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should break off on a sudden by any mistaken construc
tion put upon the said articles, which might happen,
especially on such dispositions of the Preliminaries as
concern the navigation in the Molucca Islands.
Three several periods have occurred since Christ
mas day, that the quicksilver in the thermometer has
been wholly compressed in o the refervour, such oc
currences have not happened before in sixty years.
Feb. 6. Yesterday arrived two mails from France,
which contain nothing new except an edid of the Em
peroi's in favour of the Jews, granting them the pri
vileges of other fubjeds, except those of purchasing
estates. It also relieves them from military service,
but in consideration of their living quietly in their ha
bitations, they are called upon to defend them, or at
least to pay the expense of it. It is said, that in or
dbr to establish a just equilibrium between the rights
of citizens granted to them, and the rights which that
title necessarily implies, a plan has been formed, by
virtue of which they are either to conform to the mi
litary conscription, or to contribute towards paying
the expense of a body of infantry, the force of which
shall be proportioned to the number of soldiers to be
raised among them. This contribution will extend to
all the Jews of the Hereditary States of Germany,
Bohemia, Moravia, Galacia, and Hungary.
BOST O N, April s.
Wednesday last arrived in this port the fbip Aflive,
Captain Lyde, in 29 days from London, by whom
we have received papers as late as the 11th of
March, from whom the following are extracted.
LOND O N, March t.
The Humble Address of^e Commons of Great-Bri
tain, in Parliament assembled.
“ Most Gracious Sovereign,
" \^/E, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal sub-
VV jc&s, the commons of Great-Britain, in Par
liament assembled, beg leave most humbly to repre
sent to your Majesty, that, impressed with the most
dutiful ienfe of your Majesty's paternal regard for the
welfare of your people, we rely on your Majesty's
royal wildom, that you will take such measures, as by
removing'any ob'ftacle to the formation of such an ad
ministration, as your faithful commons have declared
to be requisite in the present critical and arduous state
of publick affairs, as may tend to give effe& to the
willies of your faithful commons, which have already
been most humbly represented to your Majesty."
His Majesty's Most Gracious flnfwer.
" Gentlemen,
" I am deeply sensible how highly it concerns the
honour of my crown, and the welfare of my people,
which are the objects always nearest my heart, that the
publick affairs should be conduced by a firm, effici
ent, extended, united administration, entitled to the
confidence of the people, and such as may have a ten
dency to put an end to the unfortunate divisions and
diftradions of the country. Very recent endeavours
have been employed, on my part, to unite in the pub
lick services, on a fair and equal footing, those whose
joint efforts appear to me most capable of producing
that happy effed. Those endeavours have not had
the effe& I wished: 1 shall always be desirous of tak
ing every step most conducive to such an objed; but
I cannot fee that it would in any degree be advanced
by th. difmiffion of those at present in my service.
"I observe, at the fame time, that there, is no
charge or complaint fuggefcd against my present Mi
nisters, nor is any one or more of them fpeciafly ob
jeded to; and numbers of my fubje&s have expressed
to me, in the warmest manner, their fatisfadion of
the late changes I have made in my councils. Under
these circumstances I trust my faithful commons will
not wish that the essential offices of executive govern
ment shall be vacated, until I fee a profped that such
a plan of union, as 1 have called for, and they pointed
out, may be carried into effect.”
March 4. The following is the address of the
house of commons to the King, which is to be pre
sented by the whole house this day, at half an hour
after 3 o'clock.
“To the K I N G.
“SI R E,
“ WE, your Majesty's faithful commons, approach
your throne, most humbly to represent to your Ma
jesty the fatisfadion your faithful commons derive
from the late most gracious assurances we have re
ceived, that your Majesty concurs with us in opinion,
that it concerns the honour of your crown, and the
welfare of your people, that the publick affairs should
be conduced by a firm, efficient, extended, united ad
ministration, entitled to the confidence of your peo
ple, and such as may have a tendency to put an end
to the unhappy divisions and diftra&ions of this coun
try.
" We acknowledge your Majesty's paternal good
ness in your late most gracious endeavours to give ef
fe& to the object of our late dutiful representation
to your Majesty.
" I have already expressed to you how sensible I am
of the advantages to be derived from such an admini
stration as was pointed out in your unanimous resolu
tion ; and I assured you that 1 was desirous of taking
every step most conducive to such an objed. I re
main in the fame sentiments.—But I continue equally
convinced that it is an object not likely to be obtained
by the difmiffion of my present Ministers.
" I must repeat, that no charge or complaint, nor
any fpecifick objection, is yet made against ANY of
them. If there were any such ground for their re
moval at present, it ought to be EQUALLY a rea
son for not admitting them as a part of that extended
and united administration, which you state to be re
quisite.
" I did not confider the failure of my recent en
deavours as a final bar to the accompliihment of the
purpose which I had in view, if it could have been at
tained on these principles of faitnefs and equality,
without which it can neither be honourable to those
who are concerned, nor lay the foundation of such a
ftreng and stable government as may be of lasting ad
vantage to the country. But I know of no further
Reps which I can take, that can be effectual to remove
the difficulties which obftru& that desirable end.
" I have never called in question the right of my
faithful commons to offer me their advice on every
proper occasion, touching the exercise of any branch
of my prerogative: I shall be ready at all times to re
ceive it, and give it the most attentive confederation:
And they will ever find me disposed to shew my re
gard to the true principles of the constitution, and to
take such measures as may best conduce to tlu fatif
faclion and profoerity of my people."
On Monday next some decisive measure will be ta
ken by the commons. They will procrastinate and
conciliate no more.—ls they do, they will forfeit the
high character which they have acquired in the coun
try, and to which history will do justice. It is better
that the Parliament should be difolvcd —fifty times
better—that we should fuffer all the tumults and in
conveniencies of such a dissolution, than that things
should go on as they are.
Would not Mr. Speaker Onflow have resigned his
gown, or laid his mace, as Mr. Powys fuggetted, on
the table of the King's closet, if he had received the
answer of yesterday?
March 8. It is said to be the intention of Mr. Fox
" We lament that the failure of this your Majesty's
most gracious endeavours should be considered as a fi
nal bar to the accomplishing so salutary and desirable
a purpose, and to express our concern and disappoint
ment, that your Majesty has not been advised to take
any further step towards uniting hi the publick service
those whose joint efforts have recently appeared to
your Majesty most capable of producing so happy an
effect.
" Your faithful commons, with all humility, claim
it as their right; and on every proper occasion feel it
their bounden duty, to advise your Majesty touching
the exercise of any branch of your royal prerogative.
" We submit it to your Majesty's royal considera
tion, that the continuance of an administration whicli
does not possess the confidence of the representatives
of the people, must be injurious to the publick ser
vice.
" We beg leave further to fay, that your faithful
commons can have no interest diflinctand separate
from that of our constituents, and that we therefore
feel ourselves called upon to repeat those loyal and
dutiful assurances we have already expressed of our
reliance on your Majesty's paternal regard for the wel
fare of your people, that your Majesty would graci
ously enable us to execute thole important trusts
which the constitution has vested in us, with honour
to ourselves, and advantage to the publick, by the
confirmation of a new administration, appointed under
circumstances which may tend to conciliate the minds
of your faithful commons, and give energy and liabi
lity to your Majesty's council.
“ Your Majesty's faithful commons, upon the ma
tured: deliberations, cannot but confider the continu
ance of the present Ministers as an unwarrantable ob
stacle to your Majesty's most gracious purpose, to
comply with our wishes in the formation of such
an administration as your Majesty, in concurrence
with the unanimous resolution of your faithful com
mons, seems to think requisite in the present exigen
cies of the country. We feel ourselves bound to re
main firm in the wish expressed to your Majesty in our
late humble addtefs, and do therefore find ourselves
obliged again to beseech your Majesty, that you would
be graciously pleased to lay the foundation of a strong
and stable government, by the previous removal of
your present Ministers."
March §. Yesterday the house of commons carried
up their address to St. James's. It being a drawing
room day, the court was full of ladies. The Speak
er, attended by Mr. Fox and many other members,
went up to the throne, and having read and presented
the address, his Majesty delivered the following an-,
fwer from a paper which he held in his hand:
“ Gentlemen,
and his friends, to move this day a resolution on the
King's answer, expressing their sense of its tendency,
and asserting in manly terms the privileges of the
house. This resolution will also be laid on the King's
table—and here they will stop. Having demonstrated
their power they will now shew their moderation.
To such a height has the spirit of party risen, that
on Friday evening his Royal Highnels the Prince of
Wales was diftindly and loudly hilled by the audi
ence at Drury Lane Theatre, in retiring from his
box.
Mr. Pitt fays, let the house of commons triumph,
and the feeptre is to be laid below the mace. Mr.
Powys fays, let the minister triumph, and the mace is
to be laid below the feeptre. Is this really the ques
tion? Are we called upon to choose -which of these
extremities we would prefer? God forbid! But if
the con ftitution must be extinguished, the genius of
the land must be consulted, to know whether we shall
degenerate into a republick or a monarchy.
On Saturday last several members, and the agents of
several other members of Parliament, set off to dif
ferent parts of the country, to canvass their re-elec
tions, it being universally feared that a dissolution of
parliament will follow the debates of this night, on
the answer of the king to the late address of the com
mons, and the other national business that stands for
difcuflion.
American Intelligence.
KINGSTON (Jamaica) March 10.
Extract of a letter from St. John's, in East Flori
da, dated February 14.
" The packet is just arrived from England, and it
seems this place is to be given to the Spaniards.—
There are some transports now here, and 5000 tons
more are taker, up by government, and are expected
here daily, to carry us poor toiles off, some to Pro
vidence, and others to the Weft-Indies.
P O RTSMOUT 11, March 20.
The following account of a remarkable incident
is handed to us from Dover : —On Tuesday last four
oxen went down to the river to drink, just before Co
checo bridge ; they were yoked two and two, and the
yokes connected with a chain, another chain depend
ing. The ice being rotten, they broke through it, and
were carried by the impetuosity of the stream over
the dam, and down the fall, which is formed by a
Doping rock, the perpendicular defeent about 22 feet.
'I he cattle, though sorely bruised, and their skin torn
in several places, not only survived this very unde
sirable tumble, but were taken out below, both found
It is remarkable (fays a correspondent) that one of
the grand causes of contest between the milguided
Charles the fhft and his virtuous parliament, was re
taining Buckingham in his councils, in spite of all the
addresses and resolutions of the commons. Nor should
it be forgotten, that when the patriot Sir T. Went
worth, apostatized, and became the champion of pre
rogative, that great parliamentary leader, Pym, thus
aldreffed him, “ Sir, you have left us, but we will
never leave you while you have a head upon your
shoulders.—Wentworth became Earl of Strafford, and
not long after found on the fcaffold, that the expref
lions of Pym were femething more than vox et ,rx
terea nihil.
It has often been observed, that it is with states as
with men; they have their birth, growth, health, dis
temper, decay and death.
• Empires die ; where now
'I he Roman? Greek? 1 hey flail; an empty name,
And half cur learning is their epitaph,
England was, in the year 1762, what Rome was in
her height of glory. We had then attained to a very
high pitch of conquest and grandeur. Only confider
the extent of our dominions at that period, the power
of our arms, the bravery and reputation of our admi
rals and generals, the greatness of our commerce and
revenues, and the numbers, wealth, learning and po
liteness, of the inhabitants. But now, alas ! what an
alteration! America is independent! Ihe state dis
tempered with factions and corruptions! Feuds and
jealoufres prevail ! and, like Rome, our fall is to be
feared, unless the fate of other empires betray us in
to millake, and those national causes which have ever
pioved fatal, are fatal no more !
The Nancy Eaft-lndia packet, which was coming
expiefs from the Eaft-indies, and is loft off Scilly,
had the articles of peace as fettled in the East-Indies
on board, none of which have been able to be made
out by the letters that were taken up by one of his
Majesty's revenue cutters, they being so long in the
water, and the letters so torn; but the company are in
hopes, as soon as they can get them dry, they will be
able to make foJ-thing out of them. When the Nan
cy failed from Bombay, the Mahrattas were quiet,
the peace with them having been completely ratified.
Mate!) 11. The Emperor of Morocco declared
war against France on the 24th of January last, and
his vessels have taken several French ships from Mar
seilles, and others from the I^evant.