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« out on loan, and directing the mode for finking the
' fame,' is rejected by this houfe.'
The bill, intitled, ' an aft for defraying sundry in
cidental charges,' was read a second time, and order
ed to be engrossed.
Mr. Schuurman, from the committee to whom was
referred the bill, intitled, ' a supplement to the aft,
intitled, an ad to call in all the contractors' and sur
plus certificates; to issue Rate notes to the holders,
and to procure a more accurate eßimate of the Rate
debt,' reported the fame with sundry amendments,
and, being further amended in the house, was ordered
to be engrossed.
The house adjourned to three o'clock, P. M.
The house met.
The engrossed bill, intitled, 'a supplement to the
nd, intitled, an act to call in all contractors' and sur
plus certificates; to issue Rate notes to the holders,
and to procure a more accurate estimate of the Rate
debt,' was read and compared ;
Refolded unanimously, That the fame do pass.
Ordered, That the speaker do sign the fame.
Ordered, That mr. J. Smith do carry the said bill
to the council for their concurrence.
Mr. J. Smith reported, that he had obeyed the or
der of the house.
The engrossed bill, intitled, ' an aft to qualify James
Parker, of the corporation of Perth-Amboy, to hold
any office he may be elected to in the said corporati
on,' was read and compared; on the queßion, whe
ther the firne do pass? It was carried in the affirma
tive, as follows :
Yeas. Messrs. Terhune, Garritfe, A. Clark, Combs,
Schuurman, Schenck, Bunn, Kelley, R. S. Smith, J.
Smith, Cooper, T. Clark, Davis, Sinnickfon, Hall,
Baker, Swain, Whilden, Lambert, Houghton, Cook,
Starke, Arnold, Burgin, Bowen, Sheppard, Hankin
lon, Beardflee, Longstreet.
Nays. Messrs. Blauvelt, Nicoll, Bonney, Walton,
Stillwell, Blair. 1 °
Ordered, That the speaker do sign the fame.
Ordered, That mr. Cooper do carry the said bill
to the council for their concurrence.
Mr. Cooper reported, that he had obeyed the or
der of the house.
The bill, intitled, ' an ad for the Ray of executions
in civil actions for a limited time,' was read a second
time, debated, and ordered to be engrossed.
The engrossed bill, intitlcd, ' an aft for defraying
sundry incidental charges,' was read and compared;
on the question, whether the fame do pass? It was
carried in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas. Messrs. Terhune, Blauvelt, Nicoll, Garritfe,
A. Clark, Marsh, Combs, Schuurman, Bonney, Wal
ton, Schenck, Stillwell, Bunn, Blair, Kelley, J. Smith,
Cooper, T. Clark, Davis, Sinnickfon, Hall, Baker,
Ho ghton, Cook, Starke, Arnold, Bowen, Sheppard,
Hankinfon, Beardflee, Longstreet.
Nays. Messrs. R. S. Smith, Biddle, Swain, Whil
den, Lambert, Burgin.
Ordered, That the speaker do sign the fame.
Ordered, That mr. T. Clark do carry the said bill
to the council for concurrence.
Mr. T. Clark reported, that he had obeyed the order
of the house.
The engrossed bill, intitled, ' an ad for the Ray of
executions in civil actions for a limited time,' was
read and compared ; on the question, whether the fame
do pass ? It was carried in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas. Messrs. Garritfe, A. Clark, Marsh, Combs,
Schuurman, Bonney, Walton, Schenck, Stillwell,
Bunn, Blair, Kelley, J. Smith, Lambert, Houghton,
Cook, Starke, Arnold, Hankinfon, Longstreet.
Nays. Messrs. Terhune, Blauvelt, Nicoll, R. S.
Smith, Biddle, Cooper, T. Clark, Davis, Sinnickfon,
Hall, Baker, Swain, Whilden, Burgin, Bowen, Shep
pard, Beardflee.
Ordered, That the speaker do sign the fame.
Ordered, That mr. Sinnickfon do carry the said bill
to the council for concurrence.
Two messages from the council by mr. Randolph.
' Council-chamber, March 23, 1786.
' Ordered,
' THAT mr. Randolph do wait on the house of af
' fembly, and acquaint them that the bill, ' intitled,
" an ad for the relief of insolvent debtors confined in
'gaol in the several counties of this Rate, upon the
' conditions therein mentioned,' is rejeded by this
'houfe.'
' Ordered,
' THAT mr. Randolph do carry to the house of af
' fembly the bill, intitled, ' an aft to direct the mode
' and proceedings on writs of fieri facias, and for
' transferring of lands and chattels for the payment of
' debts,' with the amendments made thereto by this
6 house, and request their concurrence in the said
' amendments.'
Which bill, with the amendments, was read; and,
the amendments being read in their places, were agreed
to by the house.
Ordered, That the said bill be re-engrossed with the
amendments made thereto by council.
A message from the council by mr. Randolph.
' Council-chamber, March 23, 1786.
' Ordered,
' THAT mr. Randolph do wait on the house of af
' fembly, and acquaint them that this house adhere
6 to their amendments made to the bill, intitled, ' a
' supplement to the ad, intitled, an aft for regulating
' and fliortening the proceedings in the courts of law ;'
' and the bill, intitled, 'an aft to regulate the elec
' tion of members of the legislative-council and affem
' bly,' &c. That the bill, intitled, 'an aft to ex
' plain and amend an aft, intitled, an aft to pass ef
' tates in fee by certain devises in wills and testaments,
' and to limit eßates in tail,' is passed by this house
' without amendment.'
There-engrossed bill, intitled, ' an ad to dired the
' mode proceedings on writs of fieri facias, and for
transferring of land and chattels for the payment of
debts,' was read and compared;
Ordered, That the speaker do sign the fame.
Ordered, That mr, Davis do carry the said bill to
the council, and acquaint them that the fame is pass
ed by this house with their amendments.
Mr. Davis reported, that he had obeyed the or
der of the house.
A message from the council by mr. Holmes.
' Council-chamber, March 23, 1786.
' Ordered,
'THAT mr. Holmes do wait on the house of af
' fembly, and acquaint them that the bill, intitled,
'• an ad to enable the inhabitants in the township of
' Manington, in the county of Salem, to raise the
'caufeway, leading from Salem bridge into said town
' ship, above the flow of the tide; to repair their high
'ways by hire, and to raise money for that purpofe,'
'is passed by this house without amendment; and
' that the bill, intitled, ' a supplement to the aft, in
' titled, an aft to call in all contractors' and surplus
' certificates; to issue state notes to the holders, and
' to procure a more accurate estimate of the Rate debt,'
' is rejected by this houfe.'
Resolved, That the treasurer be directed to pay to
each of the commissioners, appointed to meet the com
missioners of the other Rates upon commercial and other
imatters, the sum of four dollars per day for every day
they or either of them Ihall be employed in this ser
vice, upon accounts by them to be exhibited upon
oath, certifying the time they have been so employed ;
and that the treasurer do advance to each of the com
missioners, on their fitting out upon this business, the
sum of one hundred dollars in specie.
Ordered, That mr. Sinnickfon do carry to council
the said resolution for concurrence.
Refolded, That when the house rife they will rife with
out day ; and that if the speaker Ihould have occasion to
call the house again before the end of this session, Ire
direct them to meet at New-Brunswick.
A message from the council by mr. Martin.
' Council-chamber, March 23, 1786.
' Ordered,
'THAT mr. Martin do wait on the house of as-
I' fembly, and acquaint them that the bill, intitled, 'an
I' ad to qualify James Parker, of the corporation of
I ' Perth-Amboy, to hold any office be may be elected
' to in the said corporation ;' and the bill, intitlcd, 'an
I 'ad for defraying sundry incidental charges;' are
; ' passed by this house without amendment.'
I Mr. Sinnickfon reported, that he had obeyed the
lorder of the house.
I The house adjourned till to-morrow morning fix of
|the clock.
Friday, March 24, 1786.
The house met.
Refolded, That the treasurer be authorized to pay to
I' Silas Condift, esquire, any sum he may find necessary,
not exceeding £. 40, for hiring a cleric to assist him
in tranfading the business to which he is appointed.
Ordered, That mr. Starke do carry the above resolu
tion to the council for concurrence.
Mr. Starke reported, that he had obeyed the order
of the house.
Nine messages from the council by mr. Newbold.
Council-chamber, March 23, 1786.
' THE council having taken into consideration the
' warrants in favour of Martha Hathaway and Deborah
' Minthorn, entitling them to draw their late hufbands'
' half-pay;
' Refolded, That the house do concur therein.'
' THE council having taken into consideration the
' resolution from the house of assembly, relative to al
' lowing the delegates to Congress in the year 1785,
' one dollar per day in addition, &c.
' Refolded, That the house do concur therein.'
' THE council having taken into consideration the
' resolution from the house of assembly relative to di
' resting the treasurer to pay to the commissioners ap
' pointed to meet the commissioners of the other Rates
' upon commercial matters four dollars per day;
' Refolded, That the house do concur therein.'
' Ordered,
'THAI mr. Newbold do wait on the house of af
' fembly, and acquaint them that the bill ' for Ray of
' executions in civil adions for a limited time,' is re
'jeded by this houfe.'
' THE council having taken into consideration the
' resolution from the house of assembly relative to di
' reding the auditor to procure from the contractors
' certificates by fending a perfoa to demand the fame,
'&c.
' Refolded, That the house do concur therein.'
' THE council having taken into consideration the
' resolution from the house of assembly relative to di
' reding the treasurer to receive from John Sparks
6 publick securities;
' Refolded, That the house do concur therein.'
'THE council having taken into consideration the
' resolution of the house of assembly relative to allow
' ing Aaron Dunham, esquire, auditor of accounts
‘ £- 150 per annum, and /,. 50 for a clerk, &c.
' Refolded, That the house do concur therein.'
' THE council having taken into consideration the
' resolution from the house of assembly relative to di
‘ reding the treasurer to pay unto Daniel Ellis and
‘ Thomas Rodman £. 52 2 11, &c.
' Refolded, That the house do concur therein.'
' THE council having taken into consideration the
' resolution from the house of assembly relative to re
' pealing a resolution of the legislature of the 29th No
‘yember last, directing the treasurer to delay paying
' interest on certain certificates;
' Refolded, That the house do concur therein.'
A message from the council by mr. Clark.
'Council-chamber, March 24, 1786.
' THE council having tak en into consideration the
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDO N, March 7.
/,GENTLEMAN who some time resided among
4 1 the Mahometans in the Levant ports, gives the
following curious account of their mode of making•
bargains In those places the consul or broker is ge
nerally an Arab by nation, and the contrasts he makes
between the merchants, are entirely carried on by gri
mace, which arises to a perfed comedy. When the
European merchant has made his offer, which is al
ways below the price demanded by the feller, the Ara
bian consul pretends to fall in a passion; he bawls
and howls like a madman and enthusiast, and comes
up to the merchant as though he would seize him by
the throat and Rrangle him, though he never touches
him. In case this firft fcence does not succeed to his
wishes, he quarrels with himfelf, tears his own clothes,
~c S f° un dly with his fifts, and rolling him
felf afterwards on the ground, he cries out like a ma
niac, that an honourable merchant is insulted, that
his wares were not Rolen, to be so unconscionably un
dervalued, and disposed of at so low a rate. Finally,
as the European merchant continues unmoved, the
consul becomes quiet also, and giving his hand to the
merchant, embraces him very close, as a token of the
bargains being struck, and concludes the farce with
' a y in g, Halla quebai Halla quebar —that is—" God is
° r ' a L=°° D ' s great," which he pronounces with as
much coolness as if he had not the minute before
counterfeited all the contortions and howlings of a
Pofleßed of an evil spirit. This hint may be
uletul to those who may extend their commercial traffic
in the Mediterranean.
March n. The trade of America seems to be in a
m °" .deplorable state. Should we enter upon a com
mercial treaty with the lawgivers of that country, it
is reasonable to hope that some good will be procured
,° r „ dlands.^ M r . Jenkinfon seems very fcrious in
11s leneme of effecting a commercial connection with
America : and as the Americans are not quite so in
lolent, nor so unreaionable as they were two vears
a go> they arc likely to accede to such terms as Bri
tain may offer. By such an event America might be
a gainer; while our countrymen would find a more
extensive sale for their merchandise, and prove gainers
in a three-fold degree. At present the Americans aft
ihyly with this country; and besides, those that do
enter into contrasts with our traders find it very diffi
cult to make their payments forthcoming.
° n Tuesday last his excellency Thomas Jefferfon,
minister plenipotentiary from the United States of
America to the court of France, arrived in London,
and on Wednesday was introduced to the king at St.
" m ^ s ^ y his excellenc y John Adams, esquire, and
on Thursday to the queen.
is c %^ red b Y those who pretend to be wife,
that mr. Jefferfon s visiting England is on the fu^edt
of an American treaty.
Sat " rda y last arrived at the Hotel in Pall Mail,
l tep -^ n ef 9 uire > lome time since one of the
Sheriffs of the city of London, but lately minister from
U , ted States of America, to the court of Ma
drid, from which capital he has just returned.
Government have had two meetings on the de
fpatches received from commodore Sayer : comte d'Ad
hemar and mr. Adams have been acquainted with the
pa '" cu , rs °. f the French and American encroachments
on the boundaries of our fifhermen at Newfoundland,
&c. and a very spirited representation has been sent to
the French government.
he 'i r f? pa 5 en ! ° f . a g reat northern potentate
had been lately, it is said, detected by his lovereign,
in carrying on a private correspondence with the em
peror. The martial monarch has had several exami
nations of his successor, the firft of which lasted not
lets than fix hours. What the result may be of this
interesting dilcovery, if true, and how the indignant
heio may treat his heir apparent, is not yet known.
It, however, makes a great noise at present among the
German courts. °
As the king of France has prohibited his nobility
^": try tr ,°T comin g over to spend their money in
Eng and, and has put such a marked disgrace upon
Enghfh gentlemen, as to prohibit them from using
their own carriages, by imposing a tax of above half
the value, and fifty per cent more than upon those of
any other nation, it is hoped the people at Dover will
tar and feather all Englishmen who go there for no
other purpose than to spend their money-but not any
trades, for trade, like water, will find its own level
at last.
1 here aie at present in London a number of Luthe
rans, who are come over from different parts of Ger
many to solicit a naturalization bill in their favour.
Some of them are persons of independent fortunes,
who, to enjoy a liberty unknown under petty princes,
or even in the Imperial dominions, have brought over
their property to this country, the laws of which are
so well calculated to protest them.
The Dutch ambassadors have made their final bow
at v lenna, after closing the political account with the
emperor, who, after threatening them and fleec
11]^Jbem, sooths them and fends them away in peace
with abundance of good words.
Aferil 2. The death of fir John Burgoyne is now
confirmed by an official defpatch to the court of direc
tors ; by his death the command of the 19th regi
ment of dragoons is vacant, worth 3 ocol. per annum.
' resolution from the house of assembly relative to at
'thorizing the treasurer to pay to Silas Condid, efq.
' any sum he may find necessary, not exceeding £. 40,
' for hiring a clerk, &c.
' Refolded, That the house do concur therein.'
The house rose without day.