial of a perfon of the name of Mae Wife, who ftood charged with uttering bafe (even fhillinF pieces, knowing them to be counterfeited, &c. They had tampered, he laid with this wit nefs, and offered him money upon feveral occa lions, and to purchafe his difcharge for fix guineas, betides offering fometimes fifteen guineas, and fometimes twenty-five, for going out of the way, inftead of appearing on tae trial. He pretended to give way, but first acquainted his offizer, Lieu tenant Kirkman, of the cafe, who communicated it to the Commanding Officer, and behaved very honourably, the refult of which was, that this wit nefs was put under arra, and kept in cuffody until the time atrial; when lie was brought into Court and examined ; but owing, the Attorney-General 1441, to a charge delivered by the Recorder to the Jury on that occafion, the prifoner, Ifaac Wife, was acquitted. He had had a long acquaintance with that learned Officer of the Court at the Old Bailey, and much efteem for him ; but he ventured to fay, that he had mif-flated the law as it applied to this particular cafe ; and he would go further, and fay, that if the law was as then Rated, no con vistion for uttering bale money could once, in an hundred inflances of real guilt, take place at all. The cantle which had been purfued to deed there titterers was this :—When any of them became the fubjed of fufpicion, a perfon employed by the Mint pretended he wanted to buy fome bad money of Inch perfon ; an appointment was made for that purport. The perfon employed for this bufinefs mark,:d fome good money, which he gave in ex change for the bad, m a d e hi s purchafe with the utterer, paid him with his marked money, and then, upon a fignal given, the Officers of the Po lice cArne forward, took tip the utterer at once. and found this money on him, which, together with the bad money bought by the perfon thus em ployed by the mint, for this detection, made up complete evidence againft the utterer. To this, the objeilion which had been flailed, and which had been fatal to fome profecutions tried before that Learned Officer he had already alluded to, was, That this was a mode of unfairly entrap ping a man into the commillion of a crime, and then turning his tempter into his accufer."—But to this it was to be anfwered, that no innocent man could be ever entrapped in this way, for no innocent man could have in his poffeffion filch a number of bafe pieces as to be able to traffic in them, nor would any honeff man fell them if he did poffefs then. ; fo that this was not a mode of entrapping innocence, but of deteding guilt. In the cafe of the perfons now charged with this confpiracy to keep away a witnefs from giv ing evidence, it was true they failed of their ob jed, and the Witnefs was examined; but that did not alter this cafe, becaufe the crime was in the confpiracy to do this unlawful ad, and whether they accomplilhed or failed, made no difference as to their guilt. He added, that unlefs the admini ffration of jnffice could be fecured from thefe at tacks upon it, vain would it be to keep Courts of Criminal Juflice open. The accomplices in this offence, and who had been originally charged with it, but who the At torney General had made Witnelfes for the Crown, by entering a No/. Prof. with regard to them, re lated the whole cafe, by which it appeared that the Defendants had endeavoured to keep this wit nefs away, and the evidence of tilde perfons was corroborated in many material parts by Lieut. Kirkman, who gave his evidence with great can , dour, and received the approbation of the whole Court, for both his teftimony in the caufe, and his condud in the tranfa&ion. Mr. ERSKINE made an able fpeech for the De fendants, for two of whom only he was Counfel. He reprefented the firft informer in this cafe as a difappointed villain, who wanted to get not only his difcharge, which he adually purchafed at the expence of thefe Defendants, but alfo the twenty. five guineas he Paid he was at one time promifed. This very man had been examined before the Re corder and the Jury who tried Ifaac Wife for the uttering of the bate money : he was not then be lieved, for Wife was acquitted : and being ac quitted, he mull, by all rules of Law and jullice. be Paid to he innocent. If this witnefs was not be lieved then, why thould he be believed now &c. &c. Tt.e ATTO‘NRY Galtair, in hi. reply, went over all the moll material observations of Mr. Er lkine, but took occation to take particular notice of an expretlion which, he thought, prudence bad long ago fet at roil, namely, «that every man ac quitted in a Court of Jullice, mull be taken to be innocent," a fentiment which could not be fup. ported for a moment. The legal effect of an ac quittal was this,• " that a perlon could never be tried again upon that charge," and that was all the provifion of the law upon it. But there were be 10, ea