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had aQed so very extraordinary, and b very inJefenfible
apart, that it gave him frrih ground for affirming that the
tumults of the preceding day originated with Government.
B<fides w at was he to think of tl)e private wishes of
those M^ifhrs, who could fit filept, and take no one
flap to prevent the mob. from robbing, and personally ill
treating the Members of that Houfey and the Members
of the other ? Wnat was he to tnin&of the conduct of
the other Houle,who fat inactive while the gentleman who
had abetted the prefect difeontents, and caused the mob
to rife, in order to force a measure on the House of
Commons, was fitting among them, and riling every
minute to run to the door, and acquaint the people in
tne lobby, with blue cockades in their hats, what each
each member sud, by that means marking out and de
voting p.ticuhr members for detirußion ? Was such
conduct to be borne, and what would the world think
of an Administration,who were either so timid or so negli
gent ps to put u;>.witii it, or fader it even for a moment ?
He hoped therefore that in the prosecution of the very
proper measure, which the noble and learned Lord had
jail proposed, Government would aft fi r mlh and not
content itfelf with wreaking vengeance on the poor mif
fed people who were the inftrumekts of the mifehief, and
who were many of them Stimulated by a zeal for the Pro
teflant religion, which they were taught to believe was
in danger, but would trace the evil to its Source, and
draw hrth the principal movers of the riot, let their
rank be what it might, to exemplary punishment His
Grace again asserted, that the Quebec Aft was the real
Source of the discontents, and not the repeal of tie acts
relative to Popery ; the repealing aft merely gave tole
ration in matters @1 conscience to the Roman Cathoheks,
and way, in fart, an innocent, nay a laudable meafurr,
but there was an effeatial difference between religious
toleration and the eflabtiJbment of a religion ; the Que
bec A't absolutely established the PopiSh religion in Ca
nada, by Sending a Popifh Bilhap there, and ail >wimg
every part of the exercise of that most dangerous and iu
tolerant religion. His Grace therefore in tne moment
that he recommended a firm and resolute pro ecution of
the rioters, advised admniftration to take advantage of
the present moment, to draw good out of evil, and to
gain a little well-earned popularity by accompanying
their due performance of the calls of justice, with a
measure in favour of the proper and praiseworthy preju
dices ,of the peope He advised them to take this op
portunity of repealing the Quebec Art, thereby Shewing
in one point of view, that they could be firm where they
ought, and concede where they ought ; thus, by holding
Up tne features of noblemindednefs in the most ftri<ing
l^ht, he (aid, they could not fail of gaining genera! ap
plause.
Lord SHELBURNE took up the argument on
pretty much the fame grounds, but went into it Rill more
excel lively. His Lordihip reprehended MiniAets Severe
ly, for not having taken effectual measures to prevent
toe riots of the preceding day, which he Said they might
thank themfe ves for, b^aufe most clearly, and most un
anhverabiy, the whole was but a continuation, and com
paritively ipeaking. a feeble continuation of the riots in
Scotland upon the fame Subject. The mob here nad co
pied the mob there, but tney had been left violent, and
4tfs excessive. Here a member of Parliament; a gen
tleman of a noble and diftinguilhed family, had Summon
ed tile peop e togemer, by public advertisement, printed
in the iewspapers, Some days peviyus to the day on
whica the mob met. Government ought immediately
to have taken notice of that advertiftment, and to. have
made a remedy, which was all that could now be appli
ed, enneceffary, by preventing toe mifeniefs that tarea-'
tened, from, taking place. In Scotland the advertisements
for the mob toaffembie, and refill (heart for repeating the
former arts againil the Roman Cithoiicks, had been more
Mi number, and had appeared earlier and with greaterau
thority.He was much mistaken, if the Magistrates of Edin
burgh,had not themselves convened the people and made a
part of the tnob,anh the most a&ive part. What had been
theconfeqaeiice? Government, inStead of punishing the
Magistrates, instead of holding up to the milled popu-'
late an example which would teach them in future to a
void a matter of fix h great danger, (for a matter of great
danger, it ought always to be) as opposing the laws or
rising in opposition to any measure which the wi&m of
the legislature chose to adopt, had not dared to hurt a
hair of the rioters heads; they had not dared to inftirute
an enquiry, but had fihen in with the prejudices of Scot
land, and had accommodated matters; they had done
more, they had promised all that toe zeal and ent ufiafm
of an enraged mob had prompted them to demand. This
was the Source o. the prelent naifchief! Here it was that
the public were to look lor all tae riots that had happen
ed, and ail the riots that would happen, in opposition to
Popery ! With regards the late art repealing certain
points of Severity, which had been eltdbliln d by former
arts, (in times wn*n matters with regard to Popery, Rood
widely different from their present Situation,) it was as the
nople Duke who fpokelift, had well ex,reflect it, an in
nocent art, provided toat government had done its duty,
and used that vigilance and attention which it was at all
times their duty to Shew toward, the counud of the Ro
man Cat tolics, but more especially when from having
granted them Some indulgences, it was natural to expert,
that the prmetfors of a religion which taught them e ger
ly to Seek for, and lay hold of every opportunity of ex
tending its iurtueuce, wouldj| either generally„or in Some
instances aoufet ole indulgences, and overleap tag bounds
which the repealing art had left, as limits to the exercise
of the Roman Catholic religion in tnis kingdom. His
Lordihip observed. that he was t.e better warranted to
fay tnis, because when ne was himferf in office, he had
always thougnt the progress of Popery within the realm
a matter deserving his most vigilant attention, and
had on every occasion used the authority of his
situation, in preventing every illegal attempt to
extend it beyond the bound which the legislature had'
prescribed. He remembered particularly tnat when he
was Secretary of State, intelligence was brought him, ih r t
a noble Duke, one of the fi r ft Nobility in the Kingdom,
had not only built a new Chapel for the exercise ol that
religion which be profeffed, but had inflituted a kind of
,cidem, er Seminary for theeducation of young performs -
tne moment he heard of it, he did not adopt the modern'
cudom of letting matters proceed till they ripened into
mUchiefj he did not wait till the cole produced its es
fert; he flruck at the cause immediately, he applied so
the noble Duke, he told him what his duty as Secretary
of State obliged him to do, and gave him notice that if
the Seminary was not put an end to, that hemuft interpole
his authority ; the noble Duke arted in this affair as be
came him, and the consequence was, the seminary was
abolished inilintly and'no more heard of. Ina late in
stance likewise, he had been applied to, and told that a
meeting to difeufs religious matters was instituted at
Coadimaker's Hall, where such topics were agitated, a;
gave him reafoo to fee that feeds of great popular tumult
anl disorder would be Sown if government were not ap
pr,z?d of it, "nd did not take effertual measures to put a
Slop to if H?d he been the enemy of government which
Administration and its creatures had endeavoured to make
the public believe he was, he Should have laughed at the
information, have told the perfoa that brought it to him,
" On, its a foohfh matter, too ridiculous to merit atten
" tion; don't mind it, it will comb to no mischievous
" end, its perlertly harmless !'•'liißead of treating it in
this light mariner, he had clone his duty, and feeing meft
clearly that mifchief was at the bottom of it, that it con
tained the feeds ot Serious danger, his answer to his in
formant h id been this, '■ Go to government, apprize them
" as fuly, as you have apprized me of the circumflance;
“ don't concede t itie of wnat you have said, and they
" can't but fee their danger, and will, I make no doubt,
" take the proper rreafures for preventing it" Did this
lo ?R like enmhyi Did it wear the face, had it a single
ft. use of personal rancour ? Having ^fled in this man
ner, ^e thuugm he felt himL If warranted to give govern
mrt feme ad # i?e now, and to expert that his advice
Should be attended to.
[ To be continued. ]
Examination of the RIOTERS,
SA TURDAVlast, at three o'clock io the afternoon,
thirteen'perforin who had been 1 apprehended by the
adiery anJ pe.ee'officers t the chap-1 of the Sardinian
Ambassador in Duke-ftreef, Lmcoln's-Inn fields, the
preceding - night, oA Suspicion of having been concerned
in the deifruaidn thermo!; were Motive,ed from the Savoy
by a Serjent^ guard to the public office ill Bow street, and
examined before the Magistrates. A vast cbncourfe of
people amended on the ol&fiori,'and the military formed
a half moon' before Sir John Fielding's' house, W prevent
"any attempt that mi^ht be made by the mob to rescue the
prisoners. Michael Bryant, John Twycrofi, and Willi
am Reaves, were firft examined: The firft was taken
coming in hafle from the chapel, the Second in thecha
pel whilst it was on fire, and thedaft received was char
ged with attempting to rescue the prisoners from the peace
officers. Th'e'n xt put to the bar were Thomas Robin
son, Iliac Hom-vay, and Samuel Raddle, who were ap
prehence 1 by Joseph M'K*are, a foldrer in the third re
gim-ut of Guards, and the Serjeant of the fame regiment,
two of them in the- chapel, and the 'other coming tout at
the door. After these .came before the Benlh; John
Vickers, John Banywood, and John Reynolds; Vickers
was taken'in' the chapel, and- Hke'wife Baywood, 'who
was wounds by one of the Nidirr's bayonets in the
bread B^ny wood was charged by ,Mr. Rainform, of
Clare-street, Cl.re-market, wim finking hum whi'ft he
was endeavourinflo Glare one ofthe parties. The four
prifohers reifiainihg Were then brought up, viz. JoSeph
Lind, Jofcpa Beardmdre, Joseph Pullen, aid Thomas
Inu^dddj against Laid there w^the cleareftevidet.ee of
heaving been concerned in therbt, bring teen bj Mr.
Moberly ofthng-a re, and Mr. Ra nforth, in the aft
of throwing a folio volume and a velvet cushion into the
lire: Tie other three were taken in and near the chapel.
'They were all committed for re examination, ex.ept
Reeves, who gave fecuri y for his future good behaviour,
and Linwood, who put in bail for hisappearance on Wed
ntfday next, when the prifoam will be re examined. The
wun.ffes who give testimony against the above young
men on Saturday, were Justice Gilbert, Mr. Hendrick,
Mri Mahon, apothecary, Mr. Maberley, Mr. Rainfortb,
Messrs Clarke, Prethero, Mr. Maunr, and Philips,
peace officers, and feme of the Soldiers. Messrs. Cham-,
berlyne and IVoite, Solicitors tot etreafuey, attended on
the part of toe prosecution. Lord Essex and Several per
sons of difbhrtibn were present at the examination.
As party feuds'at present run so very high, the only
method that can be hit upon to pave the road to a perma
nent union, is to take off a few headoMr. Lee Lewis is,
we hear, appointed (under a royal patent) Decollator
General ; his firft practice, it has been laid, is to be on
the head o Lord GeorgeGotdon, who, it must be own
ed, is a willing martyr, sot when Mr. Lee Lewes waited
on h^ Lordship, after he had been informed he was to
take off his bead, and to assure his Lordship that he would
not give him any pain, he begged leave, if he meant his
he.xi as a fide-ddh for the public, that Mr. Lee Lewes
would not withdraw it from his entertainment.
June 6.
Intelligence from the Public Office in Bow-street.
YettiPlay were re examined at Bow street, the young
men taken up on Friday for a riot, and on suspicion of
willfully Setting fire to the Sardinian Ambassador's Chap
el, in@Duke ft'reer, Lincoln's-inn- fields; when they were
all dißh^rged except three, Lind, Inwood, and Twy
crofs, who a e to be tryed on Tnurfday.
Exiraß of a letter from Bridgewater, June 2.
“ Yesterday aft ten o'clock Mr. Charles Fox arrived
here, andat eleven o'clock began to canvass thetown with
Mr Allen and Mr. Balch. The bells rang merrily,can
non were fired, and the day was concluded with other
marks of rejoicing. There is to be a meeting this day
at the assize hall, when Mr. Fox was expected to make a
florid oration.
Ex'rart of a letter from Portsmouth, June 4.
" Yesterday arrived the Courageux man of war, of 74
guris, from the Downs.
" Yesterday failed the Culloden man of war, of 74
guns, Capt. Balfanz, w,th dispatches for the Weft-In
dies : also the Lfcorne frigate on a cruize.
" Yeflerday afternoon failed the Prothee, of 64 guns,
Capt. Buckner, with the following ships for the East-In
dies, viz. Earl of Mansfield, Pigot, Eat) of Dartmouth,
Royal Admiral, Neptune, Grovefhor, Rochford, Lord
Holland, Glatton, Bellemont, and Vanfittart,
" The Union man of war, of 90 gutify is gone out of
harbour to Spithead.''
BALTIMOR E, Aaguft 15.
A gentleman in London, observing lately that Lord
North was daily losing ground ; " Chi dear Sir, replied
another, he has been losing ground ever since he has been
in office. The imwenfe tract of ground in America that
he has loft, is a proof of my assertion.
Sir Charles Bunbury, (on Lord North's motion, in the
Btittlh House of Coißinous, for reading a second rme the
bill for imposing an additional duty on n.alt) leeling ft r
the dilhelfs ofthe. people# could not help making feme
bbfer.vatihns'on thole /axes which had funk them to such a
degree, that they begin to dislike that Constitution which
they formerly had venerated. Much, however, as they
were oppressed and greatly as they might begin to difiike
tire present Confi.turion, be would advise them to beware
how they flionlagoopt the plan of every artificer, who,
while he aimed at embellishing, might deface the building.
He could not however but acknowledge, that the people
had very just cause to complain The Ameri an war con
ceived in folly-carried on with obfhnacy and fatally perse
vered n, bad .funk rhe value of land so low, that it was as
cheap as fl inking mackart -I. He had once prided himfelf in
the name of gentleman ; but he began to wdh his father had
given him a different education ^rom that which he had re
ceived, bccaufe le wasapprehetfive that in a Ihort time
he would be unable to fu/port the rank in which be had
hitherto lived. If he retired to his fludy, forgetful for a
mam nt of die diftfeffes he laboured under, he would foot!
find himftlfroufed from this pleasing forgetfuloeU by the
House-Tax- Gatherer. If he defeended to his liable, he
would be put in mind of the public calamities by his
jockey boys, for whom he was obliged to pay taxes.. If
he hepped into his carriage, rhe post tax flared him lull
in the face ; and should heby chance rail asleep on, the
road, the voice of the Turnpike man calling for his Che
que, would foon^oufe him, aqs asjt were hang out to
- him a memento of the American war.' The noble Lord,
- however, was net fatisfied wi ,i\his. The jovial griff
used formerly to afford: some reiki from care § but now
it was to be an ioftrUmentof distress, wfich was to en
creafein proportion as the glass flinuld breftriy circulate.
The additional dyty-on.rum,-'brandy, and wipe, crowned
the diftreftes ofthe gentry, whilst that on malt, paid by
the village labourer, would convert the jovial toast into a
curio of . the Minister. Ashe mention eri toast, he recom
mended two to Parliament, " peace with America," and
" a lets army and greater navy."
BOSTO N, August 3.
It is reported, that Thomas Boylftoo, late merchant
in this town, has lately lent the government of Britain,
engaged in a cruel war against his native country, the
fom of 2;eool- flirting, S^uld this man's e-state in
America be mquma afier, it might probably be found
to be fafely conyeyedaway ; and ihopld his inclination
lead him fame time hence to rturn to the United States,
he might find some advocate for granting him such a pri
vilege. ,- ~
We are credibly informed, that Mr. R^O, Captain of
the Resolution privateer, of 16 gun, ; out of Halifax, that
was sent info tejs port some time ,pa ft, by the valiant
Capt. Williams, together with all his officers that were
set afhoie on parole near Halifax, ban entered volunteers
on board the Delight Hoop of war, and were seen on board
of her pff Cape Sables, by the cartel that arrived last
week. The brutariand unexampled, treatment Ihewn by
the above named infamous Ross and officers, to the ladies
puffengers in the cartel from Halifax, will ever be remem
bered ; and his violation of parole entertained a just sense
0 "
We are told that the Halifax banditti were aflonilhing
ly uneasy on information being given that the armada of
cur gracious Ally were approaching to these territories ;
and that the captious an 1. ungracious Richard Hewes is
continued as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, not
withhanding the importunity cf the petulant Jack But
ler to dislodge him.
Friday last arrived here a brig from Martinico, by
her we have an account that the French and Spanish fleets
had left that place, bound for Jamaica, which we daily
expert to hear has surrendered to our illuhrious Allies.
The sum total of the donation receive! by the lathes of
of Philadelphia, in their several diftrify, for the Ameri
can army, amounts to Three Hundred Thoutwd Seven
Hundred and Sixty-fix Dollars An example truly
worthy imitation ! ! !!
A number of very valuable prizes have arrived fafe in
port fiace our last.
August 7.
We are allured 19 (out of 38) fail of victuallers; bound
from Europe to Quebec, will fhprtly make their appear
ance in a new libel of vessels taken from the enemy, which
will put it beyond a doubt that they have arrived fafe in
port.
NE W - LO N D O N, July 28.
In our last was mentioned the taking of Capt Whit
ney's floup from a wharf at Mill-River in Fairfield. Wo
since learn that Capt. Whitney, being in bed aboard the
sloop, at the time she was boarded, was murdered. The
horrid action, it is said, was perpetrated by some Tories
who had just before Heaped to Long- Island.
Lift Saturday fe^night the wife of cne Robinson, cf
Chippenham, Wilts, in a fit of despair cut her child's
tbroa', and afterwards cut her own in a fyiktyg man
ner. Two surgeons fpeeddy gave their assistance, but
tne woman died on the Tuefiay night following ; and the
chid lay then without hopes of recovery.The woman being
aftted the cause of committing this ralh artion, lepliedit
wastrouble, for the could not bear to fee her sick h.ulbwd
carried to goal.—lt fcems the. Court of Requests was hfld
tkere that day, and an execution was ordered against her
-hulband; which he was so far unable to pay, thatbe and
bis family had for feme time been in want of the com
mon nectGaiies of life, owing to the sickness of himfelf
and his wife, and not being of that parifA did not pro
perly make known their necessities.
NEWPOR T, July 22.
Several of the enemy's frigates have been seen a little to
the eastward and northward of Block Iflaad almaft every
day this week ; and yesterday near 20 fail were discover-