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Lord Frederick Campbell fapported the present mea
sures, and declared that he w& in favour of railing a
great force, for the very reason the last Speaker had given
why he was against it, viz. that the measure might be
followed by peace. His Lordfliipgave it as his opinion,
that if the colonies were not compelled to submit, this
country would be merely a province to America.
Governor Johnston paid General Conway a compliment
on his valour and wisdom, and joined him in requesting
at hrft some outlines of the intention oi Administration,
declaring, that as they tad blundered before, the House
had a right to fufpt& their plan for the future. The Go
vernor spoke in defence of the General on the ground of
Mr.Jenkinfon's attack, and was very severe on the conduct
of the Ministry, refpeaing Governor Penn, whom they
had never questioned, although he came purposely from
the Congress to give them information, and was cer
tainly the most qualified perlon that they could apply
to. He Hid he fax the new measures were all matter of
ri que, and that there was no preconcerted plan of ope
ration, that therefore the fending a large force to Ame
rica was more likely to be a.tended witu great expence
and great disgrace, than the success which Admimitiati
on talked of.
Mr. Dempfter remarked that it was one clear position
of the Ministry, that they would not end the quarrel
without a further effufion of blood ; he therefore profeffed
himfelf an enemy to their fyffem.'
Governor Pownall, after alluring the House that he
was not one of the intended commissioners to treat with
America, asserted that he had food information that the
Colonies were not at present mad enough to aim at inde
pendence, unless future chance forced them into it. The
Governor also asserted, that he knew how peace might be
restored, America recovered, the glory of Great-Britain
raised, the union of the empire effe&td, and an Ameri
can revenue obtained.—He declared that this could only
be done by fending 3 large armed force, and he pointed
out the good policy offuch a measure, both as it might
affe& America itfelf, and remove the fears of some gentle
men, who had intimated their dread of foreign powers
interfering. The Governor ended his speech with declar
ing, that as he was assured those Americans who still re
tained their allegiance to the mother country, wished that
the efforts of government might have their full operati
on, he should on Friday move for the previous question on
Mr. Burke's intended plan of reconciliation, as he was
convinced no measure could be effectual in tending to
terminate the present quarrel, which did nut wear the
face of authority, and appear to be the regular offspring
ofthe King's Ministers.
Mr. Burke, with his usual success, raised the laugh of
the House at Mr. Pownal's expence, by ridiculing his de
claration ofwhat he could do, and what he knew; and
by humouroufly faying the Governor had tolled the bell,
and given notice, that on Friday he would perform the
funeral service over his intended, and as yet unknown,
proposal fora reconciliation. As he was to be killed by
a previous question, he begged to tell the House a ftery.
—He then related a legend of a prince, whole parents !u
---} erhitioufly imagined he was tQ lose his life by a lion, and
therefore prevented him from going cut, for fear of his
seringa lion ; but that one day he was in a room where
that animal was imitated in the tapestry, which in a rage
be Fruck at, and there being a nail in the wall, under
that part cf the tapestry where the lion's jaw appeared, it
Mr jenkinfon replied to him, and with great earneft
nels entered into a defence of the prefect measures, decla
ring, that fending a large force would dotlie business,
and tffaually end the dispute with honour to this coun^
try. He observed, that none but cowards would at this
moment offer terms of reconciliation, after the concilia
tory proposals oflaft year had been treated by the Congress
wi.h so much contempt, and after such violent conduct
had been the chara&rhbc of twelve governments, who
had meft of them expelled their Governors, and daring
ly trampled on every right of the mother country. Mr.
Jenkinion expreflid much furpifc that the lad speaker,
after the Americans had refuted fubrnifiion to the Decla
ratory Aa (an act moved for by himfelf) and after it was
notorious that they were in open rebellion, should ven
ture to call them dutiful aad obedient Subjects.
Lord John Cavendilh fallowed Mr. jenkinfan, and
oppo^d Administration, declaring whenever great arma
ments had been agreed to by that House, they were ge
nerally unneceflary, and he instanced the last peace, imme
diately previous to which a great naval force had been
agreed to, and never used.
chair, when the House were in a Committee of Supply.
General Conway urged the Minidry to give some
fkatch of their intended measures, and spoke much in
favour of the Americans, declaring they were naturally
durifui and obedient fubjeds, and that it was obviously
their inclination to live in a date of dependance on this
country.
know whether it was the tn^ of the majority.th^n pre
lent. Ihe Sheriff refuted to put the queftio^, whether
bis %d<lre^ was the fenie of the majority- .Upon which
Lord Craven put thequeHion himfril, and walking'to the
other end of the Town Hall, bid the friends of America
follow him, and the rest remain with the High Sheriff ;
upon which there were left not above thirty, if so rainy,
in favour Of the address ; the multitude in the interest ot
mercy and conciliatory measures, triumphing incredibly
over the difpre.portion, which was,o have been imposed
cm the King and kingdom, as a majority of the county
of Berks.
Lord George Germaine, during the latter part cf the
late King's Reign : was held in inch a light, that the
Courtiers even refilled to pay him the compliments due
to his rank: Lord George is now a favourite at St. James's,
and inthe high road to pre ferment.—" I'em,ora mutantur
" et ms mutamur cun illis."
Yesterday the order of the day was read in the House
®f Commons for the House to be put into a Committee,
to consider further of a supply to be granted to his Ma
jelly; rive estimates of the army, an eltimate of the ex
pence of five battalions of Hanoverians, and also an efti
raate of the ordnance, were moved to be referred to the
Hid Committee, whish being done, the Speaker left the
chair, and Lord Barrington, with his hands full of papers,
got up a; d ipoke for feme time, as an introduction to a re-
IdlutiOn for 20.000 soldiers to be voted for the American
service. A motion was afterwards made for Sir Charles
Whitworth to quit the chair, which occasioned a debate
that lifted till near midnight.
Brtrj Alfrad fthe Heel ofyeferday's Debate on a Motion
0, Mr. Ponds, for Sir Charles Wbitwortb to leave the
tore his hand, and killed him. " Now (fays Mr. Burke)
I Had that I am to be killed by the foot of a more igno
ble bead, that universal murderer, a Previous Q^ettion ;
I fear the lib rty of this country will die by a Previous
Question." He also replied to Mr. Jenkiofon, and in
Urms of very great poignancy, arraigned that gentleman
(whom he termed a real Minister) for bis adhrance ?a
predestinating the infallibility ofthe fuceefs of his milita
ry plan, and censured his having laid the intended force
wmid do the bufnefs. He was answered by Mr. Jenkin
ion, who explained his expression.
At half past ten the House divided on the motion for
Sir Charles Whitworth's quitting the Chair, when the
num' err were 227 Noes, 73 Ayes.
At the Court at St. James's, the loth day of Nov. 1775;
Yrefeat the KING's mo* Excellent M^jefty in Council.
HIS Mbjefty having been plea fed to deliver the custody
of the Privy Seal to the Right Hon. Wiliam Earl of
Dartmouth, the oath of Keeper of the Privy Seal was
this day rdminilbred to him, and his Lordlhip took bis
place at the Board accordingly,.
His Majesty haring been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. Thomas Viscount Weymouth to be one of his Ma- 1
jelly's principal Secretaries of State, his LordlWp was this
day, by his M: jefty's command, sworn one of his Majes
ty's principal Secretaries of State accordingly.
His Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right
Ilon. Lord George Sackville Germain to be one of his
Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, bis Lordihip was
this day, by his Majesty's command, sworn one of his
Mjedy's principal Secretaries of State accordingly.
It is whimsical enough to hear some of the members of
St. Stephen's Chapel fay, " Well, it is true we have been
deceived once, but we thall not be deceived again if we
do butjend all the forces we can muster, and make ano
ther attempt next Spring." The world at large, mho
were not blinded with ministerial dust, saw clearly what
would be the rel'ult of the expedition ; and the ministers
were told so at the time, and yet they think to hum the
world a second time, by frefh promises, which there is
every reason to think will.prove as vain as the former,
Heaven grant some more favourable winds may disperse
the contagion which prevails in the political atmosphere,
and thr rtite be cured of its phrenzy ere it be too late.
1 he killing northern Masts have too long endured, and
Britannia's traits will be all Swept away, uulefs the Supe
rior powers inie sere and produce gentler breezes and
ino'e propitious , des.
Nov. ,7. On Wednesday the House of Commons oveut into
a Commite, to rorfder of the petitionjem the province of
Aova-^cotia, cicben the, came to the foliowing refolutiom,
viz " Ihat the prfeffions contained in the address, peti
tion and memorial ofthe Council and House of Affemld, ofthe
province oj Neva Scotia, of granting to his Maje 4, in per
petuity, a duty of poundage ad valorem, upon a!l commodi
ties imported into said province, not being the produce of the
Eritifo dominions in Europe and America (Ba, Salt only ex
cepted) the said duty to be under the difpo/ition cf Parlia
ment;' is fit to be accepted; and that the amount oj said du
ty stall be eight per cent, upon all facb commodities.
Lord North gave notice he bad matter of great confequer.ee
to impart to the House toward the latter end ofthe week.
A jhip with General Burgoyne and Earl Percy are hourly
expelled at Dover from Bofion ; the latter of whom we hear
will not return to j%in his regiment there again in the spring,
at the reqneft of bis noble father ; be being the eldc/ijcn, bis
Grace has been beard to declare it publicly, that for the fake
of a commffon be foould not run the rifyue of bis lye and a
Dukedom together.
Orders were fuefday night sent to Portfmoutb for the
GreyhoundJlocp of war, now in dock, and pithgfor Ame
rica, to begot ready with all piffible di/pateb. It is reported
some persons are to go in this jbip with powers to prepofe
terms oj reconciliation, the event 0/ which may be known
time enough to prevent th? fending wore forces in the fpring.'
A letter from Lancashire mentions the g'eat damage done
in tbofe parts by the lateftorm. " I have been," fays the
writer, " afeflator of dreadful bavock among the flip
ping. Of fix jbjs returning from Cbeferfair, not one escaped,
and a vefrlwortb 40,000/. with several refpeNable passer.-
gers on board, funk before my eyes."
The Charming Sally, Wilson, a transport, from London to
Boflon, is loft on the Goodwin Sands, and all the people fee
rified.
Capt. Nickels, ofthe Juno, was in company with the An
napolis, Cupt. Hanfick, on the 13th inf. in Mount's Bay,
both elofe to the rocks, which Capt. Nichols cleared with the
greatest d fficudy ; and be supposes that the Annapolis Jiruck
and went immediately to pieces, as be saw nothing of her
afterwards. He fays there was no chance of any of the
people being saved, as it blew very bard from the S. IC.
Capt. Nicbots was obliged to throw one hundred hogfoeads
oj toba< co and a great quantity of saves overboard.
Sir Jefcr, Amherfl, General Hervey, and General Fra
zier, it is said, are all fixed on, and have agreed to go to
America next firing, if the unhappy difference fub„s so long
between Great-Britain and her Colonies.
At twelve o'clock this day arrived a mail from New York,
brought by the Harriot Packet, Capt. Lee. to Falmouth : foe
has brought a great many letters. This is the la, mail that
will arrive from thence till further orders.
The order of the day being yeferday read in the House of
Commons, Mr. Burke proposed .bis much talked of plan for a
reconciliation between the Mother Country and America.—
After very ably touching upon the general grounds oj the
dilute, and pointing out the apparent errors of Admin,ra
tion, this accomplijbed orator begged leave to introduce a re
conciliatory bill, which be read to the House, and was up
full three hours and an half, in giving a full account of the
reasons, and their force, upon which every daufe of his bill
was framed, and the happy purport which it might effed.
Cajt. Waljingkam, in a short speech, seconded. Mr. Burke's
motion. A long and very interring debate ensued, which
continued many hours. The following are the names of the
principal speakers, and the order in which they rose • .Mr.
Burke, Capt. Wafagham, Welbore Ellis, Sir George Sa
ville, Mr. Grey Cowper, Lord Offory, Mr. Fitzpatrick, the
Lord Advocate, Lord John Cavendijb, Mr. Saint John, Mr.
Adam, Mr. T. Townsend, Mr. George Onflow, Governor
Pownall, Mr. Mackworth, /.ord George Germaine, Mr.
Charles Fox, and the Solicitor General.
Monday las Hr. Aiderman Oliver gave notice to the House
of Commons, that be Jbould on that day f? ennight make a
motion for an address to bis Majefy, requeuing him to impart
to the House wk? were the orignal authors and advfers of
the measures which have been purjued against America, be
fore tbofe meajures were proposed to the House. Hefaid be
was not unaware oj the a^anteges and difadtantages of
bi:ftuition in that Houfr. frat Be knew knd larent^
that wbilfl an uncounefled individual was less liable to be
carried away with any improper measure of party or fafli
on, such a perfect was jor the fame reason, and at the Fame
time, lets likely to be faccefsful in any measure that be cauld
pfibly propoje. $ %
That no man or party of men having a perfcmal^Q+f t,
claim bis affifance and fapport, so be avid have no perfenH
claim to, and (if be bad any experience in these matters) he
feared be could have but little reafonabie expefiatiGn ofthe
affidance and fapport of others.
He said, that being of this opinion, and not aHing in con
cept, be jbould not have ventured at this, time to make an,
motion in that House, if that which he had to tfer was net
attended with circumfances of a very jirgular nature, which
entitled it to the countenance and fuff oil equals of both jiaes
oj the House.
He said, it could not have escaped any one's notice aubet
decidedly contrary opinions had been all along declared oi
the different files of the House, relative to the measures a
gainji America.
Ibat whifi Admixifiration triumphed and exulted in the
jufice and wisdom, and (what was fill more) in the po
pularity of their measures ; for, be said, they were repeat
edly boafling that the ftnfe ofthe nation was with them,yet
tbofe measures bad been treated on the other fide ofthe House
with every exprefon cf detefation and contempt.
Tris being the case, be said, bis motion would serve as a
left ofthe linearity, ^Jcoufukncy of birth jides. For that,
ij they were jiucere, both tbofe who admired and tbefe who
abhorred they measures mifequalf wijb to know and make
known the persons who are really entitled to their adm ra
tion or abhorrence.
That the motion, therefore, which be intended to make,
containing neither censure nor praise, andfor the fuppert of
which be jbould truji to the confi^ency of both fdes cf the
House, would be merely to this effefi :r-ibat an bumble ad
drej's(for addresses, be said, were now ir.fafoion) be pre
fsited by the House to bis Majefy, humbly requesting him ts
impart to the House, who were the original authors and ad
vijers to bis Majefy of the measures wb : cb have been pur
sued againfl America, before tbofe measures were propfed
in Parliament.
On Friday in the Upper Assembly Governor Fer.n, of Penn
sylvania, was examined, andgave veryfatisjaßory awfwers
to the questions But to him ; after which be was ordered to
withdraw; when a member, after descanting on the neces
sity of an immediate conciliation, proposed the 1@ petitionjrons
the Continental Congress to tie King, as a befsjor a plan of
accommodation, and moved, " That the laid petition fur
nifoed grounds of conciliation of the unhappy differences at
present fubfijiing between Great Britain and America, and.
that some mode fould be immediately adapted for effedluating
so defirab'e a purpose.
It is said that the examination ofthe great Cfaker (Gov.
Penn) has bad a wonderful effeN upon the minds of the ma
jority in a certain boufe; man, were observed to turn pale
at the account be gave, bow well the Americans were pre
pared for a long and tedious war with England ; and when
be declared bow capable they were of making Salt petre.
Gun-powder, &c. cfifing cannon and making small arms,
the whole Assembly became Quakers. It is believed he wilf
be equady juccejsful in the Lower House, when be is called
to bis examination there, and convert at leaf the Bedford par
ty among the Minifry ; and if be cexnct snake the King's
jriendsfriends of Great-Britain and her CoCnies, be will at
leaf make them Quakers.
Ike fix tranftorts that failed from the Downs last Tburfc
day are put into Plymouth by contrary winds, and we arc
well efared, that the cattle on board die very faf, owing
to the deferent changes of the weather.
One of the tranfperts crith the Hanoverian troops on board'
is onshore on the i lemifo banks, and from her fauation it is
thought foe cannot be got off.
las night Gen, Gage, and feme other officers wife names
are not menimed, arrived in town from Be,on fbey Ming
mo, terrible accounts of tbe jituaticn of our army there
Letters from Gibraltar advise, that the Emperor of Mo
rocco has flopped all communication with that gardfn fill
be bus received bs annual prefonts, vdib be infifs in hav
ing in cannon, powder, andbfl; and the Governor has in
formed him, be cannot comply with bis demands till be bus
orders from England.
Ebe information given at the bar of the House cf Lords,
by Governor Penn, deserves ver, serious conjideration : The
known chara&er cf that Gentleman, for honour, probity,
and moderation, being equally removed Jromjaflior. and ve
nality, renders what be averts es much more importance,
than the accounts which have from other quarters, been'
laid before the Public.
Lord Rockford retires upon a penfon of 30001. per annum i
A pretty moderate fice cf the national plumb-budding of Old
England.
Seven regiments of 650 men each, two bombs, and four
frigates, are to fail for Carolina the jir, of December, It
being determined to attack the foutbern provinces, while the
American army is in the north. It is said this expedition is
undertaken at the request of Governor Martin, of Nortb-Ca
roEna (brother to target Martin who jhbt Mr. Wilkes)
who has promised government great things, great support
and success, if they fend him a proper force. Among other
things, it is said, be has promijed to raise 2000 men for the
service of the Minifry in Carolina. If be has so much inte
rest and influence in the province, why did be run away
jrom it?
°' r Jeffery Amberfl's peerage is at present fufpehded. The'
Minifry are aiming by ever, means to bring that General to
take- the command in America, but be will not do it, not
from scruples of conscience, but from repeatedly declaring,
and fnckrel, too, that the force to aft is not confderable
enough to tfeN what is exposed. Sir Jeffery is not let into
the secret of the tutended demands to Parriament, beyond the
25,000 already voted; the rewards tn be given him hereaf
ter, will not, it is said, take place till tie whole arranre
ment is fettled, and, Sir puffery approves and accepts.
j be Minifry have been mes JeverNy treated, upon their
imagining 15,000 men faffoient jet the reduction cf America.
'lbis they readily submit to, rasher than (pen the ref of their
plan, jooner than it can pebbly by helped. Ibis is their ufa.
al Spirit of keep ing Parliament as ignorant as pofble of their
dejigns ; and reducing their bufinfs to tlv mere matter oj
their votes. ,"
On the 6th of October the,gentlemen and principal inhabi
tants ofthe towngf BefonfN,w,England, also bis Fluff.
ty's Council, andtbe gentlemen who were artven from their
habitations in the country.ls tie t&tvu cf Befon, prefentc,
very refteNfuladdreffes to bis Excelled, Governor Gage, &,
his departs ejromtfnerjor Great - 3. dain.