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Conclusion of the Debates in the British
House of Commons, the 25th of Janu
ary, on the fubjedt of the Dutch War
[Began in our laft.]
Mr. T. Townfhend declared he fliould op,ofe the
notion altogether, excep^any gentleman had an amend
ment to offer, with wirchlie could concur.. He re
sorted to the fubjeft of that memorial which had been
withheld from: the iDlp^RiciKof the house, Rating it to<
have contained graft mfults on the majedy of the States
General, treating Holland as an inferior power, and
irritating the feelings of that country itxo a resentment
which had actuated all her fubfoquent conduct He said,
that in destroying the trade of the Dutch, we injured
our own, for they were the carriers of our own manu
factures. We had quarrelled with that nation for the
fake of national honour ; but would ministers answer
for the immediate consequences i Would they assure
the house, that our honour would'not next be wounds
ed by Portugal, by Russia, and'other continental pow
ers? King William and the duke of Marlborough, had
been named by a noble lord —He wished the principles
of those great perfonageshad been adopted by the pre
sent miniffry for the necessity of such a quarrel, the
present had then n ver exited'; wehad not then been
involved in those fatal American disputes which were
the sources of every present embarrassment. The mani~
fefto, he was cred bly informed,.has been published with
no other view at firfl, but a very ridiculous inference,
that it would immediately induce infurredions at Ann
flerdam. In the sequel of his speech he attacked lord
North on account of an expression his lordship used,.
recommending the address, viz. that he Nought the
form of it the best the house could adopt. This lan
guage he construed into immodedy, or felf-conceit.
Lord North rose to explain, and shewed that he in
tended no compliment to himfelf, by the exprefliorn
alluded to, but merely to convey his opinion to the
house, tint the fub%nce of the address was belt cal
culated for the end they had in view ; because it con
veyed no sentiment of asperity against Bolland, but
merely assuring his majesty of fupporf,; proffered to
regret a neceffty which was agreed on all sides to be
a very unfortunate one. His lordship then proceeded
to answer the general arguments of Mr. Townihend,
which he dia with great animation and success. The
honorable gentleman conceives (said his- lordship) that
king Wilbam and the duke of Marlborough would
have guarded this counry from her present situation;
and he wishes for the system they pursued. No other
system am I confeious of purfuimg ; for their grand
objefls were, to check the ambition of the house of
Bourbon,— to preserve the balance of power in Europe,
and preserve the confederacy with Holland,—Thefe
have also been the aims of the present government, —
these have been invariably attended to with equal zeal,
though not with equal success. It is the misfortune of
the present reign, that the policy of Europe has chan
ged since the period a'luded to. We have adhered to
the system of king William and queen Anne, but Hol
land now rejects it. Why does the honourable gen
tleman suppose that those sovereigns would have pre
served peace in America? Not, furdy, from what we
know of their characters can we drawfuch an inference,
for king Wiliam deprived the Rate of Maffachufets
of their charter, and established a rule by which it was
at all times liable to be forfeited by the misconduct
of their governors —Surely then, he would not have
feared to assert in America the legislative a. thority of
this country Can it be thought either that he would
have patiently fuffered France or Spain to support his
revolted subjects? Or Holland to violate her treaties
with impunity? I venerate the character of that mo
narch too much, to think so unfavourably of him.
My regret at the Dutch war, continued his lord
flliy, h.s been already pro feffed; the interests of the
two countries are infeperable, and we should in pru
dence, unite to Rem a torrent which threatens deflruc
tion to ail Europe. A speedy reconciliation between
us, there'ore, I ardently wifn. I would rot chufe to
fee Holland diflreffed: nay, I will go further, even
at this moment, after every provocation, were it poffi
ble that country should be attacked by France or
Sp in, I would advise to defend and support her with
the whole power of this monarchy. But added his
lordship, I wish not to live to fee that day, when we
sh II be obliged to put up with those infalls which our
honour calls upon us to resent.
He next answered Mr. Town.fhend r s queflion rela
tive to the dispositions of the Reutra 1 powers. It would
be absurd to apprehend any wound to the national ho
nour from Portugal or Russia; those Rates had re
ceived no injury from us, therefore could harbour no
resentment or inimical views. Nothing of that kind
was to be apprehended ; but were it otherwise, flill ag
gression, coming from what quarter it may, was to be
refilled as well as possible. The memorial of 1777,
which had been noticed so often, his lordship said, re
lated to a gross insult offered to our flag by a Dutch
governor, who received some rebel privateers under
the protection of his fort, and foffered their flag to con
tinue flying in the harbour. Such a procedure, at
a time when the independency of America was not ac
knowledged even by France, certainly demanded a
warm remonstrance, and the instrument in quefiion
was couched in spirited terms, but contained nothing
offenfive.
Mr. T. Townfhend admitted, that the Dutch had
certainly abandoned the system; and that though we
might be the firft victims to the ambition of the house
of Bourbon, the Dutch would certainly be the next.
He infilled, however, that ministers were to blame for
the present alarming want of allies, which left us ex
posed to all the furies of cur enemies.
Mr. Wraxall did not attribute the want of allies to
the Minify rs, but to the jealousy occasioned by our
great power at the close of the late war. He took a
view of the different neutral courts, and pointed out
their different interests and refourfes. The power of
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Prussia was now nothing: it was a vox et pra'eria ni
hil it had nothing to support it now but the former
reputation of its monarch, who is no longer loved or
refpeHed by his fubje&s.. But the court of Vienna,
he said, was the place in which all our addresses should
center ; the emperor had an army of between 3 and
400,000 mn, the fineß troops in Europe ; all anxious
to shew their zeal for a prince whom they idolize, and
who, in the fare fracas with Prußia,, facrifeed his mar
tial ardour to the pacifick disposition of his lately de
cayed mother : an alliance with the house of Aaßria
might be the salvation of this country. Welupported
ttye pretentions of the emperor's grandfather to the
throne 0 Spain ; and weeftablifhed the tottering throne
of his mother, the late empress queen ; the present il
lustrious head of that house, (of Austria) might re
turn the compliment, and guard; the throne of England;
rhe manner in which he received Mr. Belt's, and
made him fuptrvifor of his India affairs, shews the wish
/ he has to have an EaR-Tndia company : we might as
fid his views: and afub£d,of 1,000,000 of money
might make the great and powerful Joseph our friend.
Mr. Eyre affected to the necessity of the war, and
ffiewed, from a recent tranfaflion, that the Dutch in
tended nothing but hofiilities agaiuft us* By letters
from Antigua of the 30th of November,he learned that
the Dutch admiral, on his arrival at St. Euflatia, had
ordered all the condemned prizes that we had made
there, to come under his hern; and immediately re
leafed them' He remembered: very ' well, in the two
last wars, that the ministers of this country' had not
u ed half so much ceremony with the Dutch as the pre
sent minifry had; that they had seized ships to the
value of several millions,, and condemned them ; and
he hoped that, ere lang, Euflatia, that nest of pirates,
would be in our hands..
Lord John Covendifh'faidfo that the cases of the Dutch
and of the other belligerent powers, were very differ
ent ; France had attacked us, and so had Spain; and
he had agreed to a war with them, because it was in
evitable ; but it was not so with the Dutch ; they had
not declared against us; we had on the contrary de
clared against them: we have not therefore the fame
reason for affecting to a war with them as we had a
gainst the house of Bourbon: he therefore would pro
pose (and moved 1:) that the house condoled with the
• king, but inßead of faying, that it w^s for the una
voidable necessity of hostilities; he moved this amend
ment, on account of the hostilities, and also to inform
his majefly, that they would take into consideration
the papers that he had ordered to be laid before them
and that if from them they should find that hoflilities
' bad Seen unavoidable, they would Rand by him with
their lives and fortunes.
Mr. Sinclair lamented, that when our enemies were
to be encreafed,. we should find them in Holland; that
country that had beed railed to independence by the
fofterin? hand of queen Elizabeth, and supported by
succeeding monarchs of this country; so that we
might now, in our furprize, fay with Caesar to the best
belove i assassin—Et tu Brute I but he had not a doubt
but we should mike these new enemies repent, that
they had forced us to wage war with themt Their
trade was extenfive,and passing by their doors,would be
exposed to our armed vessels ; they would fuffer in the
East and Weft-Indies, where they were totally defence
lefs, and the herring fifhery, on the coast of Scotland,
which, to our ffiame, ms in their hands, and- brought
them in five millions a year, must necessarily be inter
rupted' nay, the very mounds, which defended them
from the ocean, might, for want of fufficient sums to
keep them in repair, the revenues being exhausted by
supporting fleets and armies, and 'by losses in com
merce ; those mounds might give way, and leave the
ocean to deluge the country. Spirit on our fide would
enable us to face our enemy with honour, and he
doubted not but we should do it with success ; despair
was not known within doors; he was glad it was to be
heared of only within those walls.
The house divided on the motion for the amendment.
Noes iBo
Ayes ICI
Majority 79
Another amendment was moved 'by Lord Mahon,
which being negatived without a division, the origin
al motion was then put, and carried. The house rose
at half pad eleven.
STATE of PENNSYLVANIA.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Wednesday, June ig, 1781.
THE report m?de on the Bth instant, on two mes
sages from the supreme executive council, was
read the second time and agreed to as follows, viz.
The committee to which the messages from hisexcel
lency the president and the supreme executive council,
dated the sth and 6th instant, and the application of
captain Hazelwood, accompanying the last message,
were referred, beg leave to report as their opinion,
rft. That the old continental money and the resolve
and common wealth money, should be received in the
pu: lie treafwy of this 4ate, at the rate of one hundred
and fev^nty-five dollars of the said money, for one
Rate dobar.
2d. That the arrearages of continental taxes and
militia fires should be paid at th^ rate of one state dol
lar for seventy five dollars of the old contir ental money,
and
gdly. That the several perfens from whom the city
commissioner obtained a quantity of Hour, as mentioned
in hisiapplication, are justly entitled to the full value
ofthe laid flour in money, or to an equal quantity
of flour, and that the house should as fo<a as possible
provide means to give full fatitfaftion for the fame,
Extract from the minutes,
Samuel Sterett, Clerk.
Wanted, an elderly Woman to
take care of Children, that can be well recommend
ed : Also, A WOMAN for House Work, for which
good Wages will be given. Enquiie of the Printer.
Two Hard Dollars Reward.
STRAYED away from the fubferiber, living im
Vine-street, between Second and Front-fleets, on
Tuesday the goth of May, a small brindle Cow, has a
white face, and two rings rcuud her eyes,, her hind
legs are white. Whoever takes up said cow, and brings
her home, shall receive the above reward, from
GEORGE GEDDES.
TO be SOLD by the Subscriber,
A PLANTATION and tr^a of land, in the tenure
of Daniel Dunham, containing two hundred and
fxteen acres, situate in the townfti sos Bethlehem and
Ringwood, in Hunterdon county. Weft ' .New.lerfey.
The upland is good, and as it liea contiguous to a tra&
of hmeftone land, the purghafer will have it in hi^
power to manure it, when necessary, et a moderate ex
pence. Ths>e is in Gid Tra& between go and ^o acre^
of meadow, 20 acres whereof, on the fomh branch cf
the Rariton, is an extraordinary ri h bottom. Three
fourths ofthe purchase money to be paid et the time of
3^3 the remainder in one year. For farther parti
culars, apply to EDWARD PENINGTON.
TO BE SO LD, b,
Andrew and James Caldwell,
Weft India Rum, French Brandy, Madei
ra and Sherry Wines, bohea Tea, Cinna
mon, Jesuit's Bark, Brimstone, Copperas,
White Lead in kegs, Russia and Raven's
Duck, Oznabrigs, fine Hollands, an affort
merit of low priced Linen, white Threads,
Britannias, Womens Mitts, Mens Gloves,
Mens Shoes, some Ship Chandlery, and
Carpenters Tools, Needles.
Marnes lEithy, flatter,
In Chefnut-ftrett, between Second and Third-ftreef,;
nearly opposite the Cross Keys Tavern ;
DEGS leave to acquaint his Friends,
Customers, anj the Public, that he rakes and
fells fashionable Beaver and Castor HATS of the best
quality; Ladies and Gentlemens Riding Hats in the
best and neatest manner. Those Gentlemen who please
to favour him with their Commands, may depend upon
being served to suit their Taste, on the lowest Terms
the Price of Furs will admit.
JAMES WITHY.
ON Friday, the 29th instant, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, at the marfha's ft ores, on meffcure James and
Drinker's wharff, between Arch and Race-streets, will
be toll by public zoaion, twenty barrels of TAR, and
a quantity of fquar'd Bermudas building stone. And
at twelve o'clock, at noon, of the Gms day, at theCof.
fee.houfe, willbe fold, the sloop CORNWALLIS, be.
in, a prize, taken by the privateer flbp Revolution, cap
tain M' Nachtane. By order of the c^rt cf admiralty
June „. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
TO BE SO LD,
On EUESDAr
The Third day of July next, at X o'clock in the moral
ing, on the Premif s, Two
Contiguous Lots of Ground,
On the feutb fide of Spruce-street in the city of Phila^
delphia, detween Fifth and Sixth-ftfeetr, being 20 feet
front, and roo feet deep,each fubjeft to a yeirly'ground
rent of fifteen Spanish milled Dollars each let; on one
lot is ere&ed a neat two story brick tenement, two
fto Hs high, and a cellar under the fame; Both the
lets are undvr a good board fence. The two lots will
be fold together or separate, at the time and place
aforefaid ; being Lte the ERate of HUGH JAMES,
and fold agreeable to his Last Wil ?nd Teftammr,
by ELEANOR JAMES, Executrix.
JAMES ALEXANDER, Executor.
June 24th, 1781.
STRAYED or STOLEN last night, out of the fub^
scriber's pasture, on Turner's lane in the Northern
Liberties, a likely large bay MARE, fifteen handa
high, seven years old, trots and canters well ; one of
her hind futlocks white, both hind legs a little (well,
ed, a short, switch tail, part of her mane crimed on
the near fide, and a small, white laddie mark on the
near fide. Whoever takes up said Mare, it stolen, and
the thief brought to justice, may receive Twenty sil
ver DOLLARS of Ennion Williams, or cf the sub
scribe., and reasonable charges, or Ten Silver DOL*
LARS for taking up the Mare and delivering her to
the fubferiber. DANIEL WILLIAMS.
Left at the house of the Tub
fcriber, some time after the British left this city, two
filter WATCHES. The owner or owners, deferring
the marks and numbers, and paying the cost of ad<
vertifing, may have them again, by applying to
WILLIAM MOULDER.
Philadelphia, 25th June, 1781.