The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-01-16 00:00:00, page 3

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The Heufe in committee of the whole,
toe k <,pthe bill forjufpending the second
fermion of the aft rekulatin, foreign coin,
which puffed to beengroffed.—Yeas 68.
Nays 2fr
' QFC.2O.
The House went into a committee of
the whole on the bjilfor suspending the
second feetion of %^a regulating for
eiga coin. Aftee/a lengthy difeuffi >n,
the committee role and reported the bill
without amendment. The question was
«^n on ordering the bill to be co- (
for a thirireading. Passed.
I DEC. 22.
On motion bf Mr, Dawson, a tom.
f noiltee was railed to report whether any,
and what provifiotis are necessary for the
payment of the chick of Gert. Kofciufco,
on the United Stales.
A petition fronj the daughters of the
late Count de Grafle, praying pecuniary
affittahce from the United States, which
they promise to refynd, was presented by;
Mr, Livingston ; a report made by a
committee of the last house, recommend
ing an allowance df 1000 dollars to each
of the petitioners, as a reward for the ser
vices which that iliuftrious officer ren
dered the United States, by remaining
contrary to his orders, and on his own
refporiAbility, with his fleet in the Che
faprafcc, by which was archived thecap
, lure of Cornwallis and his army.
This fQj'& wis referred toe commit
tee of five members. +
g DEC. 26.
Mr. Sewall from the committee to
whom was referred that part of the Prefi
dent's fyeech which related to the pro'
tedion of commerce and the defence of
.our coupuyv made a report in part., The
tcommittee ftited it as their opinion that
leg&tiv# provision ougbt to be made in
order to diftingufh between cases in
which it was lawful for merchant# to
,arm, arid in which it would be unlawful.
They therefore report a bill in which it is
made the duty of masters or, owners of
vetfels to report their intention of arming
their vessels, and his duty to infoed them
to fee t,at they are net improperly arm
ed, and to require bonds for thafe arms
bring properly ufed.j
The bill was on motion read a second
time, and ordered to he committed to a
committee of the whole, for the firft
Monday in February,
DEC-27.
,j The Speaker informed the hou&thit
, he hxiicreew&h letter, which he was re
queued to by before the house, he a£-
toroinglrf handed it to the Clerk tp be
lead. It w^s from Tench Coxe, fluting
that the President of the United States
lad di(charged him from his office, as
commflioner of the Revenue, In doing
this, he alrowed he had exercised a power
committed tn him by law. He had no
define of coming before the house byway
of complaint, but be wished, if arrange
ment could be deviled for the purpose,
that his condud as Commissioner of the
Revenue, might undergo a review. If it
could be done, he fculd, at any time,
be ready to enter upon the inquiry.—
- Ordered tolie on the table. Q
THE MISS DE GRASSES..
The committee on their petition re
>ported, thrtthe sum heretofore allowed
by C:ngeft was intended only as a tem
pos jprovision until the events of ihe
war fh^u'd permit them to take posses
sion of an estp te in St. Domingo; that
the tads formerly stated, shewed, that.
the most important services were render
ed to the U. States by their father, from
motives the/ most honorable, under the
greatest responsibility, and at a risk the
most hazardous that could be encounter-,
ed by an officer, of rank and reputation ;
that wih af ecolleaion of these services,
it would co,ifift neither with the honor
norjoftire of the U. §.terefufe an ade
~ste prpvilfcm for the orphan children,
of I he; man who tendered them : : „e; #
committee, therefore, recommended rthat
a certain sum mould be granted to each
of them, annp Ufy, for their lives. The
repeat was twice read, and committed for
Mondav. t °•
qbe loft Mail's News.
'^^^{~ I ^±=^-f fo^.^.
Britilhi King's Speech.
Howe of Lords, Nov. 2.
rr,HE King being faced t
&^throne, end the Com
moor attending M the, bar, io the
usual manner, hirMajefty opened
the feffion'ifyh..&^
gracious Speech :— ,3^^
" % teds & Gentlemen,
'&" Kita matter of great con
eero to me, that the earieft en-
deavouri which I have continued
to employ, since I lift met you
in P^rlufoebt, to restore to my
futfea# the bfeffingt of peace, on
secure and honorable termi, have
unhappily been rendered ibeffcc>
66 The Declaration which 1 can
fed co be published, and the other
papeti which I have direded to
be laid before you, will, I am con
fident, abundantly prove to you,
and to the world, that every flep
hai been taken, on my part, which
could tend to accelerate the con
clusion of Peace ; and that the
long delay and final rupture of the
Negotiation are solely to be afi
bribed to the evasive condud, the
unwarrantable pretenfioni, and
the inordinate ambition of thole
with whom we have to contend,
and above all, to their inveterate
animosity agdinft these kingdom#.
6 ' I have the fuller reliance,
under the bleffrgi of providence,
on the vigour and wisdom ofyour
counsel and on the zeal, magna
nimity an^tour^ge of a great and
free people, ft? fiole that they ate
contending for their dearest inter
efti, and determined to (hew
thtmfelvea worthy of the biffing
they are struggling to pieteive.
" Compelled aa we are, by the
most evident nectffity, to perse
vere in the defence of all ihat it
dear row, till a mote jolt and
pacific spirit (ball prevail on the
part of the enemy, we. have the
fatirtadion of knowing that we
poffeh meant and rrfcu cea pro
portioned to the object which are
at flake.
" During the period of boftil
itiei, and under the unavoidable
pressure of accumubcd buttheni,
our revenue has conrinurd highly
productive, our ntional industry
has been extended, and our com
merce bat furpaffid in former iim
iff.
', The public fpitit of my peo
ple hat been eminently displayed ;
my troops of every defcriptido
have acquired freflh claims to the
esteem and admiration of their
country ; and the repeated fuc
ceffea of my navy, over all cur
different enemies, have been re
cently crowned by the (ignal and
decisive victory with which provi
dence has rewarded the exertions
of my fleet coder the command of
Admiral Lord Duncan,
" No event could be attended
with more important and benefit
eial cbnfcquences, or form a more
brilliant addition to the numerous
and heroic exploits which, in the
course of the present war, have
railed tp a pitch hitherto unequal
led the naval glory of the country.
1 , " Gintlcmffi eftbe House ^ Coramoas,
" I have dire&ed the eftimstet
for the enfuiog year to be laid be^
fote you. The state of the war,
joined to the happy consequences
of bur recent success, will, 1 trufl,
admit of some diminution of ex
pence, confifttntly with the vigo^
jous efforts 3 which our fimtrion
indefpeofib!y requires. .In cor.fid
ering What may be the best mode
of defraying the heavy expence
which will still be unavoidable,
you will, I am persuaded, bear in
mind that the present crifu pre
fects every motive to ; animate
you to the most effeaual and spir
ited exertiqoiobflfue value of
any ^temporary foificea which
job may find oeceffary for this
purpose, m only be effimated by
comparing them with the import
tance of fopporting effectually
our public credit, and convincing
the enemy that, while we retain
an ardent desire for the conclusion
of peace, on fife and honorable
terms, we possess the means, at
well as the determination, to fop
port with vigor this arduous con
test, as long as it may be necessa
ry, for maintaining the fafety,
honor, and independence of these
kingdoms.
" M, Lords and Gfflkmeu,
" After the experience I have
had of your loyalty and attach
ment to me, and of your anxious
regard for the ioterefti of my fub
je&s, f have only to recommend
to you a preferverance in the fame
principles and conduß.
" The events of every day most
more and more impress you with
a just sense of the blessings we de
live from our civil and religious
eftablifhmenu, and which have
so long distinguished us among
all the nations of Europe. Thole
blessings can only be preferred
by inculcating and enforcing a
due reverence and obedience to
the laws, by repressing with prom
finite every attempt to diflwb
our internal tranquility,' and by
maintaining inviolate that happy
corftiturion which we inherit from
our inceftor( on which the fecuri
ty and h«ppinefc of every claf# of
my fubjas effcnrially depend."
[Hi Declaration alluded to in the abroe
S,u<b,Jball be inserted in our next }
Negotiation at Lijle.
LONDON, NOV. 6.
Government has published the
entire; correspondence between
Lord Maifflbury and the French
Commffioners at Lisle. It con
vains §3 communications, and de
monttwes to the world the sin
cerity of our Court to negociate a
Peace ; and the inveterate difpe
fi io^ of the ruling government
in France, to carry ^n the war.—
By this corrofpoudence it appears,
that Gieatbritain proposed to give
up all the possessions (he had ac
quired by the war, except the IQ
and of Trinidad, the Cape of
Good-Hope, and the Island of
Ceyloo, in the East lndies.
France, oo the other hand, con
tended, that all the conquests
made by Grete-Britain should be
relirqufhrd ; and further, that
, the king of Great-Britain should
make restitution for the vessels
taken . destroyed at Toulon, &
rehrquifh the mortgage 00 Belgie
umli,
Bonn, oct. 4.
The French agents every where
di^f the will of the people to be
>coutaed. It is said, that the
Ffoch Government is negotiat
"^ ,?' h & King of Prussia, to
obtain the c< ffi&of the Duchy of
Cleves and of Ruffian Gueldres to
the fiety,Repub'ic, ip order that ii
may have, the Rhine for its boun
dary, avowing to that Prioce in.
demnificitions on ,te "She bank
of the riven ,
rtqgpp.
PARIS, NOV. L.
T^ *e understand,
fe| ordered an army of 30,600
men to beaffembted, defused to
aa against Portugal.
n^ii °° w generally kpown, that
General Buonaparte 'has openly
declared himfeliaverfe to the ab
surd project of banishing from
France all the ci-devant Nnbta ,
and that he hefitatei to take com
mand of the army against Eng
land.
' ~ CONCORDS ~
(TUESDAY, January 16, 1798.
Frert a Cerref,undent.
Mr. HoucH is detired to explain the
motives that induced him to pubiith tire
fhimetul paragraph that appeared in his
/paper of the 2< linft. lefoe&ing young
ladies looking into the windows of their
neighbor's houfe#. We know of no la
dies in Concord, who m ke a priaire of
,"frg into people's windows, and we
know there are none who ought to com
mit any aaione which they would be a-
Ihamed to have their neighbors fee, as
they pass their houses.—Mr. Hough, in
giving publicity to such an it fimutiun,
must give the public a flrrfge opinion of
the Ladies of Concord—i e. ibar one part
are doing qubat they ought not to be doing,
labile the other part find nothing ty do but to
look OR.\
died] —At Fryeburg, on Wedneflay
last, Mrs. Sally Eva ns, wife of Capti-
Wm. Evans, aged 28 it would be
withholding a tribute due to female
worth, not to remark, that in this ami
able woman were united those qualities,
virtues & accomplishments, which form,
at once, the endearing and refpeafui
wife, the exquisitely tender and pff aion
ate mother, the inviolable friend—the
good woman. All who are acquainted
with her, will drop a .ear of uufeigt ed
sorrow, at this difpehfatron es Providence
—While the husband, left to bewail his
loss, exclaims,
" Inutdiout Death —bom de, tbou rend in
funder
Whom true b y knit, andj)„atby, made one,
A tie-more ftubton far,—than Nature's
for'
At Nrw Concord, N H. oh the 17h
Dec hfl, John Young Esq auhrof
several pieces against the C uftiißehg
ion.
PHILAD JAN. 3.
The Consul Gen. of the French Re
public in this city has received a letter
from M Talleyrand Perigord,the French
minister for foreign affairs, dated on th#
day after the arrival of our Commission
ers at Paris, (28b Sep'.) which men
tions, that rhe, had been cordially re
ceived by the French Government—that
the negotiation would be commenced as
soon as possible ;—and that he had no
doubt of an amicable a^juftment of af
fairs between the two countries.
WAR!
KEWYORK, JAN, 2.
Capt. Tylee, who arrived th's merg
ing, in,45 days from Havre,ioforms, that
it was the general opinion at H<vre, War
will ensue between France and the Unit
ed States of America :—That after the
Peace with the Emperor, an army of 1§
thousand men whs to be formed on the
northern coast of France, to invade En
gland— ^10,000 of the troops were ex.
peded at Havre the day after he failed.
No WAR!!
Jan. ft A letter from a refpe&able
house at Havre, dated on the day of
Captain Tylee's departure, elefes with
the following.:— 46 Although the Amer
ican Commithoners have not yet beed
admitted to the Dirdetorv, we are per
suaded there will be no WAR between
the two nations ; it is more 1& ly th<.t
the United States will in future be cor
fidered as a nation having no treaty Witt
us.".
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in H'a
are to a refoaoble mercantile bon, in tbie ,
city, received by the Rosetta.
havrb, Nev. 6—" There is now^
a project of an absolute Decent on Eng!,
land ! The immortal Buonaparte isap,
pointed commander in chief on this eL
pedition. There is to be immeditetyaf
fembled 120 thousand men between
Brest and the Harfeur, as well as anoth-,
er body of ten thoufind med between
this place and Dunkirk.#
Hanover will be immgffifely attack
ed, and what will ensure our success is
a secret article in our treaty with the
Emperor, permitting ths passage of cur
troops." -V\
—fc+t—te!^^ — <",
S'BOSTON, JA N. IQ.
A letter from 'Malaga, Nov. 6, to*
merchant ja this tgwih mention,—„ It
is seriously true/that the De, of Tripoli,
ta declare War so s_£&
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