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March 20. From the late versatile mode of
appointing ministers, it is generally imagined
that, in future, they will be pricked down as the
Sheriffs are for the year ensuing ; and of course
a new fetof men hold the reins of government
annually. It is the flux and reflux of the sea,
with the saline particles mixed in the fluid,
which prevent the water from putrefaction.
March 28. The India-House dividends, to
the tune of one million and a half sterling, be
come due in the course of five days ; so that the
immediate rid of parliament seems absolutely
THE troops of American loyalists are to be
put on the army establishment, and to re
ceive half-pay.
The war with France, Spain and America
was given up, because the English treasury was
exhausted. Is there not the fame reason for a
cessation of hostilities in parliament, for the rags
and remnants of a plundered nation ? Those
who go out are enraged at the little time allow
ed them to fill their pockets—and those who
are driving them off seem to be in paroxifms of
impatience, bro't on by prefling wants and ra
venous appetites. They all traverse the treasury
as famifhing rats do an empty barn.
March 18. Letters from Paris fay, that a re-'
port has been lately circulated there, and gene
rally believed, that a French East-India compa
ny is soon to be established ; and that this com
pany will, according to treaty, have the exclusive
privilege of supplying the States of America
with oriental commodities, for a stipulated term
of years, and that, in return, the Court of France
will relinquish all claim to the debt incurred by
the United States during the late war.
Extract of a letter from the Hague March 12.
" The orders which have been issued out for
all the sailors belonging to the men of war actu
ally in commission, to repair on board their ref
pe&ive fliips, forms matter of many conjec
tures."
May 16, 1783.
" At a meeting of the President and Fellows
of Yale-College in New-Haven in the Library
September 9, 1778. Voted the following gen
tlemen the fumsaffixed to their lefpeCtive names.
To Mr. Profeffor Strong - • £.207 0 0."
September 8, 1779. Among the grants of
the Corporation were, " To Ms. Profeffor
Strong in lieu of the order 0f£.207, September
CTh ^.500 0 0"
N. B. To have made an equality, this sum,
instead of being £ .500, should have been £ .927,
according to the Dale.
liffied by Parnassus, where I tell them, that,
" Painful sensations, excited by repeated instan
ces of ungenerous treatment, are better under
flood by feeling, than expressed by speaking or
writing, and more truly judged of by those who
receive, than by those who give them." — Also,
" When personal interest—is under no securi
ty—when mutual faith and confidence fail to be
the security of right and equity, can any one of
common sense and discretion, hesitate for a mo
ment, whether he fliall any longer attempt to
hold the ground, or quit the field, resign the for
trefs, and surrender the garrison, and so finally
give up all and put an end to the u hole contest ?
Whether this treatment of the Corporation, as
above described, was well or ill, I am not about
to fay; but that it excited painful sensations, I
can fay I am very clear in it: As to its beingjuft
or unjust, equitable or iniquitous, 1 pretend not
to be the determiner, and thereof only pray judg
ment of the public. And, whether, considering
the Reverend Corporation, as a body, whose ve
ry existence in so eminent a station, plainly be
speaks them to possess the fele&ed wildom, good
sense and probity of the whole body of the Cler
gy, and from whom the inferior Clergy have a
right to expert, by the brightest exemplifica
tions, the most fignalfan&ions to what they have
been wont to hold up to their people and to the
world in favor of what is just, bonefl and of good
report, they may not, by this step, be thought to
have failed of guarding, and bearing that testi
mony against what ever might have the appear
ance of framing iniquity by a law, which those,
who are to receive fanCtions from them, could
have wished for, is now, no more than humbly
submitted to the judicious public (who have now
the faffs before their eyes) by him,
who has the honor to be
their most obedient Servant,
NEHEMIAH STRONG.
LONDO N, March 8.
necessary to support the credit of this great com
mercial company.
A Senator of the firfl character and consequence in
the lower house, Jent the following letter to a
friend and conjiituent, in consequence of Friday s
druifion, March 7, 1783.
" My dear Sir,
" I reckon you will be fuprized to hear of my
determination to withdraw myfelf from the line
of public duty. You know my views in accept
ing a feat—that they were perfectly difinterell
ed, and directed to the service of the public. I
flattered myfelf, that these (if not the general
motives of all) were leading ones with many
men of fortune and refpeCtibility in this coun
try. Unconnected with party, I indulged no
private partialities, uninfluenced by felt-confi
derations, I preserved a freedom of conduct and
opinion which juftified my conscience on all oc
caiions. Though I never pledged myfelf for the
support of any ministry, 1 have always opposed
a faction ; but I never fufpedted till now,
(though I have read and observed much on this
subject) that factions in this country can never
be crushed, never can be deltroyed, till the con-
Ititution is entirely new modeled. I have elta
blifhed a creed iince Friday lait, that there is no
public virtue left in Britain —that all is private
contention for profit and honor ; —for profit, to
be acquired at the expence of the State, and ho
nors obtained by infamy. My God I Sir, the
apoltacy, the effrontery, the profligate indecen
cy of one man's conduct in that night's debate,
adds a supernatural disgrace to human nature.
The hand of Heaven is visibly upon us, and no
thing Ihort of a visitation a national judgment at
our doors, can save us from approaching destruc
tion. I now fee that public prosperity is a
subordinate—a secondary confideratipn ; Men,
their families, their parties, are the firft objects
of senatorial attention ; for this we debate, for
this we qualify, alter, contradict, and confound
our language and profeffions, for this only we
divide. lam lick at my foul, when I reflect on
this situation of things ; —when I contemplate
the mifehiefs and miseries which have arisen,
and the still greater ills which may arise. De
mocracy ruined Rome—-Democracy bids fair to ru
in England. The mistakes of ignorance, and
the deligns of bad men, are equally fatal. A
country that is devoted mult fall, Lord N-- s
administration cofl a hundred millions-—te support
Mr. F---, in all probability, will colt as many
more. Discontents are multiplying jn every
quarter—fictions dividing and subdividing all
round us. Private rectitude cannot save, nei
ther can private admonition assist us. I repeat it
to you, Sir, this country has seen the zenith of
its glory and its virtue ; and the complexion of
the times is such, as will juftify the prudence
and the policy of the man who silently retires
from its councils."
The necessity of an immediate arrangement of
mihiftry grows every day more and more pref
ling ; the foreign ambassadors are desirous of
bringing forward the commercial regulations
which are to be made in consequence of the
peace, and by the delay of which trade is greatly
impeded, but there is at present nobody who
chufes to intermeddle in matters where there is
so much responsibility.
Perhaps the annals of parliament do not fur
nAi an instance wherein a bill has been commit
ted and recommitted so often, as the bill for ob
taining a trade and intercourse with America;
and notwithstanding all the care that has been
taken, every Member still complains that it is ve
ry imperfect, and in all likelihood will do very
much mifehjef.
It is reported that on Tuesday night an express
arrived at General Conway's with an account of
a dangerous mutiny having been birred up a
mongst the military in the Island of Jerfey,which
qccafioned an order for the guards to be put in
instant readiness, with proper ammunition, in
case of any farther need of their assistance.
PHILADELPHIA, May 24.
Extras of a letter from Dublin, dated February
" The happy period is at last arrived which
has put an end to the further effufon of kindred
blood, by the bleltings of peace; and I mod
heartily congratulate you and the virtuous citi
zens of the Thirteen United States of America,
who, by nobly persevering in the cause of free
dom, have, under God, accomplished the great
work of their independency.
and the Hon. Mr. Fox are the principal Secre
taries of State ; the Hon. Edmund Burke, Pay
master of the forces ; and Lord Kepple, firft
Lord of the admiralty. Charles Logie, Esq;
late Consul General from the Court of Great
Brtain to the coast of Barbary, m the Emperor
of Morocco's dominions, is appointed Ambassa
dor to the United Sates of America. General
Matthews goes out Governor of Grenada, and
Mr. Ord Governor of Dominica. Thedefini
tive treaty was finally concluded, and to have
been signed by the refpe&ive Commissioners on
Wednesday the 16th of April ; several American
veflels had for some time been waiting, in order
to discharge their cargoes, as permiflion could
not be granted for the purpose, till that period.
The American Tradeßill had paffedthe House of
Commons, and gone up to the House of Lords,
whose assent, it was expected,would be given in
a day or two. A spirit of mutiny and difeontent
prevailed throughout the kingdom, particu
larly among the soldiery and on board the ships
of war, for the want of their pay. Lord Howe
having declared, in order to pacify the crew of
the Janus, that notes should be given them, pay
able ata future day, for the treasury was so ex
ceedingly exhausted, that all the crews could
not be paid off at once. That since peace had
taken place, a new fbring had been given to the
manufactories, and numbers of vessels were tak
ing in cargoes for almost every market ; that al
though many clamours were raised against the
peace, as inglorious on the part of England, yet
the people at large appear well fatisfied with it^
and think peace on any terms, in their present
deplorable situation, more definable than the
prosecution of a wicked, foolifh, blundering war,
in which even success would have been attended
with infamy, disgrace and bankruptcy. No
Prime Minister is yet appointed—the office, at
present, is merely temporary, held by special
commission, and executed by two or three of the
Privy Council (North Conductor generalis,)
Since the coalition of parties, North and Fox are
execrated by the people as two of the greatest
scoundrels in existence. The King, perplexed
and embarrafled by the diftraCtion of the times,
and contention of the numerous parties, declar
ed that he did not care what party prevailed ;
but begged, for God's fake, one honest man might
be permitted to (hare in the administration. It
is determined by the cabinet, that 40 fail of the
line (ball be continued in commission on the
peace establishment, to be stationed as follows,
viz. 20 fail in the Weft-Indies, 10 in the East-
Indies, and 10 in the British channel. A frigate
, had just arrived at London from the East-Indies,
It is positively asserted, that the flag of the
Thirteen United States of America has been
grossly insulted in New-York, and not permit
ted to be hoisted on board any American vessel
in that port. Congress Ihould demand immedi
ate reparation for the indignity wantonly offer
ed to all America ; and uulefs fatisfadlory con
cessions are instantly made, the British flag,
which now streams without interuption in our
harbours, (hould be torn down, and treated with
every mark of indignation and contempt.
Yesterday the brig Hope, Capt. Kerr, arrived
here in 35 days from the Downs. He left Lon
don the 9th of April, when a new administra
tion had at last taken place ; but we cannot as
certain the particular arrangements as we have
received no papers by this vessel. We have,,
however, been able to colled the following ad
vices ; That (though it is uncertain who fucce%
Lord Shelburne as Prime Minister) Lord North
" Affairs wear a quite different afpe& in Ire
land, since the usurpations of Great Britain over
thedominions she once poffeffedin America, like
the dog in the fable, by grasping at the Ihadow,
she has loft the substance. You have opened
our eyes to our true interest—we have now a
profpea of a free trade, and cur manufactures
are improving and extending themselves very
considerably in many branches, which will find
a passage to different quarters of the globe. In
the year 1778, the situation of our manufactur
ing poor was truly miserable, famine flaring
them in the face for want of employment; but
the rich set on foot a subscription, which was
succeeded by the volunteer associations, which
like the glorious flame of liberty on your fide the
atlantic, spread all over Ireland, gave them full
employment, and has been the preservation of
the country.
" lam almost tempted, though advanced to
my 43d year, to go and fettle in your land of
liberty."