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lave procured himfelf to be appointed FirftLord
of the Treasury.
We arevery sorry to inform the public, that
when Mr. Fox waited upon a certain GreatPer
fonage to resign his office, the manner in which
it was accepted, has very far from being a gra
cious one.
Phe Duke of Richmond and General Conway
continue in office ; but have agreed to resign,
and join the opposition, provided Mr. Burke
will come into their idea of " an equal repre
sentation" of the people in parliament.
As soon as Lord Shelburne has established
himfelf as the minister of this country, a dissolu
tion of parliament will most certainly takeplace.
Col. John Parris appointed to the government
of Nova-Scotia, and has kissed hands on the oc
casion. His Excellency will embark in a few
days for that place, witha considerable reinforce
ment of troops, which by no means indicates a
disposition towards a peace !
July 9. Certain accounts are received that the
combined fleet of France and Spain were seen off
Ufhant, on the 7th instant, and that it had been
joined by Mons. la Motte Picquet, which made
it 40 fail of the line. It is further added, that
Lord Howe upon receiving information of this,
dispatched anexprefs immediately fora reinforce
ment of fliips, in consequence of which rhethree
following fliips failed immediately to join his
Lordfllip, viz the Ganges of 74, the Crown of
64, and the Polyphemus of 64. With the above
Blips Lord Howe's force will be 28 fail of the
line, and we are given to understand that it is
Lord Howe's determination not to count the
enemy's ships, but to give them battle at all
events, should he be.able to meet with them.
Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock, his
Majesty came from Windsor Castle to Kew ;
where the Lord Chancellor, Lord Shelburne,and
about eight other members of the cabinet were
arrived, in order to havea conferrence with his
Majesty, when a regular council was held,which
broke up at 3 o'clock, the King returning to
Windsor, and the members to town.
The following arrangements are said to have
been made in consequence of the above Council.
Lord Shelburne, First Lord of the Treasury,
Lord Temple, Hon. William Pitt, Secretaries
of State. Hon. Thomas Townfliend, Chancellor
of the Exchequer. Lord Howe, First Lord of
the Admiralty. Lord Advocate of Scotland,
Paymaster of the Land Forces. Marquis of Car
• marthen, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. Orde,
Secretary to the Treasury.
On Saturday an express Was sent down to
Trentham Hall, the feat of Lord Gower, to re
quire his attendance in town, on account of the
change of the ministry ; and it is said his Lord
flrip is to be appointed Lord President of the
Council.
Yesterday anew commission passed the great
seal, appointing the Right Hon. the Earl of
Shelburne, and five other persons therein named
a new board, for executing the business of the
Treasury.
Yesterday Lord Keppel was at the Admiralty-
Office the greater part of the morning, and did
business as usual.
The nation is in a most uncouth situation,
from the so early and sudden change of admini
stration; the most momentous affairsafe nowon
the tapis, andthe smallest delays may prove fa
tal.
July 16. The present moment may justly be
considered as an awful crisis, that ought to ex
cite the most public supplications to Providence,
to extend its prote&ion to this isle of liberty.
Mr. Fox appears as great in his friendfhip as
in his patriotism. Whilll he scorns the bribes of
office, when put in comparison with the good of
the State, he boldly stands forth as a champion
in vindication of the injured honor of his friends
Yesterday morning an express arrived in town
from Plymouth, with advice, that an express
boat bad come there from the grand fleet under
Lord Howe, which then confined of 24 fail of
the line. The combined fleet was at that time
twenty-four leagues N. E of Ufbant, and the
English fleet off the Lizard, half seas over. The
foremoft fltips of both fleets were then within
fight of each other.
A confirmation of the above intelligence was
yesterday afternoon received at Lloyd's,and with
this addition, that the French were fleering for
the Texel, and Lord Howe actually in purfuitof
them, endeavouring if poflible to give them bat
tle before they formed their intended junction
with the Dutch fleet.
The tories, who have never been celebrated
for their vivacity, have invented a fiction of a
pretty extraordinary nature. They assert that
Mr. Burke was biffed when he flood up to speak
in theHoufe ofCommons on Tuefdaylaft. These
hisses, however, only exist in their own ears, and
have since only biffed from their own mouths,
as from the tongue of the serpent, who hissed lies
upon every occasion. The sass is, Mr. Burke
never appeared to so much advantage as when,
on that occasion, he ftooti forth a martyr in the
cause of public virtue.
It is confidently whispered about, that previ
ous to Mr. Fox's resignation of the seals, the pre
sent First Lord of the Treasury took great pains
to persuade him to remain in office, and even
went so far as to assure him, that he should have
his own measures, and that his (Lord S's) con
duct should be the reverse of what it had been
since he came into administration.
The late changes in administration hold out
the profpe& of a most formidable opposition in
the enfufing felons of parliament. Various are
the reasons aligned for the resignation of the
late Secretary of State ; but as the renouncing
of emolument is the strongest criterion that a
man can give of his integrity, it is but just to im
pute the resignation of Mr. Fox's to principle.
The Earl of Shelburne has imputed it to dis
appointment : but the Duke of Richmond, Lord
Derby, and Lord Keppel in the Lords, with Lord
John Cavendish in the Commons, have fully
contradicted the assertion, by declaring that Mr.
Fox had determined to resign, previous to the
death of the Marquis of Rockingham.
The capture of the Bahama islands form ano
ther article of the catalogue of our terretorial
losses, and is another unhappy confequenceaof
the late system—Nothing hasarrived from Gib
raltar ; but on the continent it is implicitly be
lieved, that Admiral Hughes has been defeated,
and that Hyder Ally has obtained a victory.
From a Neta-York netvs-paber of September §, the
following intelligence is extracted.
Yesterday arrived here the Sandwich Packet
Captain Dillon, with the July mail, in fix
weeks and three days from Falmouth : By her
we have the following intelligence.
St. JAME S's, June 22.
The expreflion dropped yesterday by Lord
John Cavendish in his speech on the new taxes,
viz. Since tbepcople lueuld have tvar, they mtf pay
for it—lt is a fufficient proof that ministry find
the public will not be fatisfied with a patched-up
peace. Our late glorious victories have undoubt
ly made a great alteration in the public expecta
tions, and it now clearly appears that the new
ministry had no other chance of making a peace
than by unconditional fubmiflion.
July 2. Prince Edward, his Majesty's fourth
son, will attend the Prince of Wales on his sum
mer tour ; this young Prince is designed for the
navy, to which he is intended to be introduced
next spring ; Sir John Ross, it is said, will have
the honor of his naval education.
July 4. On Tuesday Captain Lumfden arriv
ed at the Admiralty with dispatches from Admi
ral Campbell ; which are said to contain an ac
count that the fleets for New-York, Carolina,
Halifax and Newfoundland, which failed from
Torbay on the 18th ult. under convoy of the
Portland of fifty guns, Admiral Campbell, Oifeau
and Danae frigates, the Merlin sloop of war, and
some others,having on Tuesday evening the 25th
ult. difeovered a strange fleet, which gave chace
to the convoy. Admiral Campbell made the sig
nals for the fleet to disperse, confiltingihen of
about 30 fail ; all of which, except four or five,
were bound to Newfoundland, the others to
Quebec. The New-York, Halifax and Carolina
fleets parted about two days before for their ref
peaive places of destination. Two of the ene
my's frigates gained much on the convoy, and
Capt. Lumfden then in the Merlin, is said to
have seen some of them strike to the frigates, the
whole ofthe combined fleet coming up sass ; but
night coming on, the Oifeau, Danae and Merlin
had the good fortune to keep together ; and in
the morning of the 26th, spoke with Admiral
Campbell, having then in company one ship of
the convoy ; but no further accounts are receiv
ed at prefent.—lt is not known yet what num
ber of Blips have been taken in this unfortunate
affair ; but it is thought not more than fifteen ;
and as the Newfoundland ships are not of that
importance to the mercantile interest, and the
public, as the other ships, many of which are
richly laden, and some with troops and (lores,
we flatter ourfcives we flall find the ioLoftrif
ling consequence to the nation.
July 6 Yesterday there was one of the great
est appearances of members in the House of Com
mons, as well as the most crouded gallery, per
haps ever known at this time ofthe year,' under
the idea of Mr. Fox Bating his reasons for re
signing his office of Secretary of State. Mr. Fox
came into the house at four o'clock and gave the
signal of his resignation, by taking his place on
the opponte fide of the treasury bench; but as
soon as the ordinary business was over, and eve
ry body on the tiptoe of expectation for hearing
the reasons of such a sudden and extraordinary a
change, they were disappointed by General Con
way moving for an adjournment.
The political revolution which has taken place
since our last publication will, no doubt, astonish
our numerous readers. The report that such a
change was in agitation prevailed last Tuesday,
but we were unwilling to give it as a report, well
knowing how much it must alarm and distress
the public. It is now but too well ascertained,,
and Mr. Fox and Lord John Cavendish are no
longer minivers. Mr. Fox having yesterday tak
en his place in the House of Commons on the
opposition feat.
We have taken uncommon pains to elucidate
the cause of this sudden change, and though the
public are at present totally in the dark as to the
real motives ; it is unverfally averted and credit
ed, that upon the death of the Marquis ofßock
ingham, two fubje&s on which the cabinet were
divided, came under consideration, viz. the in
dependence of America, and an alteration in the
representation of parliament. To American in
dependence, what is called the Shelburne party
were totally averse. They are also desirous of
some material alteration in the constitution.
The Marquis of Rockingham and his friends, it
is well known, gave up the dependence of Ame
rica, and were entirely againf t any infringements
upon the present conflitution, fearing, and per
haps justly, that in times like the present an at
tempt to alter the form of government, as fettled
by the revolution, mull end to the disadvantage
ofthe people.
Ada to to this difeordance of opinion, in matters so very
material, that Lord Shelburne's appointment to be FiiA
Lord # the Treasury and prime minister, by the ciprefs or
der of the Sovereign, must have contributed in no (mall de
gree to t ie chagrin of the rest of the miniftiy.
The following is said, on the belt authority, to be the
cause of the late and sudden change in his Majesty's cabinet e
On the death of the Marquis of Rockingham,Loidshelburne
waited on his majesty to notify the fame, who immediately
and uufoiicitedly, offered him the place, which his Lordship
accepted of, provided his Majesty would permit him to
name a Secretary of State in his own room ; this the King
took some tilneto confidcr of, and at last granted. Mr. Pox
taking umbrage at this arrangement, waited on his Majesty
on Tuesday morning last with rhe seals, which were accept
ed of° ,
In consequence ofthe above circumstance the following
arrangements are said to be already made.
The Right Honorable the Earl of Shelburne, firft Lord
Commissioner ofhis Majesty's Treasury, in the room ofthe
late Marquis of Rockingham.
The Honorable William Pitt, Secretary of State, in the
room of Lord Shelburne.
The Honorable Lord Howe, firft Lord Commissioner of
his Majesty's Admiralty, in the room of Lord Viscount Kep
pel.
No other appointments are at present known, but it is
confidently said the Cavendish, andlate Rockingham party,
to a man, go out of office.
Another correspondent makes the ministerial revolution,
although not finally fixed, to be as follows:
Lord Shelburne firlt Lord of the Treasury.
Earl Temple and Sir Jafeph Yorke, Secretaries of State.
The Hon. William Pitt, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord Howe, firft Lord of the Admiralty.
It is reported that Mr. Burke, the Hon. John Townshend,
Lord Althorpe, Mr. Montague, Mr. Lee, and fcveral other
gentlemen lately come into office have resigned.
Tne Lo d Advocate was yesterday talked of as fucceflor to
Mr. Bui ke.
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