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F¥urther Adiices from the EnglifhPrints brought 8 Capt Jobnfonof
Cape-Ann, “Hnd Capt. Grifie of Marblebéad, both from Fal
"mourb,'%&je Arrival was mentioned in our last :
L .0 N D 0 N, Nivember 20, 3
e L U R NJE WS, :
e -Sir Weseo i M-l SPEECH. -
HER E isfomething pleasant in the language, as well
as in the trajn of reafeming adopted by our Ministers,
They persuade thémfelves that their measures will be cordially
supported by the people,while the people are atvariance with them:
and their measures, “They expeét that there will be no con
test but that of displaying a superiority of zeal in fuppert of
the common cause, forgetting that the nation can fever
make a common ctaufe, With those, Wham it has féynd to be
commoh encrhies.” : - It fée&'
they are refo}ved to be'confiftent, and not to deviate on this oc
casion from the fame prudential maxims which have hitherto
direfted their condudt, and rendered their ‘plan df ‘politics so
fuccefsful- and ‘fatisfaétory.----The hearty - concurrence of the
kingdom they deem a just reward for having violatéd its most
essential rights. Nor 15 this fuip'riﬁng in men of their princi
ples and talants, Their 1‘;"& administration being only a trans
cript of the meaftirés pliffuéd by Chatles the ¥irlt, why should
we wonder that xhzl[{hou'ld preserve the fame charalter to the
last, and combplete the tragedy.-:-Servetir ad imum qualis ab
ineepth pm?érif et fibi ;a'jét.' Chatles, while openly invading
the franchifes of his pesple, liad the temeérity to engage in & war,
What wis the consequence? Thi injured people would not fight,
and thus brought disgrace and ruin upon the head of the delu
ded and devoted monarch, = Men will never discover spirit or ~
valour, when they ﬁaig no confidence.in their leaders. - Much
ore will this bethe vase, when they dread greater calamities .
from their leaders, than from the very encmics whaphi they op-.
pose. Domestic slavery is ho lels terrible'than a for¢ign yoke; ¢-
ven where that yoke is certain, =~ -t
What then will'it be, where a foréign yoke is But
barely possible ? The danger withi whicli.we are threatned by .
‘;aaa and Spain, is distant and uncertain ; bt the blow aimed
our Ministers at the vitals of Liberty, the most precious of
all poffeflions, is inmiminent and undoubted.© €Can it-then be
cxpeéted that Baitons ¢an sally forth; like Q}x’ixotcs‘, in queftof
distant enemies, foes miore formidable, because infiduous friends,
remain behind in possession of the city, of the citadel; and every
palladium of the constitution ? Never believe it - Tliey cannot
exert their native gallantry in defence of that liberty, which rio
longer exists. Being deprived of the character of citizens, they
will not expose their lives for a Master. Accustomed to fight
for themselves, they will beware ‘of encreafing the power of a
despot, and forging their own chains, - : - B
Recolieét the site of King John, dbandhnéd by his English
fubje&ts,becaufe they spurned at oppofition;he loft his tranfma
rine dominions, and laid the foundation of all hi§ futire miif
fortunes,---Call to mind thé cataftrdphie of Edwaid the Sécond.
In his war with the Scotch, fortune did not turn het back upon
him, till he had fitft provoked his fubjes to defestion. A
im_)ple of generous and frée Ipirit discover in such circumstances
cfs valour than cofifirmed slaves, ‘T'héir fouls diftrafted betweeri
hope and fear are tnmantied by the anxiety of fufpence: _The:
Rorftans, opptefltd by their Décémivirs;tefufed tiotdnly to fight,
but to conquers. They fied beforé thole foreign enemies, who
durst riot face them, when they had ence quelled. thejr domestic
foes: Such are the effeéts produced by the dread of losing liberty !
* Of these truths all our great Princes were so fully convinced,
that before they embarked ‘on the perilous ocean of war, they
saw all the florms of civil commotions laid, and internal peace
and union restored to all theit dominions. Thus supported by
the love dnd united frength of his fabjefts. Thus supported
by the love and uniited frength of his fubjeéts, Edward the firft
conquered Scotland Thus supported, ij;rd thé Third vic
tatiogifly ttaverfed France, and annexed Calais to the crown of .
England. Thus supported Henty the Fifth quaitered the lilly
with the rose, and left the fair possession to his son, ;
But why thourd 1 expatiate farther on a point so manifeft in
itfelf, that it hardly needs the testimony o!p hiftoty, which is
so explicit i its behalf ? Nothing bdt the perverse obstinacy &
unenlightned politics of our present rulers could sand in need
of any admonition on this head, Had they mot avowed it both
in their speech, and in the address, no sober rian could have
fufpeéted that they would count upon the ¢toncurrence of the
fiation, till our decision of the Middlesex Eleftion was reversed,
The gri¢vafice is so énormous and intolerable, that none, who
deserve fiot d cell ih%edlam, ‘can reasonably hege for fach an
évent. Of this truth.] have so firong a convj&ion,thiaz, though
1 know what littte weéight I hive with the Ministers, I cannot
help conjuring them to take awdy this evil thing, this fumbs+
ling block, from among the people. I they will be deaf to
the voice of reafan, to the call of justice, and the request of the
nation, yet let them make this facrifice to their own security,
and to tie flability of the throne; Tho® you should have no
compassion on the present age; rtor thew afiy regard to posterity,
at least consult thc fafety of yout own hedds : and pnee in your
fives do an aét, whicli may prove yout attachment to that mater,
and that famiily, of whose inte‘rd{s you pretend to be {o tender,
e (SR S
Warsaw, ( oland’ ) Nov. 2. The Jews art ordered to re-,
tire out of Russia 3 Those who were fettled at Riga are already,
ione from thence. "It is liKewife repoited that they will soon
e ordered out of Courland: - ' e '
Paris, (France) Nov. §: The artificers "are employed day
and night at Brest, Rochefort and Toulon ; 4o battalions are
ordered info Brittany, 16 into Nornfandy, and 6 to Corsica.
They wtit¢ from Madrid, that the King has demanded a free
gift of the Clergy. : 4 : ot
They write from Giberalter that ¥ fail of Spanish men of
war had passed the Gut, with several tranfpotts under convey,
full of troops, said to be bound to Cathagena in the Weft-Indies,
¥¢ is said that pait of the message sent from the Court of
France; bytheir ngsk Ambassador who arrived here last Tuesday,
was to the following effect, That thie King of France by no
théans withed a war with England, but if ovr Court is determis
ned ot @ war with Spain, they fhiould certainly assist them, as
would the Court.of Spain them, were our designs against France ;
on whiich d¢écotnt o mian of ranl wa¢ appointed Ambafiadot
to this Court, as his duration was thought to be very short.
Yefierday his royal highaefs Pririce Edward and Prince Au
ufta Sophia, were inoculated for the Small Pox, by Penuel %
Calor Hawking, Efaj |
Extraét of # Letter from Portsmouth, Dec. 14,
¢ Many more ships are to be put into commission here.
« Efis Majesty’s frigate Emerald is under failing orders at
Spithead, with officers of diftin&ion on board for Oiberalter.
e¢ B¢ Spithead 25 ships of war. ™ ;
I & speech of a noble Lord publifficd yeflerddy, is the follove
?n-g assertion of a noble Duke in a great Aile_mny, viz, that he
had intelligence not to be doubted, that at titis momient, there
are ih the several Gpanifft prison's no fe(s than gooo Britith fea<
men {particularly at Cadiz on thie coafk of Africa) whio frad beert
takep out of our merchant (hips by Spanith Guatda Coaffs,and
condemned to rgetqd”ﬂwefy.df Confiement:
Yeflerday {;: orvagal Merchants teceivnd some interfting
sdvices from Lifbom,
_ Lord Ca=in a publick company latély
Taid, * That the. difficulty of the Crisis de
‘mands a wife, afiffir, ‘and “a popular admi
nistration. Fhe dithonorable traflic of pla- -
‘ces has enga!f;l' us.two_long, Upon ‘this
subject, my Loords, J speak, without intet
eft or“enmity,. Ihave no perfohal enmity
to any'of the King’s servants: I shall ne-.
ver be Minister ; ‘certainly. not *vithout full
power to cut away all the Yotten branches:
of goveinment, - Yet, mconcerned as I
truly am for myfelf, 1 cannot avoid feeing
some ca{n_tal errors in the distribution of
the royal favor. Thereare men, my Lords;
who, if their own services were forgotten,
ought to have an hereditary mierit with the
House of Hanover,: whafe ancestors stood
forth in the day of trouble, opposed their
persons and fortunes: to-treachery and .re
“bellion, and secured to his Majesty’s family
the splendid powet -0f: rg,yarin_nE. ‘There,
are other mei, -y . Lokds, ( -thaking his
Fist w 3 at Lord M-—é= d.)who; to Ipeak
,tender,lg:.i of them; ;Wwere,. not quite so.
forward in the demonfifations of their
zeal to the reigning family ; there wasa
riother caitfe, my Lotds, and a partiality to
“it, which some perfornis had riot, at all times,
discretion enodgh to tonceal. ILknow 1
shall be accused “of atfempting to reévive
‘diftin€tions. . My, Lords, if it were possible, -
I would rather abolish all difiinétions. I
would not wish the favors of the Crowi to
flow invariably in one channel. But there
are fomé diftihétions which are inherent in
‘the nature of things. “There is a diftinéti
~on between right and wrorig---- between
Whig and Tory.” | e i
- L ®© N D ON, November 20. and 22 .
The fcllowing is his Majesty’s answer to the address of the
House of Commons dn his most 'gracious Speech from the
Throne ; : » ey :
- -Gentlemen, I thank you for this very dutiful and affeétio=
nate Address; and for the frefh mark you give of your attachment .
to me and my family, in your Congtatulations on the happy de
livery of the Queen and the birth of anothet Pilhicefs: -
“ Your ready concurrence in my'féfitiments, and yout chears
ful assurances of support, afford e the highest fatisfaction, You
may be assured of the continuance of miy endéavours to prefervé
tomy kingdoms the blessing of pedce j biut I shall confider it as .
a'blefling so long only, asit can.be-gnjoyed consistently with the
honour ?f my €rown, and without prejudite to the rights of my
‘people.” - Ry seiy o ; PRFRER LR &
- It is said shat the Jand-tax will be raised this year to 4s.in the
pound. : G Lol b
The King's Order in Council, of the 16th instant, in Satus
day’s Gazette, after exprefling his'Majefty’s desire to prevent all
obftrutions to trade, enjoins, that all ships and vefleis arrived,
or that shall beieafter arrive from America or the Weft Indies,
with rags or cotton wdoll on board, the produce of those places,
be not laid urnder any restraint Whatsoever oh dccount of qua
rentine, f 5 ? ‘
vefterday the Rev. Mr. Wefly-preached a funeral sermon, on
Mr. Whitefield’s death, in the morning, at Tottenham-court
chapel ; and ‘in the aftérnooh, at the Tabernacle, near Moor+
fields ; the inside of each place was lined with black-cloth, and
an efcutchicon hupg on the pulpits.. The multitudes that went
with a desire to heat the sermon, exceed all belief : the Chapel
and Tabernacle wete both fijled as- foomw as they were opened,
arid were so much crowded that the service was_ perpetually in
terrupted with the fcreartis and flirieks of wornen fainting: Many
thousands could not getin, =~ :
Yesterday the Marqais of Lorhe took the oaths and his feat
in the House of Peers, as Duke of Arg%lc. > :
‘We hear that his Majesty of his toyal bounty has been pleased
to give roool. towards the-relief and afliftance of the Protestant
Dissenting Ministers fettled in Noya-Scotia, in North America ;
and likewise to give sool. for bu_ilding‘a_ chiurch in the Savay,
for the use of the reformed Gcrgﬁn' oteftants, ! ;
They write from Gibraltar, that the garrifonis supplied with
a grea.t quartity of provisions jn café of a_ficge, which, from the
difgofition, of the Spaniards on.theland fide, seems aQually me
ditating. i gty , :
Letters from Birmingham; Skefield; Mansfield, Nottingham,
and other mandfalturing tawns, mention, ‘that they ¢annot get
hands fufficiept to coriipleat.the very-exsenfive orders now exe
cuting for Nogth Ametica, . ... . % . ‘
A lettet from York; dated Noy, 16, mientions, that warrantd
for impressing. Seamen Have b;@; brought there; but that the
eeneiee-chidd refifed to back them- " " . : :
- Advites from Ireland fnention; ¢hds-the merchantsand traders
of that kingdom are thrown into the greatest difficulties b] a
sudden resolution taken amongst the Bankers of Dublin “not o
difount any notes for the future, which has almost entirely put a
stop to trade for want of a fufficidnt cifculation of cash. ad
Letters from Cadiz advise, that o Spanish: men of war are
fiationed in the Bay. to preventany foreign ship, patticularly
the Engliflt, from viewing the harbout,oi what -they are about
there, o W 4 S : o i
. - Spain, by the advanced state of her preparations, feenis to have
song detecniified on' a fupture,-<s-..2 - There are thirty fhipe of
the line with their provisions in at‘Ferrol ; and the Spanith
ttoops are filing off to the coast of Galicia. S 0 ¥
Itis now said that Lord G-----¢ will not be able to procuze a
divoree, s ¢Sk
The last veflel frofii Boffort” broughE anothet pamphlet, which
contains an-account of the cargoes of eight vessels from england,
In one of these vessels t__heja_!\fz;r; o'miportgd ifito Boston three
hundred fpining wheels, which t {CI by way of great favour
to the deluded people, at the modefate and conscientious profit
of cent. per” cent. G BTN R ’
We are informied thatafl the Jetters of Juriius are at the re
?uett of agreat Perfenage, answered by a noble Lord, and will
~ soon appear in public, ; the abbvg letters and the answers to face
each other On opposite pages; =~ . W
“.Deci B, Adviced arfe received” Tior Senegal, thaf the French
still contine to efeét forts onthe coatt of Africay and that frefh
~ foyplice of trooys arrive daily (0 gatrifon them'
L. O N D O N, Novemberlß.
" All the Officers ftatiomed in the Weft-Indies, and on the
continent of America, are cidered so join their respective regi
ments immediately, e . y
Dec. 4. Friday last a Cotincil ws? held at LordWeymouth's,
2nd immediately after it broke up a mefienger was {ent off to
Ireland, to lay an embargo to prevent the exportation of any
provisions from that kingdom. 1
Dec. 8. We hear that I-«d C----m's intended motions ard
on the following fubjefls : American affairs, India concerns,
Two on matters of law : another refpefling the slate of the
.navy ; and a fix on,domeflic peace, =
_ The Remogfirante from Ireladd is to be tran{mitted from
thence to his Majesty by the Lord Lievtenant of that Kingdom.
. 13. ft is said that io,coo more seamen will be moved for in
a few days. - .
On Tuesday no Mémbéts of the Houfé of Commons were
fuffered to be in the House of Peers, whilit they were fitting ;
the doorkeepers not to go in but when called for.
Yesterday Earl Pércy, and. several military officers; set out for -
Ireland, to join theit regiments in that kingddm, * ]
A letter from Plymouth, dated Dec. g, fays; ““ Orders are re
ceived at this yard ¥or fitting out for sea the following’ men of’.
war, viz, the Queen, Dublin, Burford, ¥ehit and ‘Bieafaifant;
and another thip of 80 or go gunsi™ - - ey .
An English thip, naime unknown, bound to America, is burnt’
off Margate, : 9 fe X
Orders are given for putting the Royal William, of go guns,
at Portsmouth, into commiflion. -~ - f
Advices are said to have been received here on Tuesday, that
24 ships of war, with a 2 nuwber of troops, &c: had failed from
Spain for the Weft-Incies. adeam e oy B 3
It is confidently said, that a popular Peer; and a great General -
have declared, that they have certain-informatian, that the
French atfe bent upon a war, as soon as.ever they thall bedn-a
-condition to commence Hostilities ;.and that their fixedinten
tion is to make England the theatre of it; by carrying the sword
into the very heart of the kingdom.. If these aflertions be truey
‘it is hoped our coasts will be wel! watched: :
Dec. 15. On Wednesday last Sir E----d H--ke, being called
upon in the Lower Room, informed the Society, that éur navy
is now in 2 much better condition than it was in the year 17555
when the late glorious war began ; that we have 4t present 20¢
ships of the line, full manned and fit for attion, and likewise
20 more in commifflon, who have got 3000 seamen toward
their complement, and will soon be ready for service ; --- that -
(without interruptihg the outward-bound trade)we have a@ually
33,000 seamen ih pay, which is only 7uvoo wanting of the full
number voted by parliament. ' ' ,
" A few ddys ago, when tlie augmentation of the army was
urntder confidefation ini an abguft assembly a patriotit Member
proposed ( as the quickest method of raising recruits ) that each :
parish should be obliged to furnith one Man. There are 10,000
‘parithes in Great-Britain ; so that by this method 10,000 re§.
cruits might be raised immediately, without diftrefling any
btanch of manufa@uré, or draining any particulat part of the.
' cotntry, . Pt
The augmentatiofi, when cotfpleated, for all the regiments
on the British eftablifiment, we hear; will darhotint to about 21,
©on men, : : Bty T
Admiral Buckle has hoisted his Flag on board the Temeraire;
Wediiefddy there was a grand debate in the Lower. Room of
the Robinhood Society, upon the Land Tax. Mr. S--m--ry
moved toput it off till after Chriftmafs, = The M-n-ft-yy =
contrary to the previods éeclﬁration_é, were determined to btini ;
‘3t on, and to encreafe it to four fhiilings in the pound, = L---d
‘N--th alteréd his tone about war 5 he said; ¢ a' war wae but too’
~prbbable,”” That the French dnd Spahiards were making great’
preparations tipon all theif coasts ; and that the money wanted
this year, would be fix millions, but perhaps it might be pige’
millions ; he could not be certain. Sir E, H--ke said the ﬁa‘j -
- was in a very proper state, and that 18 ships of the line wete
ready for sea. He was contradifted by the Admirals K-pp-le
-and S-nd--s ; who said if 18 ships were ready for sea, it was ufi
pardonable to leave Gibralter and Jamaica wholly exposed to the
%ncmy, and that the garrison of Gibralar was lower than in the
peaceable tirfie of Sir Robert Walpole. Many very severe things
were said of the Ministry ; and, in short, they were attacked
from all sides of the Room. -When the question wat put,there
appeared 121 for the adjournment, and 16§ against it. :
. The debate in the other Room; thé day before, was very
spirited. L--BC---f 1 attacked L--d M---d. He said his L--p’s
paper, given to the clerk the day before (Monday last) he con-.
fidered as a 4 challenge to himfelf ; that his L---p had thrown _
down the glove, and he was “determined to take it up, He"
then proposed to L. M--d three questions, and demanded answers
to them; L. M--d replied, it was again that he was raken by -
furprize : and said, that he would not anfwar inteirogatories.--
E..d C---n prefled that 2 day might be appointed, and said, he
was ready to meet the noble L--d dpon his ground of law '; and
L--d M---d, after some time, was brought to pledge himfclfto
the RKoom, that the matter thould be discussed. “This brought ~
L--d M--d up again ; he said, he did not pledge bimfelf to
the Room;he only faid;that he should hefeafter give his opinion,’
- The D., of M-::-r then went on with his mo*ion,, which had -
* canfed the riot the day before. He shewed the naked state of
all our pofleflions abroad, and our defenceléfs Rate at home ;.-
all this was owing, he said, to the intapacity and pufiladimity
ofthe K---'s m---s, who were abhorred at home, and despised
abroad. L--d C----m, in a fine speech confirmed this mélan
choly state of our affairs ; and added, that he had received” .
tellizence, of 4 plan being formed to attack Gibraltar. =+ ! °
. Orders, it is said, are issued for filling up the regiments of
foot to their full complement. . , ; iy
[ In an account publithed by Mr.” Wilkes, in the London”
~ Chronicle of Nov, 10, of the proceedings of the general meeting
of the Westminster Eleftors, he fays, ¢ F avow having drawn
up the inftru€tions for the impeachment of Lord N--e-ey in':
which my hand and heast perfeétly concarsed, for I think him,,
a 4 weak, w---, and d---n_Minifter, and that from the two im
portant posts he now fills, he must be considered as the ostensi
ble Minister, and’the chief instrument of the tyranny we gréan
under at home and in the coloniesi: ] 0 «vn v 0 oy
, .. Extrai® of d Letter from Glafeow, Dec, 6.0 =" =
4 YAPT. Hunter, of the Britannia, "5 jufl arrived here febm:
Jamaica, who fays, that eight dags after he had Jest Ja
maica, he fell in with a Spanish Frigate of 36 guns, about three
inthe Afternoon, who made them lay toc, and demanded the
Capt. to come on board their thip. Upon his " refufal, the fri
gate fired a gun at them, and wounded one of their men. ' At.
kaft the Capt. was obliged to go, and they infiftzd that he fhould’
give them an account of the strength of Jama ca, and . if there
were any of our men of war there. . The Capt. refufing at firft
to let them know any thing about the matter, they ‘ufed him
< very ill,and if it had not been for the Lieut. who was.an Trifh
man, he belicVed'axey would have funk ‘his ship. © They “were
very particular to know if he had seen any Spanith men of war
hovering about Tamaica.” ; S Dt
On Saturday ‘10,5001, in [pecie avds [ent away from the Bayk,
Sor Dublin, to anfaver the Demands of one of the Banks in tha: citya
Friday night a mation wwas made in the Lowek Ropm of tha