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AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
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tain, that he ffiould never cease to look
at the conduct of Ministers with a prop
er degree of constitutional jealousy.
The present was, however a moment
when he thought that all opposition
ought to cease, when all party spirit
ought to be extinguished, when all
ought to unite he.it and hand for 'he
salvation of the country. Whatever
weight attached to his opinions, was
derived from the partiality and kind
mefs of those whom he now addressed.
They had placed him in the filiation
which may equal to the utmost extent
of his ambition.—He ffiould, therefore,
be a traitor to their cause, if he did not
express such f nthnents. He had no
difficulty, therefore, in declaring, that
„ci in the worst times of our hiftory,
* In this Speech, be offerted, " That it was im
prffible for an boneft man to lend an "fifing arm,
^i* to defence of the country.
consideration gave rife to much diver
fit, of opinion, he had felt this senti
ment. How much more strong this
feeling now was, after the unanimity
which had prevailed, and was likely to
prevail, it was unnecessary for him to
declare. He had, from the moment of
his firft entrance on public life, been in
opposition to his Majesty's Ministers.
He knew not whether the habits of his
life might not leave him in opposition
during what yet remained of his public
career. Os this, he was at lead cer-
It had been moved, thit the Sheriffs
of Middlesex should present the Ad
dress to his Majesty, accompanied by
the county members, Mr. Byng and
Sir F. Burdett. After the latter, how
ever, had entered into an explanation
of his speech on Friday,it was prepofed,
and unanimously refolyed, that his
name should be left out of the motion,
and that the Address Should be p^e
fented by the Sheriffs and by Mr. Byng
only—a more marked disapprobation
of the conduct of a Member was never
given by the Constituents of any man
that was ever sent to parliament.
Mr. Byng came forward and deliv
ered his feniiments to the meeting. It,
on every occaGon, afforded him plea
sure, to meet his conflituents. Even
pn occasions when the fubjeds under
LAIE FOREIGN NEWS.
LONDON, JULY 30.
AN official Note has been sent by
Lord Cathcart to the Marquis of Tich
frld, on the fubjed of fortifying Lon
don. The measure is to be put into
immediate execution. The line of de
fence is to run through the county of
Middlesex, in a semi-circular form, be
ginning at the Thames, near the mouth
of the river Lea, and ending at the
Thames, above and near Batterfea
bridge ; it pages, in its northern and
north weflern direction, through Sti at
ford-Bow, and near Clopton, along the
high grounds which bound the marshes
on the right or weftern bank of the riv
er Lea, as far as the neighbourhood of
Stamford-Hill, when it quits the Lea
and takes a weftern course, parting from
near the turnpike, on Stamford-Hill,
by Hornfey W od to the ridge extend
ing by Mount-Pleasant, over the village
of Crouchend, and from thence by the
Sheephoufe Ridge to Highgate and ad
jacents, from thence by Hampßead and
adjacent towards Willfdon Green; here
it changes its direction to the south-west
and fouth, running down the Canal
rear the Red Horse, then crossing the
Canal near KenfiAGreen, proceeding
to Renfington Gravel Pits and Hol
land-house, parting near Little-Chelsea,
and teaching the Thames above Batter
fea-bridge.
JULY 27— AUG. 4.
dUDDLEfTX COUNTY MEET
ING.
A meeting of the Freeholders of Mid
diefex was held yefter< ay at Hackney
to^vote an Address to his Majesty.—
Mr. Alderman Skinner moved the Ad
dress in a truly British Speech. Sir
Francis Burdett attended the meeting,
and was very properly questioned upon
bis speech at the Crown and Anchor on
Friday last. 4 Called upon in a pointed
manner by Ald. Curtis, Sir Francis en
tered into an explanation of that speech;
his explanation, we believe, convinced
every person present, that the reports in
the newspapers of the proceedings at
the Crown and Anchor, had not been
Unfaithful. Never was a speech re
ceived with more expreffibns of indig
nation, than Sir Francis's yefterday,—
and never was indignation more meri
ted.
I am far from being inclined to con
found M. Bonaparte with thole who have
proceded him. I think highly of bis val
our, and of his military talents. Neith
er do I feel ungrateful for many ads of
his administration ; for whatever is done
for the benefit of my people, shall always
be dear to my heart. He is deceived,
however, if he imagines that he can in
duce me to forego my claims,for otherwise
he himfclf would confirm and establish
them, could they be called in question,
by the very flep he has now taken.
I cannot pretend to know what may
he the intentions of the Almighty respec
ting my race, and myfelf ; but I am well
aware of the obligations imposed upon
me by the rank to which he was pleased
I should be born. As a Christian I Shall
continue to fulfil tbefe obligations to my
last breath. As a defcendent of St. Lous
I shall endeavour to imitate his example
by refpeding myfelf—even in captivity
and chains. As successor of Francis I.
I shall at least aSpire to fay with him—
We have loft every thing but honor.
At the bottom cf this answer were
written the following words :—
With the petmiffion of the King m'y
uncle, I adhere with heart and foul to the
contents of this Note.
(Signed) LOUIS ANTOINE.
Such are the reasons which at the pre
sent conjunAureinduce Monfiearto make
public certain details, which particular
circumstances do not allow, however in
teresting they may be enumerated more
at length than as follows :
On the 26th Feb'y of the current year,
a personage of prominent diftinaion,em
powered by high authority,waited on the
King of France at Warsaw, and verbally
made to bis Majesty in terms the most re
fpeaful,but at the fame time the most ur
gent, and, in the opinion of him who ur
ged them, the most persuasive, the aftoh.
idling ptopolal to renounce the throne
of France, and to require the fame renun
ciation cn the part of all the Members of
the Houle of Bourbon : The Envoy,
moreover, observed, that, as a price of this
facrifice, Bonaparte would secure indem
nities to his Majesty, and even a fpendid
efhblifhment. His Majesty strongly ani
mated bvthat sentiment which the hand of
adversity is never ableto obliterate from
elevated fouls, &whicb makes him cling
as tenaciously to his rights as he does to
the happiness of France, immediately
wrote the following answer, which he
delivered on the 28th February to the
person deputed to him.
ANSWER OF THE KING.
aug. 7.
@3™ Louis XVIII. and Family.
PUBLICATION
Issued by MONSIEUR, BROTHER or tee
KING or FRANCE.
Monfieur,brotherof the Kng of France
has deemed it his duty no longer to re
main silent refpeding an important fad
of which too vague an idea has hitherto
gone abroad. The variety of lights in
which it has been represented, and the
falfe reports induftriouslycirculated by an
diurped Government, imperiously require
that the opinion of the public, but more
particularly that of Frenchmen, should
be set right refpeaihg the real state of the
matter.
even when the people were debarred
the constitutional privilege of meeting
to remonstrate against abuses and cor
ruption, even under the suspension of
the Habeas Corpus Ad, even if be bad
been in fetters, he jhould have felt it bis
duty to base employed bis eery chains as an
instrument of offence against a foreign foe.
—(This truly Britilh sentiment drew
down thunders of applaufe).—He con
cluded, by calling the attention of the
meeting to the nature of the foe. The
Gentleman who threatened us with de
ftrudion, did not even use the com
mon decency of an invader.—He held
out no profped of the redress of our
grievances.—He did not flatter us with
the hope of the establishment of that de
gree of liberty now existing in France
(a general laugh).—He did not hold
out to the most unprincipled and nefa
r'ous of mankind, the hope of a distri
bution of property, which he meant to
reserve for himfelf and the banditti by
whom he may be accompanied. The
hon. gentleman concluded this neat
speech, whih was received with en
thusiasm, by exprefling his entire appro
bation of the Address.
After a vote of thanks to Mr. Aider
man Skinner, Mr. Roberts, and Mr.
Sheriff Walsh, the meeting dispersed.
f^o&pib^^^
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On the 2d March file King wrote to
Mon6eur,acqauintiog him withwhat had
parted, and infliufled him to make
kno .vnthefame to the. Pune, ofthe blood
who were in England taking charge him.
Self to inform Such of them reforming it
who do not reside in tnat country. On
the zed April, Monsieur called a meeting
of the Princes, who with equal alacrity
and unanimity have Signed the following
Arihefion to the answer of the King of
the 28th February :—-
ADHESION OF THE PRINCES,
We the undersigned Princes, the Bro.
ther, Nephews and Cousins of h's M?jeL
ty Louis XVIII, King of France and of
Navarre —
Thoroughly impressed with the lame
sentiments with which our Sovereign
Lord and King has Shewn himfelf to be
So honorably animated in hi answer to
the proposal made to him of renouncing
the throne of France,and of requiring all
the Princes of the Hoyfe in like manner
to renounce all the imprefcriptibleclaims
to the succession of that fame throne, de
clare, That as our attachment to our
rights, to our duty, and to our honour,
can never permit us to forego our claims,
we adhere with heart and foul to the an
swer made by our King.
That in imitation of his example, we
(hall not lend outfelves in any manner
whatever to any step or proceeding that
can imply oh our part a failing in what
ever we owe to ourfelves,to our anteflors,
to our deft endants..
We finally declare. That be
ing fully convinced that a large majority
of the French people inwardly participate
in all the sentiments by which we are an
imated, it is in in the name of our loyal
Countrymen, as well as in our own, that
we renew upon our sword, and to our
King, the solemn and sacred oath, to live
and die faithful to our honour, and to
our legitimate Sovereign.
CHARLES PHILIPPE, o/ France,
CHARLES FERDINAND, of Artois, Duh of
Berri,
LOUIS PHILIPPE,/ Orleans, Duh of Orleans,
ANTOINE PHILIPPE, of Oricon,, Duh of
Montpelier,
LOUIS CHARLES, of Orleans, Count of Bear
jolou,
LOUIS JOSEPH de Bourbon, Prince of, Conde,
LOUIS HENRY JOSEPH de Bourbon Conde,
Duh of Bourbon.
WANSTED HOUSE, APRIL 23.
J 0
ADHESIANofth DUKE ofENGHIEN.
SIRE,
The letter of the 2d March,with which
four Majesty has vouchfafed to honour
me, reached me in due time. Your Ma
jeftyfis too well acquainted with the blood
which flows in my veins, to have enter
tained a moment's doubt refpeaing the
tenor and spirit of the answer which your
Majesty calls for. I am a Frenchman,
Sire,and a Frenchman faithful to his God,
to his King, and to the oaths that are
binding on his honor : Many others may
perhaps one. day envy me this triple ad
vantage. Will your Majesty therefore
vouchfafe to permit me to anhex my sig
nature to that of the Duke d'Aopouleme,
adhering, as I do, with him in heart and
foul to the contents of the note of my
Sovereign ? It is in tbefe invariable sen
timents that I remain, Sire,your Maj-fly's
most bumble, most obedient, and very
faithful fubjed and servant,
(Signed) ....
LOUIS ANTOINE HENRYDE BOURBONS
Ettenheim, in the dominions of th Margrave)
of Baden, March 22, 1803.,
The adhetion of the Prince de Conti
has not yet been received ; but no doubt
can be entertained about it.
Monsieur has since learnt, that on the
19th of March the fame Envoy, pursu
ant to the orders which he had received,
waited again upon the King. There
was no longer any question aoout the fab
ftance of his Majesty's answer, but some
alterations were intimated refpeaing the
terms in which the form of the answer
fhouk lbe couched ; apprehensions seem
ed to be felt left it fbould so far irritate
the Usurper as to prompt him to exert
his influence in order to aggravate the
misfortunes of the King. His Mfyfty,
however, observed, that hefauld make no
alteration in his anfwCr, •which was as moat
crate as could be expelled ; and that Bona
parte could not be juftifed in complaining of
it, face if mdeed it^had treated him as a
Rebel and an Usurper it would have fold him
no more than the truth. —Upon this certain
dangers were hinted to the King.— What
dangers ? obfrved the King. Id-minded
persons may require that I withdraw from the
asylum that is granted to me. / will pirn
the Sovereign who may deem h mfelt com/eltd
to take fuels a part, and I will wither aw—
No flhat is not it; but may it not be ap-
prehended that 31. Bonaparte will makeir
a point wit h-certain Powers to deprive
the Com'ede Lille of the assistance they
now afford him ;— I do not dead poverty.
Wereit necessary, I mould eat black biead
with my family and faithfulfemant s —but do
not be alarmed, Ifall never be 'educed to
that extremity. I have another te^uice to
rely upon, which I do not think proper to resort
to at long as 1 have powerful friends ; and
that is to make known my fixation in France,
and to ftietch out ft, hand, not —% never t.o a
Government of usurpation, but to my faithful
fubjeßs ; and, rely upon it. 1 fall jocn be rich
er than I am now.
The conclusion of the business was
that the Envoy carried back the answer
of the King, Such as it firfl Stood, which
answer had been lent to him in the origi
nal, in case his Majesty had been inclin
ed to make any alteration in it.
Faithful Subjects, hearts truly French,
learn at length to know that King, so
worthy of being yours, and of whom a
Government founded on usurpation
would deprive you !
PARIS. JULY 29.
COMMOTION IN ICELAND.
Yetterday Mehages were preferred to
Parliament from his M jetty. acquainting
that a treasonable and rebellious spirit of
in Correction had manifette.lirfelt in Ire
land, which had been marked with cir
cumflances of peculiar attrocity in the
city of Dublin; and recommending the
immediate adoption of measures to fop
prefs the rebellion, to protect his Ma
jelly's loyal fubjeds, and to restore tran
quillity. Mr. Arlington in the Commons
after some very fpirired observations on the
subject, moved an Address, in answer. This
was objected to by Mr. Wyndham, as
precipitate ; fafficient information not
having been laid before the house. Mr.
Sheridan Supported the address, and was
very severe on the conduct of Mr. Wynd
ham. This drew a high compliment to
Mr Sheridan, from Mr. Addington, who
observed, that for his consistency of con
duct, particularly for his zeal during the
mutiny at the Nore, and by his late con
doct, in his endeavour to cure the evil
firft and then inquire into :he causes, bt
had acquired immortal honor, and would
be richly rewarded by the faithful page
of hiftoryd-After the address bad pafied
nem. con. MrAddington presented Bills for
the establishment of Martial Law in Ire
land, and for fufpeding the Habeas Cor
pus Act therein.—These bills were read
three several times, and passed ; were
fent,to the Lords, where they were enact
ed immediately.
BOSTON, SRPT. 10.
LATE FROM EUROPE.
At the meeting of York county, for
the purpose of addressing his Majesty,
Mr. Stanhope obferved—"When I
signed my name to the requisition for
meeting you here, I did it under the
impression, that the feelings of the
country were not fufficiently awakened;
that they were not enough apprised of
the danger, the immediate, pressing,
adual, and hourly danger of an inva
sion of this Island, with such a force as
was never before drawn up against it.
What has since passed in the Senate, in
the metropolis, and in almost every
part of the kingdom, must have awak
ened and roused it as with the shrill call
of the trumpet, when it founds every
man £0 arms. It is, therefore, the
more fatisfadory to fee so large a meet
ing, bec use I am sure there is not a
man that hears me, who thinks, that in
holding up his hand for the address
that has been so ably moved and fec
bnded, he is holding it up to a com
mon address at the beginning of a com
mon war ; that he will have nothing
further to do but to meet a room full
of his neighbours to dinner ; —to dr ink
"the King's health ;" —"the Wooden
Walls ofOld England," with three times
three ;— to join in the chorus of "Rule
Britannia," and pay his taxes with as
little grumbling as may be.—No, Sir !
"We, by this address publicly and so
lemnly, before God and odr country,
pledge our fortunes, perlons, and lives in
the defence of our Sorcn ign, and all the
bieffings of our 4orious Conflbwion
There is not a man that hears me, I am
persuaded, who is not prompt arid cap<
to redeem that pledge : there is not, there
cannot be, arc n here who would leavt
undefended our good, tried, and brave
old King, in the hour of darger. No,
Sir, we need no warning voice ; no firing
of eloquence ; no thoughts that heat,an,
Words that bprn ntenecrthve to raifea hofi
of hardy nten, when the King, the Pat.
lbment,anJ thr Country are in ddirtfe.
Call < ut to Y okihiertr n, " Come forth
to battle,' —our answer wII be, one an
all, " We;r k^dy— fluw us the enemy
lead' on, —Sr, th:;t £ptn,y is not lai off ;
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( EDGED.
a very numerous, well, appointed, abfr
commanded a my, to whom is promised
the plunder of England are now hovering
round, and, part of them in daily fight of
the profiled land. They view it like
as many fanr shed wolves, cruel as devt
and hungry as the grave, panting for an
opportunity at any risk, to come into our
fhrepfoll; but, and if they Should is it
notour bufim (s,our fiffi dutyto have such
a guard of old faithful English mafiifr s 7s
find mil? .hem quicklyfepent of their te
merity ! fas Chief Consul of France tells
us iha twe sre but a nation of Shopkee
pers, let us Shopkeepers then meh our
weights in our scales & return himthecom
pliment in bullets. Sir, we may have
a firm reliance on the exertions of
as gallant a fleet as, ever failed, but
that a fleet cannot perform impossibil
ities; it cannot be in two places at once•
it cannot conquer the winds and subdue
the storms; though our oid Tars can do
much, they cannot do every thing; an!
it would be unfafe and dastardly to lie
flunking behind them. With the blessing
of God, and a good cause, we can do
winders; but if we depend upon out
naval prowess only,we have much to fear
— No, Sir!—England will never be ber
feaiy fife, until die can defend herfet as
well by land as by sea ; until (he can de
fy the haughty foe ; if there was even a
bridge between Calais and Dover, and
that bridge in poffeffi^n of the enemy—
ftill die can fay, in the language of a
good Eoglifh box ng match—" a fair
field and no favour ;" or in the langu
age of Macduff, in the play, « within our
(word's length set him, if he escape, then
heaven forgive him'' all bis lies, his blaC
phemies, and murders. Mr. Stanhope
then took notice of the various characters
Bonaparte had assumed ; his treatment to
the Turfcifh prisoners, and to his own
wounded soldiers in Egypt! and last of
all, the flow, lingering death in the vaa
por of a damp dungeon, of the gallant
black cheif Touiffaint, whom he treated
with villainy, kidnapped, and miferabl,
deflroyed."
ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. If.
The attention of the President of the
United States ought sorely to be direded
to prevent the impressment of American
vessels, by the fubjeds of his Britannic
majesty. Severs! instances or violation
of our neutrality in this refped was said
to have arisen, and the following docu
ment will certainly show, that enough
has been done to require the attention of
government. We would not be too haft,
in our censures, of any nation, but we
shall never be tardy in proclaiming, and
opposing all unlawful aggressions on the
national rights and interelts,let them come
from what Source they may. The gov
ernmentof Great Britain las unquestion
ably the right to take from our vtffels Its
own fubjeds. if found therein, and this
(he will do ; but the honour of the Uni
ted States demands, that effectual meafurc
be adopted to prevent native citizens of the
flares, in allegiance to this government
from being taken from our veffcls arid for
ced into the service of a foreign power.
What has been done by the President oil
this fubje& we know not, but we krioCT
that the national feelings will demand
from him, that not a noment should be
loft to prevent further aggressions. The
Editor of this Gazette will thankfully re
ceive from their mercantile friends; and
others, all well authenticated fids of the
following kind ; and the people of the
country (hall know thr full extent of the
injuries offered to them, and the admin#
iftration (hall not be indulged with any
mercy if itdoes not prevent or revenue
them.
United Stales of Ammerts
Difaia of Columbia,^
Know all men by these prefects, th#
rn this day, ^erfonally appear before m,,
Cleon Moore, notary public forthe town
and county of Alexandria, i, the Bijlria
of Columbia, re tiding, therein, and bjf
la# duly admitted aim fwornJ bn Hand^
mafler of the flo<p Hiland of Philadel*
hia, Join Abright, mate, arid jofepy
Hughes. A p/fleuger on board, and feve#
ralty made oa?h upon the Holy Fvafigp
lifts of Almighty God, that the failed
in and with the said sloop from Phiiadrfo
phia, on Sunday the sift inst bound so,
Alexandria, and with their r^v, t e,
had a man on board named TUfid Kit&M
ell, a native citizen of the United States §
that on M< nday the 3ad,asout hinftt, at
he mouth of the Delaware Bay, fed-in wit*
ihe Britifb S^ghn fllip called tfi^ Lean.
er, commanded by Captain Cain, who
tent an officer oh board the foib fl^op,^^
be began to examine the rem ; he w?M
on board the fllip, and iffm^djaTef, >W.r