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kIiER I CAN PAPERS. BOSTON, JI.T.IE 18. On Monday an adjourned meeting an, the subject of the impending war,: was held by the inhabitants of this. town. The CoMmittee appointed on ThnrsdaY last, male a report. The I- onourable 14.1 r Otis an Colonel. SuMner, de monstrated the impoiicv of the proposed, war, - and tbe'right of the people-to endeavour by constitu tional means to avert it. The Report, of which the following is a copy, was ..then accepted. The ComMittee appointed by the Town of Boston to .take into consideration the present alarming state of our public affairs, and report what measures, in their opinion, it is proper for the Town to adopt at this momentous crisis, re, spectfully report : " Thai the recent proceedings of the Govern ment of the United. States, .justify the belief, that measures of direct hostility against Great Britain havereceived the sanction of one branch of the Legislature, and probably have already become •lasc ; or if suspended, that they will finally be re stinted and enforced. While the temper and views of the 'national administration are intent upon war; any expression of the sense' of this town; will of itself he finite ineffectual, either to avert this deplorahle calamity, or to accelerate a re turn of peace. Bat believing, as we do, that an immense majority of the people are invincibly atersetvim a conflict equally sinnece.4sary, and me nacing ruin to themselves and their posterity ; convinced, as we are, that the event will over -vrhelln theni with'a,stonishment and dismay;_ we cannot but trust that a general expression of the voice of the peOple would satisfy Congress that those of their 'Representatives who have voted in favour of war have'not - truly represented the w4hes'of their constituents and thus arrest the tendency of their' measures to this extremity. — But should this be hopeless, it will enable- the peo ple to combine their operations, in order to pro duce, by constitutional means, a change of men and measures, and rescue the nation from ruin. 7- -. From the commencement - of the system of com mercial restrictions, the inhabitants of this town (inferior, we trust, to none in ardent patriotism and attachment to the union), have appeared to render themselves obnoxious to the - national ad ministration and its partizans in this State, by their foresight and predictions of their utter in efficacy, destructive operations, and the ultimate tendency of this unprecedented and Visionary _scheme; . _ " They could discern in it nothing but a deli berate sacrifice of 'their best interests, and a con formity to the views of France,with whose system it-co-operates, and whose approbation it receives; and hostility to Britain, whose interests it wounds, and whose resentment it was calculated to excite. It . was for the National Government to determine whether_the decrees and aggressions of the belli gerent powers (which commenced With the Euro pean war) would probably demand of the national ho lour retallationand resistance,• or whether the pectdiar character of the war, and relative situa tion of our country, would justify a suspension of our resentments, and an adherence to our pacific policy.• In the one case, the years which have elapsed should have been occupied in warlike pre parations, which would now have been imposing and formidable. In the other event, it was the dictate of sound policy, to protest against the pre datory-syStems which have annoyed our commerce, and still to have pursued it by all practicable : means, But Government has adopted neither of these courses. It has not prepared to vindicate our commercial rights upon the ocean, where alone they are assailed ; nor has it permitted the merchant to indemnify himself in any measure for the loss of that commerce which is interrupted, by- a participation in that Which is left. " But, by a strange and infatuated policy, under the pretence ,of resisting the invasion of maritime rights, it has debarred its own citizens from the use of the ocean ; and professing to avenge the . injuries, it sustained flora Trance and England, it hats ggranated them by its own measures. The Decrees of France, the Edicts of England, and the Acts of Congress, though intended to coun teraA each other., constitute in effect a triple lea gue for the annihilation of American commerce ; and our own Government, as if weary-of waiting fur a lingering .dissplution, hastens to. dis p atch the sufferer by the finishing .stroke of a British - war. Had the policy of Government been inclined . towards resistance to the pretensions of the bel ligerents,' by open war; there could be neither policy, reason, nor justice, in singling out Cii.eat Britain as the exclusive object of hostility. If the objec't of war is merely to vindicate our ho now', why is it not declared against the- first ag,- gresnr ? if the object is defence ail(' success, why is it to he waged against the adversary most able te'aun-oy„ and least likely to yield Why at the moment when England explicitly declares her Orders in Council repealed whenever Frsnce shall rescind 4.er Decrees, is the one selected for an enemy, and the other courted as a Conqueror These inquiries lead us to contemplations too painful to indulge and too serious to express. • s " Th'ough we cannot dieera theleat reason for this discrimination in favour of France, to justify the disproportionate measure of resentment exhibited against England ; still in a war with the latter pOwer there might have been found some_ consolation had our country been in any measure prepared. We might have hoped that success would, in some instances, have, rewarded the efforts of our squadrons, that our sea-coasts v ould have been in some measure protected, that the gloom of a long and unequal contest, Might ne, relieved.b - ythe brilliancy of occasional exploits., under present circumstances, there Ail} be no scope for valour; no field for enterprize, no chance for sueeess . , no hope of national glory ; nkp pros.: pect, but of ,a war against Britain, in aid of the cCiumbn enemy of the human race, and in the end ai•inglurious peace, in Which our ally will desert our intereBt, and act in concert with our enemy, to shackle and restrain the commerce of our in fant-tmpire; by regulations in which they.wil: find a common interest. If !f our Commiareee, ar correct in the opinion, that these sentiments, ai e cherished by the great body of the .pecple, it is highly expedient that they should he expreved by them in their different towns and counties, and that the most speedy and convenient mode should be devised to give effect to their will. `,"lshe po-iver of the counttyis - yet in the hands of the people. Union, energy, and resolution will cause the public opinion to be respected, Our Constitution affords the wails of saving our coun , try, by changing the men and the measures, which have brought upon us our present' embar rassments. It cannot be expected-that a great people will quietly consent that-those who repi•e-, sent thent should ahnse their 'trust, and wantonly expose them to rain and disgrace . . if then the people who arc opposed to the present systein will move with one accord, and express - their disap probation ; if influenced by a sense of their dearest and vital interests, they will unite without party distinction to save their Country from-a foreign war, ,and what is , still more to be dreaded,' 11Jc -reign yoke, « now isllte appointed time, now is the day of salvation.'-' But if, overawed by. power, huMbled by suffering, or restrained by erroneous considerations, they will submit to. be plunged in to the.troubled ocean of European wars, the me lancholy consolation will remain for the inhabi tants of Boston, while they bow in submission to the cruel destiny of their country, that they have omitted no just :occasion to wail' their felloAr citizens of its apprOacb. Wherefore your Committee recommend, for the adoption of the town,. Cie following Reiolu tions— " Whereas the proceedings of the National Government afford reason to conclude that it .is their- determination to involve our country in a war with Great Britain, and meetings. of .the people - in a few places have been held, at which measures haVe been adopted, and sentiments ex pressed, calculated' to induce Government-to per severe in. those hostile dispositiOns ; arist it appear-, ing desirable that the•,Government shonld have, full information of the opinions and wishes of the people- 7 -Therefore, Resolved, That under existing circumstances the inhabitants- of this town most sincerely deprecate a war with Great Eritain, as extremely injurious, to the interest and happiness of the people, and peculiarly so as it necessarily tends to an alliance with France, thereby threaten ing the ,subyersiOn of their liberty and indepen dence. That an offensive war against Great Bri tain alone, would be manifestly unjust ; and that a war against both the belligerent powers wouldbe, an extravagant undertaking, which iS not required by the honour or interest of-the nation. " Resolved, That we view with just indigna tion and emotions inspired by, the love of our country, the-outrages and aggressions which are offered to our lawful commerce, and we believe it is the duty of Government to commence and proceed With as much diligence asth e resources of our coun try will warrant, - in providing for its efficient pro tection by a naval force. And we deem all commer cial restrictions as so many engines of destruc tion, adapted to complete the ruin of that. portion of our commerce which escapes the rapacity of fo— reign aggressors. " Resolved, That it is - the true policy and duty of this nation to- adhere tr an impartial neutrality, to abandon commercial restrictions, to husband the resources of the country; and to indemnify itself against the Josses to which its commerce is exposed iu the present European war, by improv ing those casual advantages which arise from this state of things, and which cannot be expected in a time of profound peace : that to abstain from efforts of *potent resentments, blind rage, or desperate policy, is not to be deemed submission to any foreign power, but a conformity to neces sities imposed on our country by an over-ruling Providenee, for which our courage and patriotism are - not responsible : that We should endeavour to ride out the storm we cannot -direct • and that to plunge into the present war would be a,wanton. and impious rejection of the advantages with which the Almighty has blessed our country. " Resolved,-That our free Constitution secures the people the right at all times to meet together in a peaceable manner and express their oninions on public men and measures-,. and to adopt means for the security of their rights, and that our fel -low-citizens in this and the other Commercial States, are earnestly requested to - join with us in a-public expression of their sentiments on the system of commercial restriction.;, and their abhor rence of war ; and that this town, should it 'be come expedient, will appoint Cbminittees for the purpose of receiving their Corinn4ieations, and for corresponding or meeting with -them for the adoption of such -, constitutional measures as may be proposed, for the restoration of our unalien 7 able commercial rights ; for qbe security of Our , „ peace, aria for the election of :such men to office as will use-their best endeavours for the promotion of these objects, so essential to the preservation of our ConStitution, to . the security of our-Union; and to the prosperity of our Country.- -JoHN C. JcixEs,--Chairman. . . . • . The fore ,, oinrr Report, having been repeatedly read and debated, .was Voted to be accepted. " It was voted, that the Select men cause co 7. pies of the above Report and Resolutions to !be sent to - every town in the Commonweattb..!' LONDON Printed bs 'THOMAS 'v of N 0.35, Maiden'latle, Covent-gardens and. published by WILLJAM ARMWER SCRIPPS;- South Moltonstleet, Grosventir-s;ivale, At the SusOkFICE, No. 112, Stralid, where24dvertisvmunts, Ordeo foi: the Poper,,Leittis for the , Editor, &c. (post paid), must be addressed. MR. R..tc•NbOLPH'S LET rEa. The last Washington papers furnish the follow ing interesting letter of Mr. Randolph to his, Con stituents 44 FROM THE SIr:ItIT OF SEVENTY-SIX. " TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF CHARLOTTE, PRINCE EDWARD, BUCKINGHAM, AND CU:yIBERLAND. " FELLOW-CITIZENS, " I dedicate to you the following fragment. That it appears in its present mutilated shape is to be ascribed to the 'successfiil usurpation which has reduced the freedom of speech in one branch of the American Congress tfr an empty name. It is flow established for.the first time, and • in the person of your Representative, that the House and refu3e. to be a iViencl;cr his; place, or even to receive a motion from him cpon till= most momentous subject that can be p;.etent 7 e:1 for legislative decision. -A similar , motion viar brought forward by the republican rr.inr.rity the year 1798, before these modern inve7 , :ions ap plied the retnedy. We must bid adie.: to a free form of government for ever, for the stifling of freedoin of .debate has- now been di.e . overed. it was discussed as a matter of right until it was abandoned by the mover is consequence of addl.= tional. information [the correspondence of our Envoy at Paris] laid before Congress by the Pre sident. "in the reign of terror' the fathers of the sedition lute had nut the hnrd.ihood to • proscribe liberty of speech, Inuch less the right of free de hide on the floor of Congress. This invasion of tiVe public liberties was reserved fur self-styled reff publicans, who hold your understandings in such coptempt as to flatter themselves that you_ will overlook their every . outra2;e upon the great first .principles of free g.vertwnt,) in .f;onsideration of their professions of tende -.regard for the pri vileges of the—people. It is ror yon to decide whether they have formed a just estimate of your Character'. You do not require t 'be told that the violation of the rights of him -whlm you have deputed to represent you is an .invasion of the right S-of every man amoflg you, of every indiVi dual in society---_-if this abuse be. Suffered ,to pass unredressed, and the people alone, are competent to apply the teinedy---?,ve intrA bid adieu to a free form of goverment. " Ha;ing learned from various sources that a declaration of war would be attempte4 on Mon day next with ck,sed doors, T deemed it iny_ duty to endeavour, by an exercise of my constitun. tional functions, to_ arrest this' heaviest of all pos sible calamities, and avert it from tinfi: unhappy' country. I accordingly made the effort of .whioh I now give yen, the result, and of the success of which you will already have been informed before thine, pages. reach-.you. I pretend only to give you the substanc.e of my, unfinished. arguinents„ The glowing wor,der—the language of the, heart-'-t -haire passed away with the occasion that called them forth. They are no longer under my cOntroul. My design is simply to submit` to you the views which have induced me to consider a war With England, -under existing circumstances, as com porting neither with the.interest nor ,the honour of the American people, but as an idolatrous sa crifice of both, on the altar of French rapacity, perfidy, and ambition. France has for years past offered us .terms of undefined commercial arrangement, at the price of .a war with Eng,H land, which hitherto we have not wanted firm ness and virtue to reject. The Prite is now to be paid. " We are tired of holding out—and following the example of the nations of continental Eu rope ; entangled in the artifices, or awed by the power pf the destroyer of mankind ; we are pre pared4O become instrumental to his ,projects of universal dominion. Before these pages meet your eye, the last Republic of the earth will have enliited, undeg the banners-of the tyrant and he- ' come a party of his cause. The blood of Ame rican freemen must flow to cement his power, to aid in stifling the last struggles of afflicted and persecuted man ; to -deliver up into his hands the . patriots of Spain and Portugal, to establish his Empire over the ocean'. and over the land, that gave our forefathers birth ; to forge our own chains . ;;--and yet, my ficiends, we are told, as we were told in the days of ,the mad ambition of Mr. Adams, " that the finger of HEAVEN points to war." Yes, the finger of Heaven does point to war. It points to - War, as it points to the mansion of eternal misery and torture ;. as to a flaming bea con warning us of that vortex which we may not approach but with certain destruction. It points to desolated Europe, and warns us of the chas' tisement of those nations, who have offended against the justice and almost beyond the mercy of Heaven, It announces the wrath to come upon thbse who, ungrateful for the , bounty of Providenee, not satisfied with peace, liberty, security, plenty at honie, as it were, into the- face of the Slost High, and tempt his fCr hearance. "To you, in this place., Lean speak with free dorn, and it becomes me to do •so nor shall I be deterred, by the cavils and the sneers of those who hold as--" foolishness " all that sa vours not of worldly wisdom, from expressing fully and freely those sentiments, which it has pleased God, iu his mercy, to engrave upon my • heart. These are no ordinary times. The state of the world is unexampled. The war-of the pre sent day is not like that of our revolution, or any which preceded it, at least in modern times. It is a.-war against the liberty and happiness of man kind. It is a war of which the whole human race.are the victims, to gratify the,pride and lust , of power of a single individual. " I beseech you, put it to your own bosoms, how far it becomes you as freemen, as christians, to give your aid and sanction to this impious and bloody warfare against your brethren of the hu— Man To such. among you, if any such there be, who are insensible to motives not More dignified and : manly than they ..#*e intrinsically wise, I would make a different appeal. I adjure_ yoii by the regard which you have for yourdwn . security and property, for the liberties and in heritance of your children, by all that, you hold dear and sacred,, to interposeyour constitutional powers to save your country and yourselves from a calamity the .issue of which it is not - given to human foresight to divirie. " Ask yourselves if you are willing to. become the virtual allies of Buonaparte i are you willing, for the sake of annexing Canada:to the Northern States, to submit to that over-growing system of taxation, which sends the'turopean 'labo'urer sup perless to bed la . maintain, by the sweat of your brow, armies. at whose hands you'are to receive a future master?.. Suppose 'Canada oars. Is there any one among you who would ever be, in any respect, the better for it ?--the richer—the freer —the happier—the more secure And is it for a boon like this, that you join in the warfare against the liberties of man in- the other hemisphere, and put your own hi jeopardy ?" Go,.ernm2nt ites issued that follotiini . 0 76 ' 1 cornainnicmtion on the subject of Aln.:ricaa " Licences granted - to American ves-1-1 5 1nt,1!.: be exhibited to the Marshal of the AdM;ralti Cqurt, in Doctois' Commons, to be imiorsed: by him before the vessel will be permitted to e.eptArt: The versels at the, out-ports canno` depart till the Licenses have been indorsed by the. Ma rshal, and must be sent to London for thatrpur pose, and in time to be - returned to allow - vessels to depart before the 15th of August." Extract of a letter from an Officer on board his, Majesty's Bduidera; dated qalifax,•June : " You will perceive by reports which doubt less have seached England, that- our -little vessel can do ; something for her country. The event has been fortum te, and a source. of joy and liar,' piness to us. On - the' 23d, at day-li g ht, fi ve were Seen ih chase. of a tuerehautnnm e all stand ing before the wind. We "chke6ed e a - nd diseovered them to lie men of Tar. The tables were soon turned by oar being chased ': at twelve the headlnost ship, the_ was gunshot - and ,aifi half; - the United Statex, , with . in two gun-shots ; and the Essex about three pin shots. Athalf-past twelve the President topped his spritsail yard _to. windward.. We thpu expeeted A shot, but all remained quiet ;---pipe&to dinner, -e - The President at!some . distance till three o'clock, when she began to draw on us; having got- the wind first ; the whole Of us being before the wind : at about ten.minutes before fohr e she tied being three cables length from its, she gave us a shot right through thenidder-coat, 'which damaged the.- rudder ; I two more shots'were fired, the second of' which killed one man, and wounded several other:;- enot being of a bad quality, it split into about 50 pieces. One of the men, who died 24 hours • after his wounds, bad his arms - amputated high up e and would have lived had not two of his ribs been fractured and driven into his lungs ; nOt withstandingwhich, after his WO Ull (IS we ;:ressed , lite.N4nted to go. on deck_ to have another shut the - cowards (so he termed them). The rest:' . 4 Wounded' have merely flesh woereis, cept one, who has a large splinter in- the knee. but will not lose the limb. Our Captain, 'o l ' fivers, and men were cool and deterrained:_ fine fellows asked the Captain if should give it them. " Poor Captain Byron has received a violent contusion in the upper and inside part of the thigh , which- by the surgeon's account will turn to - ga abscess, -and will be Well in about a fortnight.- - The President's Commaoder is ‘a: coward ; might have been alongside of us had he chosen it' He gave us 7 or 8 broadsides, independent of ,is bow-guns; we tjckled him with 4, and only 4 stern chasers, which were wellapplied to his bow' ; the! were thrown into confusion, and I doubt not t 4 ,4 many oftheYankeyS have left off messing. 0 r is cut much with their, grape, but that did not Oil any Men. .- Six shotS struck our counter J ' onf went through. our main-top-mast, and 4 *anothcr through' our cross jack yard, from their'trying• . _ disable us in our rigging, and we - to hull them. The annexed is a statement of our weight of ructilk as compared with that of our American auta" gonists :—Beicidera, 26 18-pounders, 2 91100 - ders, 14 32-potinders, 42 guns ; President fright'; , mounting. 64 guns, 42 and 24-porinders Coot; - • tution, 54 guns ; United States, - 54 guns .Esse-v , - not certain ; Argus, 20 guns." . . Young BETTY is proceeding hi his . prosiuct career, which is likely to be as productive,to it was when be originallY -excited rustic wets-ter and admiration. Monday se'nnight, as Robert Stewart was ern' ployed grinding smoothing irons at the Snracetv lane FOundry, Glasgow, the grindstone, whie!l driven by steam, split in four pieces, 'one of which struck him in the hew!, knocked out 'one of eyes and a number of his teeth, and shattered jaw-bone in . a dreadful manner. He was carl' to the Infirmary, and we understand hopes ar e , - - entertained of,his recovery. The stone flew such_velocity, •that, atter 'wounding the unfortu nate man, it forced its way out at th . e ic, , of Lei tb g Louse. ~ . 11l RIMS. ha On the 29th tilt, at Clarleton, Fifeshire; the Lady it - . 71) . Anstruther Thora?on, Esq.' of. *Daughter. . .. On Sunday Ipst, in Nur.tingliani-place, the Lady of 1; 2 , 5 : tenant-Colonel Mar.in, of the ISt Regfinent of Guards, 61 "" Daughter. . . -On Monday eren',ng last, in foley-plaee, Cavendish-sriti e ' the wife of G.torga Myth, Esq.. of a Daughter. • ... . MARRIED. - On Flifiy, at Portsmouth, Lieutenant Henry Davies, hie Majesty's ship Tremendous, to Miss Sarah Mayton, of Fr. 7trshran. . .On Tuesday last, at High 13 7 ye.-in - tbe, Rucks, John Carters.: jun. Esq. to Anne, eldest: daughter of the Rev. James Pr;A:tt , • Vicar. DIED. ~,,„ At Exmouth, Devonshire , Airs. H.; w irs. Life o f . Edwarlliari Esq. of that place. On the .1 Ito of laSt Mouth, Jessre Asibsi.4 the wife of Fre deric W. Campbell, Esq. of llarbruk, - ;On the 20th ult. aged 102, iamb, the wife ci Mr. Gerv° Yeomans, of Richmond-street, Nottioghany. eyz, - On the 21st'ult..after - a short but pa - painful ilineSs, in the - year of her age, Miss Charlotte Thornton, youngest daughte r of Mr. Thornton, Manager of the Windsur Theatre. • On Saturday last, at Worthing, aged -o .years, Ambrose' Serie, Esq. one of the Commissioners of the Transport Boar `' Oa Thursday night last, in George-street, Portman-sva fe f Mrs. Elizabeth Higgon: widOw of the-late Rev. Thomas I.4ir gon, Rector of ingestrie, Staffordshire. On Monday last, at Brompton, , 'Miss Harriet Mills, 0 6 , youngest daughter of the late Samuel Gillarn Mills, Esq• f • Grocuwieb. La',.ely, in France, Captain Cornelius Van Dyk, in th e ' prime of life. COAL MAR ET, Auctrs; 5. Ships at.Man.et. Sl,lips sold. Price. 0" ; 3oi.Newca3tie . . . 241 . . . 625. Ods to 50c. °"; 1 -§cilexriant! . . . . 0 . — 3 . 6d. to ••••• 3 • '. 1 Stone °X° • . . 531. od. to -7s, 2 Welch Coal. .. . 0 . . —s. od. to 0 0 , PRI6E OF STOC: Bank Stoek, Navy 5 per Ccnt. 4 per Cent. 73,,M -3 ptr. Cent. Red. 56 ;-; per Cf•ilt. Con. SG-fa Bank L. : Ann. 14 5-16th3 India Stock, India Bonds, Ss. 10s. 91. dis. K.S YESTERDAY. Exchequer I3ifs, 3 d. peidaY , Is. 2s. dis. Ditto, aid. per day, Ss. ss. pr. .Omni pr. Imperial 3 per Cent. - 51.5 if ,Ditto 1-,l6th 'Cons.. for_ 28th Aug. SCI '`; 5641 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 'IO-MORIZO'V• Morning, 20 minutes after 2: Evenino• •47 minutes after