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FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE FIRE • .4r TRIN/P4D. • "tll PORTi ; 46. PRIL I I, loos. Between ten and eleveno * cloik on the night ol the 24th ultimo, the inhabitants of this town were sud , denly awoke by the drums beating, the bells ringing the alarm. Fire was soon found to be the cause, and the house of Dr. Schaw, in . Frederick-street, one of the narrowest, most populous,. and built altogether of timber, the focus from whence the conflagration ; issued, threatening, by its impetulsity, devastation all around. • The fire from the inflammable and combustible materials of Dr. Schaw's shop, in which were stored quantities of nitre, sulphur, ether, and.other roaitied sp;rits, and essential oils, soon raged with inconceiv able violence : and diverging from that focus in every direction, the whole of that street, together with Henry-street on the East, Chacon-street on the West; and King and Queen -streets on the North and South, were soon enveloped in the devouring element ; and, • to those tvho had time to reflect, afforded a melan choly presage of the total destruction of -the tosen. The terror Which took possession of - the unfortunate tenants and Proprietors of this neighbourlerA is not to be described, nor can fancy paint a scene of such astonishment and dismay.—They were roused from their sleep to behold the very flames bursting into their chambee:viindOirs, and had but sufficient time to abandon allan:id. save their lives. The screams of the women ancLchildren running distractedly through the streets, in search of a place of safety—the neigh ing, ortather. iqualing of horses and mules, many of which.were burned to death in their Itables—and the loud and frequent reports of butts Of spirituous liquors and of gunpowder as the fire reached them, all together formed an assemblage of honor, as aw ful as it was terrific. Of lives we have not' heard of any being lost, except a negro of Mr. Sandes;the vendue-mister, whose house was contiguous to the spot where the fire originated, and a 'Grenadier of the 37t1., who generously devoting himself to save the life of a child, .succeeded in the attempt, but was so scorched as since to have died of his sitgenings. The Pump Company with the water-engines did every thing that could be expected from them, to stop the progress of the flames ; but from the number of! years that the town, through a variety of hazards, had escaped, and the late uncommon wet weather, which had lulled the inhabitants into security, people tvere off their guard, and the machinery of every class attached to that establishment had been ne. sleeted ; the want of water w as anothersdifficulty the wells only furnished the.-little that was procured, but those were Soon drained or become inapproach able by the excessive beat of- the houses, and pailings on fire around them. His Excellency the Governor; with the Officers of the Staff, and working partiei from the.37th and Bth, were early at the scene of action ; but although their efforts were vigorous,alid behaviour orderly and Me ritorious, under his Excellency's orders, it was .all in va:n ; human art or exertion could do, nothinT against the progress of such a torrent of fire, ebtat 'wally renewed and excited by fuel of such inflam mable matter. When day broke, and the smoke which hovered over the ground, and could not ascend from its own density, had cleared away by the morning breeze, a view of desolation presented itself to us not to be de scribed ; a large and populous town which, but a few hours before, bore the second rank in our Wind ward Island possessions, had vanished, and nothing remained but stacks of chimnies and walls in ruins; not an atom of any thing inflammable escaped, and in many places bottles and glass ware, and even pot metal, were found to have been in a state of fusion. On taking an account of the extent of the damage, with the plan of the town in hand, we find that 12 squares or blocks have been entirely consumed, and nine partially, making an ewe/fib/a of 435 principal houses or stores with ihe fronts to the streets, besides back stores and Out-offices, which may he estimated at four times that number at leact, and the whole at a moderate calculation worth 3,500,000 dollars, the lodging or property of about 4,500 persons, who are now in the streets, and numbers of them totally des titute. Of the value of the merchandize, produce, and effects destroyed, we can A present form no idea: but Government has called for the account of every person's loss upon oath, which will exceed, we think, half a- million sterling. Of the public buildings, not one has been saved. The Government-house, the Custom-house, the Hos pital, the Protestant Church, the Gaol, the Town hall, and a part of the Public Archives and the Treasurers-offices, all have fallen a sacrifice to the flarres. Most fortunately the Commissaries' stores and King's provisions were by great exertion saved ; and to this source of life, many now owe, in a great measure, their subsistence, it having pleased his Ex cellency to proclaim martial law, and with his usual goodness and humanity, to order rations to be issued to the militia as in times of actual warfare ; all the tents which could be spared in the garrison, have been pitched in Brunswick-square, to lodge the un fortunate sufferers, who have neither house nor home, and they are numerous. On the part of Government, every measure . that could contribute to alleviate the public rni:ery has been taken, with a precision and promptitude which does his Excellency infinite honour. Expresses have been sent to the neighbouring Colonies, to the Spanish Main, and to the United States, for supplies. A Committee of his Majesty's Council, and of the prin cipal inhabitants, has been appointed to receive dona tions of every kind that can be useful, and di ...ribute to those who are in need, rations of bread, flesh,.and fish salted, and even fresh beef to the infirm, which are purchased up by the Committee from a private led for the relief of the sufferers, at • 7. , . - - MEP MP' his yard ; but by what fire is all conjecture. •NV lieve that there was no *ditated in the affair : it dent, and that is the best town opilent ; and flourishing, perry, has bee n destroyed ; it is to the sufferers to be' informed 1_ mischief is done, and there is no remedy ; -dc it is at least satisfactory to be assured that evil design had no baud in at. AMERICA I-lALWAX, MAY 6. • His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, has thought tit, with the advice of his Majesty's Codncil, to appoint Friday, the 10th day of June next, as a day of public fasting and humiliation throughout the I'rov ince. M,►Y 13.—Effects of thi Embargo. The bankrupt ' cies in New-York, previous to the 10th of April, amounted to ninety-one, for the enormous sum of six millions five hundred and five thousand dollars. MAY 20.-- , Our papers from Boston, by the Emu lous sloop of war, are to the 7th inst. The American Congress concluded its Session on the `'2sth ult. .to meet. again on the 7th of November next. The Supplementary Embargo Bill passed, with some additions ; but the Bill authorising the President to arm vessels of war, &c. was postponed indefinitely. ' The Vermonters have protested against the embargo, which prohibits their tradewith Lower Canada, both by land and the waters of Lake Champlain, as cut ting uff the only source of their prosperity. _ - . . . .-...: • PARLIAMENTARY -PROCEEDINGS. *. • HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 21. • The Scots Local Militia Bill and the White Herring Fishery Bill were brought up from the Commons by Mr. WHARTON and other Members, and read a first time. The West India Accounts Bill, the American Trade Bill, the Smuggling Prevention Bill, the Barrack Accounts Bill, the British Fisheries Bill, and the Hackney Coach Bill, were read a third time and passed The Pilots' Bill, the Cape of Good Hope Trade Bill, and the Subdivision Returns Bill were read a second tune, and committed for to-morrow. The Land Tax Commissioners Bill, the Prize Goods Bill, the Beer Licence Bill, the Post-horse Ditty Bill, the Promissory Notes Bill, the Irish Spirits Bill, and the Irish Drawbacks Bill, passed through Committers, and, were reported. I . STIPENDIARY CURATES' BILL. The Stipendiary Curates Bill was brought up by Mr. WIIAR • i TON and other Members, and after a few words from the Earl + of LAUDERDALE, who wsaof opinion that the Bill contained provisions of a very exceptionable nature, and hoped that sufficient time would be given for its consideration, was read a first time, and, on the Motion of the BISHOP of LONDON, ordered to be I printed. I ItOxnUnGH CAUSE. 1 The Committee of Privileges proceeded in the consideration of the claims to the Earldom of Roxburgh. • l'he Hon. H. ERSKINE was l heard on behalf of Brigadier-General Ker, one of the claimants. This Gentleman for his client, and Sir %smuts. the on the part of Sir Janes Norcliffe limes, another of the claimants, hav ing objected to Counsel (who attended) being heard in the Com. Mince for Mt. Menden Key, he not having claitied the title, and also having declared that they did not consent to Counsel 1 (who alscrattended) being heard for Lady Essex Kcr , who claim ed' the title, it was determined, on the motion of the LORD CHAN ' cxctoa in consequence of this new case arising, to make a re i port to the House, and request an instruction with respect to fur -1 ther proceeding. LOCAL MILITIA. On the third reading of this Bill, The Earl of SELKIRK repeated some of his former observa tions on the expediency of enrolling all the young men of a certain age, instead of adopting the principle of ballot between two ages, as resorted to in the present Bill ; and concluded by moving to leave out the words " ballotted and," for the purpose of proceed ing to substitute in the Bill his own plan. The question was about to be put, when Earl STANHOPE expressed his surprise at the silence of his Majesty's Ministers with respect to the amendment proposed by the Noble Earl. He should support the amendment, because be conceived the plan of the Noble Earl came mach nearer the old Militia principle than the Bill as it stood. The modern Militia principle, that of ballot, was, he contended, a bad one. He pre ferred the old constitutional principle of the psue cossitaNs. His Lordship made sonic observations to *hew the necessity of taking additional measures for the defence of the country, and concluded by giving his support to the amendment. Lord HAWKESBURY justified the silence of Ministers, by observing, that the same amendmeit w as p ro p osed and disc ussed ' in the Committee, and therefore they might justly imagine, that the NoNe Earl merely proposed it now, for the purpose of hay , ing it recorded on the Journals. He must now as he did in the Clmtnittee, oppose the amendment, being convinced that ballot was the only principle on which an efficient force of this desalt/. don could he raised. As to the pour cestitstsi 1, it was good is theory, but it never had existed in practice as was evident at the time the Militia was first instituted. M any alterations had been made in the constitution of the Militia, but this Bill be con tended, came very near the old principle on which the Militia was first established. Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH observed, that the Amendment I proposed by his Noble Friend was very different to the principle of the pore coasitahu mentioned by the Noble Earl (Stanhope). — He approved of the plan suggested by his Noble Friend, but at. the same time, he was ready to admit that the present Bill, with a view to all the considerations which the subject involved, was the best that bad hitherto been brought forward. The Amendment was negatived. The Earl of RADNOR moved an amendment for the purpose of extending the exemption with respect to those whollad served in the Militia, or found substitutes or paid fines, which after a fetr words in its support from Earl Stanhope, was negatived. The Bill was read a third time and passed. MR. PALMER'S CLAIM. Lord ELIOT rose to make his motion, pursuant to notice, on the Bill for allowing compensation to Mr. Palmer, for his services in the Post-Office de partment. He observed that, in addressing their ' Lordships, he was influenced by no other than a public motive. He then entered into a detail of the circumstances which induced Mr. Pitt to confer. a grant of 30001. per year on Mr. Palmer, and his sub sequent dismal from office. He then contended, that by not performing the duties of the office to which Mr. Palmer was appointed, he lost all claim to pub lic compensation, and concluded by moving that the Bill be rejected. . ~ The Earl of MOIRA. expressed his surprise at the procedure of the Noble Lord who had just sat down. If ever there was a judicial question before the House, this was one. It was 'a case where the jus tice of the nation was concerned. The claim of an individual, who had performed meritorious services 1 for his Country, came to be fairly tried. The House, under these circumstances, was called upon by the Noble Baron to turn away the plea of justice, and to disregard the minute discussion and decision upon the question which had occurred in the other branch ,of the Constitution. If their Lordships did reject 1 the Bill, the most mischievous c onse q uences would i i ensue. The People would cease to appeal to their 1 Lordships for justice, and the clai m of an individual to public compensation would be f rustrated b y the IConstitutional power Which ought to afford an int ( partial and fair investigation. The Noble Earl then entered into an eloque;.t argument in support of Mr. I Palmer's claims, and contended, from the minutes of evidence laid before the House on the subject, that Mr. Palmer did not merit the obloquy and dis grace attributed to his conduct. It was not his in n tention to come to any decision respecting Mr. Pal mer's claim ; he merely opposed the motion for dis missing the Bill, in defiance of the decision of the other House, and the attention which their Lord ships were bound in justice to pay to the claim of a subject, who applied,for public compensation. Un 'ir all th e cite"- -tatices, he thought the present was for the - House to come to - by patent for life, he could not, upon th e . stated, have been divested of it by a writ cf vadat. The agreement made by Mr. Pin wi t h t'alrner was, he untended, clearly established, in itself a wise one, because, if the plan of the had failed, he was to receive nothing ; but if it s ucceeded, then he was to receive a percentage upon i nc reased revenue of the Post Oilice,.in order to rte him to future exertio s. This bairgain i his maintained, was binain3 upon The honour of the country, equally with other contracts, to a large am 'lint, which were annually entered into I , y public officers ; and Mr. I'itt's consenting that the consideration of this subject should go to a Committee in the year 1797, was a proof thatie consid e red the , • agreement as not terminated by the acceptance of the 90001. a-year by Mr. Palmer. Lord \VALSINGHAM stated several instances ..to chew that Mr. - Palmer appeared, whilst in office, to art upon a settled plan of throwing obstacles in the ivay of the Postmaster General, by retarding the de livery of letters, and in other ways.; and that thic was more clearly shewn by the fact, that after Mr. Palmer's suspension, the letters were delivered au hour earlier than before that period. The LORD CHANCELLOR opposed the mo. Lion for the adjournment, and entered at some length into the consideration of the Bill before the House. Entertaining, as lie did, all due respect for the other House of Parliament, which had sent up this Bill, yet he saw no substantial reasons for adopting it, ,and remained precisely of the same opinion he had formerly adopted, that whatever were the merits of Mr. Palmer towards the Public, yet these had been ,sufficiently rewarded by a pension of 3,0001. a year, and that.he had no Well founded claim to the grant proposed in the present Bill. Lord STANHOPE supported the question of ad journment, which was opposed by Lord REDEF ,DALE. The House then divided, when there app peared for the Amendment—Contents 10—Non Contents 31—Majority 24. The original motion was then carried without division.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Read a third time and passed the Paymaster's Bill, the Wan housing Bill, the American Goods Bill, and the Lottery Bill. Sir W. SCOTP moved for leave to bring in a Bill to extend irovisions of an Act of the 45th of the King, for the better e couragement of Seamen entering into his Majesty's Navy. Leave was given, and the Bill was brought in and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Read a second time the Woollen Suspension Bill, the ltish Spirits Bill, the Woolwich Water-Works Bill. Reported the Welch Coals Bill, the Southern Whale Fishery Bill, the Silk. Duty Bill; NPDowall's Estate Bill, the Vote of Credit Bill, the Irish Gaols Bill, and the Iti,h Treasury Bills Bill, and ordered' be read a third time to-mirrcw. Mr. HUSKISSON brought up the Bill of Appropriation, which *as read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time • morrow. Mr. HUSKISSO).: brought up an Account pf the Expenses Cloathing the King's German Legion, conformably to an order of the House. Mr. HUSKISSON moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Law for the Marking of - Bags and Pockets of Hops. Leave was given. Committed In a COMmittee of the whole House, die Brasil Postage Bill. Mr. EDEN wished to be Informed, *Milt& it was the inten tion of Government to found any measure upon the second third Reports of the West India Committee The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that t. ,Belief already granted was not confined to the suspension of Distil lation from Corn ; but that lowering the duties on Coffee, and en creasing the duties on Brandy, would have the same tendency with the other measure. It was not the intention of Government, he said, to propose any other measure at present. Mr. BARHAM gave notice, that he will make a motion r the late Reports of the Committee appointed to consider of means of relieving the West India Planters on Thursday nest. SCOTS JUDICATCRE, BILL. The Scots Judicature Bill was recommitted Committee of the whole House. Mr. HORNER objected to the Clause, enactin; that no appeals. shall be permitted from Interloci tary Judgments of the Coen of Session without consent of the Court. In this objection he was ! ported by Mr. Abercrombie and Sir Samuel Romi and opposed by the Lord Advocate and Solicitor neral for Scotland, and the Chancellor of the El cicier. After a conversation of considerable len; Sir Samuel Rotnilly proposed an Amendment tt. Clause, that Appeals shall not be permitted again: Interlocutory Judgments, by introducing the we " except in cases where there is a difference of nion among the Judges." The SOLICITOR • GENERAL opposed amendment, as tending to encourage vexatious _ peals, to the great delay,of legal proceedings, and the grievous inconvenience of the suitors. After some further discussion, the Lord Advocate acceded to Sir Samuel Romilly's amendment, • was agreed to. On another part of the same Clause, Mr. HORNER remarked, that as he had former) objected that appeal's were not allowed in a suffie . number of instances, so must he now submh they were granted on too many. He objected part of the clause by which parties, who, from their own negligence, or that of their men of business, al- lowed Decrees or Interlocutors to become final agaiut ' them, had it in their power, after the period o fpre. seating petitions was elapsed, to petithm, and, if the other party declined to answer, then to appeal to the House of Loris. This he esteemed an unwarrauta ble and improper privileges , - Mr. J. ABERCROMBLE supported this objection. The LORD ADVOCATE declared, that he had no predilection for the Clause. The words were of course expunged. On the motion of Mr. HORNER, it was ordered that the quorum of the Judges of the two chambers, instead of four, be three. Mr. HORNER, alluding to those appeals Which were withdrdwn before hearing,or dismissed for want of hearing, and which he considered the worst kind of appeal% proposed a clause for the disposal of all such afterwards hi the Court below, but was informed that he must bring this forward at a future stage of the proceedings. On the Clause appointing Commis-inners to report, in what cases Jury Tria?could be beneficially intro• duced, and for other purposes ' Mr. HOILNER inforced the propriety of these Commissioners being nominated by Parliament, and not by the Crown. Mr. WHITBREAD said, he could figure the pos sibiliq of a case existing, in which the Crown, if M. vested with such a power, Might say, :cif you will not give me al victims the persons Jury alt . _ . _ at tritons his out-ogees eltitght-itirezrvatipade known ; and thettg' bacfEwa' rd ed to him l We firmly and religiouslYlsi- the or for his zeal and goo sgrices, and made grounds : no design immediate or prone- hip; aNo leman, as lfie aee from Stqckhotin 'Gr.- cart facia was undoubtedly owing ; to acct. aeue oldie 2d of June. • . n 1.. Mr. Pah "est face we can put upon 4.. , 'A . Burhovden's Proclamation of i 21st of kara, and was arishing, and. an immense pro- indicates that the Ruisians trusted that wil-Tinland aft erler hal dyed ; it is of' little consequence was conquered, and that the Swedish army would sede informed how it happened ; withdraiv to Sweden. . - • the lucre . there is no remedy ; but it its A , stinnulati _ .......-. - - .... •It7'l , C• ' teOrdShi 1 . :, e i • h . 0 3, le it ni '441 : 6113 '; ' to is , 4 Ur -, X I , y :he tee the the r ces it .._, , to the de- I '• thic • - • Mr. t' • clta igth •r, am use. ther Bill, s r - ,, 4 ,. ..:1 it, • had . , . 4 ' Ls of ' -1 " been year. ;rant fad- ',•, )ES. t • ' f e ap- .t. -Non loaf DUI: a . . . :41r. 11 aim ow& 3111. terame d h , Leave :e t un c In t i I I . 111.1. ed . . W to It ish 1.4 the ._ t he Silk. 7 .41 ill, the FI . lered to k• , 1 .. . , ~ which , C time to. • t i e ences of .... r •• ' ' • m order • ' ''.. • D amend 0 4, I Leave a lit 1 4 Braid lit,b UM Ito inten- U l m tond and .fl that that the Pi of Distil. A 1 , and en- 10 110 tendency _ • • .... eminent, motion on • ler of the next. ed in a Z IA no meting, terlocu- - . out the r• x. as sup- k Lomilly; L . itor Ge- Exche- length, it to did against words, of opi- ' ned this ous Ap- s, and to kdvocate it, which I formerly sufficient . '-..., )mit that - as ed to that A , • . FOREIGN INTELLIGEArCE. GOTTENRURGH, JUNE io. Various reports are in circulation here to-day, which cannot be triked to any source to be depended upon ; one is, that peace is nerciating between this country and the Danes, who are said to be heartily tired of the exactions of the French in Holstein ; another is, that the Swedish army is withdrawn from Norway. General Armfcldt, we learn, has been some days id Sweden ; a short time will clear up these matters. It is said that, within these few days, a Danish cut ter has been blown .ip off Bornholm, in an engagement with the English cutter, the Swan. Monsieur Alopeus, the Russian Minister, has been permitted to leave Stockholm, and to embark in a Swedish frigate at Carlscrona for one of the ports in the Baltic ; the Russian Consul here is yet kept under a guard. Jown 11.— Yesterday arrived the Superb, English man of war, on board which Admiral Keates has hoisted his flag, and this morning the African, of 64 gun* having .on board Colonel Nltirrar, with dis patches for Sir John Moore, who, it is understood, will set off to-morrow morning for Stockholm, accompa nied,by General Murray and others, for the purpose of arranging plan of operations for the English army. • t STOCKHOLM, JUNE 4. Hit Royal Majesty received the day before yester day the following Report from General Baron Arm feldt, Commander in Chief of the Western . Army of the 29th ult. " Head Quarters, Holmedal, May 29 . " On the 23th instant the enemy surprised a pos?- .tion of the 2d Brigade, and at first obtained some ad vantages over our troops. Some reinforcements were immediately ordered to join the troops attacked, but before they arrived the enemy were repulsed with ,considerable " On the 27th, in the morning, Col. Brandstrom was also attacked at his head-quarters in Bergstrooni, but the enemy met with such a wand reception, that his plan to destroy the. inagazifie in and near that place; was caftipletelY disconcerted, and he retreated I.with the utmost confusion. (Signed). . " G. M. ARMPELDT.", . , ' Jots 8.-.-By a report made to hii Mare Sty Lieutenant-Cplonel Jenssen, under date Of the • 4 instant, it appears k4* Lieutenant Hohnon, with h s division of gunlboats, and Lieutenant Lazerhjelm, who cotnmarids the schooner Froja, proceeded on the 23d of last May' e Korpstrem and 1011ingsholm, and succeededinfanding a detachment of Swedish troop s, which they had on board, and whereby a redoubt thrown - up , in , the Russians was destroyed, and two pieces of cannon and 123 stand of arms were taken. PRIVATE LETTER. By a for Mer mail you must have received General Baxhovden's Proclamation to the Yinlanders, threatH ening every Finnish officer wbo should' follow his countrymen out of Finland in their retreat, with the confiscation of his property, &c. ; and the execution of the Geile'raPs orders was given to Mr; Wibelius, Governor of Cnopio. The following is an extract of a letter from the Governor of Cuopio to General Bus hoyden, dated. 14th April, in answer to one he re ceived, referring him to the Proclamation in question: " Your Excellency has in a letter of the 2d inst. ordered, that if contrary to all expectation, any Finnish Officer serving in the Swedish army,- should follow that army in its retreat beyond the boundaries of the conquered part of Finland, and not make known his return, to the Governor of the Province, on or before the 25th instant, then, by virtue of the Proclamation of the 21st March, the commission and pay of such officer should be disposed of for the acconnt of the Emperor: and secondly, that ail his property' should be confiscated, for which I was to take the necessary steps. " Now of this Proclamation I know nothing; but your Excel lency has publicly, in the name of his Imperial Majesty, assured us that our laws should be respected, and enjoined nw to protect, under the laws, all the inhabitants of the province that did not disturb its tranquillity. Hence it follows that I cannot omit to mention that the above measure is in direct opposition to our esta blished law of 1734, where, in chap. xi. sec. 4, it is expressly sta ted, that no person cam forfeit the right of another, but that every one. has to answer for himself. Thus, if the Officers whom duty and allegiance now join to the Finnish army, have forfeited their property for a crime hitherto unknown to them, it cannot be con sonant with our law that their wis es and creditors should be pu nished for the offences of their husbands and debtors, or that they should ;tide their rights. The confiscation which you have ordered me to execute fills the whole country with despair. subscription opens the head of which stands his Excellency's name, and "[request of your Excellency!sjikice and reflect 1 1 'not a proper opportunity that of the Collector of his Majesty's Custom s, ' C. woe he sufferings which this measure would inflict on to .") • many in. ' any decision on the question of Mr. Palmer's claim t et families in Finland. Grant, Esq. for 10001. sterling each—an exa m and he concluded by moving, " That the House do s i t re Y d ou u r c l . l h actlieter know the laws of honour: you have ao. of munificence worthy the imitation of the Charitable celebrity, and sure yea could not respect a nati oh 1 tiovi Lo lou H rn A .' R ' and humane, to whom it has pleased God to di'. ( gat d;d m not ‘ valne justiee, h urly der irtue ROWBY that with the Noble pence the blessings of wealth or independence. With ti is my sacred duty to keep ' , and . to defend tom Earl who . spoke last, that tt was not a proper time unfit r the laws, and that I wish to do, as an honest man, to the , r espect to the source of this dreadful calattiky, we f i t; but at that is no longer poarble , then my conscience shall , to discuss the subject, and spoke gener.llly against have not only the concurrent testimony of the . inha- ow me to misfortune, to beggary, or h to the grave; pod al. toe BM. bitants of Frederick - street, who were most contiguous though worn out as I ant is sr:rda--1 Lcrd ERSKINE contended that nci case had been oats service. and bornt d own through by e s and sorrows , Y " to the flames, but of Dr. Schaw himself, who has," trade oat which provedtbat Mr. Palmer had in tirred 1 sbal not go off the stage with execra s ;lo g n. confessed befbre authority, that the first know- "gatitln that . . , " %can ju ,.., any foife tureelthe claims arising out of the original (Signed) ledge he had of the fire was its bursting in at the " Cuss*, April 14, tans. - agreement, and that supposing the Comptrollership w i n dows of his back gallery from the out.oiE ces in Aficr Cuopio was taken by the Swedes , this a n • with the p tr tenta g e =lma, Co have been ' granted s• . . 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