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THE Chancellor of the Ex*
chequer brought up the Re
port-, which being diftindly read,
he said, that the House had already
heard the business so amply stated
in the Report of the Committee,
that it would hardly be neceflary
for him to do more than recapitu
late the general obfervacions.
He, then entered into a most
masterly and eloquent detail of the
_ ri proceedihg of the Committee, so
far as they had gohe, and fa id that
they had, in the Report which now
Ihy before the House, opened to
their view the general outlines of
a picture of which the more minute
circiimftahces ft ill remained to be
investigated; but which, from the
observations they had been able to
make; would be found altogether
to compass a Plot of mOft attro
cious and alarming nature against
the State; hot existing mercy in
idle theory or impotent menace,
but digested, matured 1 , avowedly
declared to be aded upon; and in
considerable forwardnefs for exe-
Cution. This plan; it appeared
from the Report, was; to form a
Convention; which Convention
was to aflame to itfelf all thecba
raderS and offices of Government,
to usurp the whoje delegated au
thority of the Nation, and to arro
gate td itfelf the whole legal Jurif
didion of the Country. In cori
fidering this fubjed, he said it wou|d
be for the House to decide, whe
ther the Convention proposed to
be formed originated in the lame
spirit, was profecdred by the fame
unwarrantable means, arid pointed
to the famepradical conclufion—
namely that the objed of it was
the total subversion of the Cpnfti
tutiort, the irinihil^tion of Pariia
menr, and the deftrudion of the
King hinifelf ‘ And then, if such
a plan did appear not only in agi
tation; but in a gredc degree of for
wardnefs towards execution, the
House would lee that there was
not a moment td be loft td arm the
Executive flower with every means
which the Parliament could dele
gate, to stop the further progress
' of the plot, and baffle its final exe
cution. '
In coufidering the fubjed; he
said the House could not but re
mark the extraordinary manner in
which the Societies varied their
plans; sometimes ailing in undif
^uifed audacious hoftiljty, fome
tifries putting on the malk of Re
form, and affeding the utmost zeal
for the prefer vation of theConfti
(Ution.— u We fee, (said he) in
their letter to the Society at Nor
wich, a plain avowal of the objed
at which they aimed; and an i-,
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pology for deigning to apply to
Parliament; and a candid, sincere
confeflion, chat, not to Parliament,
not to the, Executive, were they ro
look for red refs, blit to the Con
vention they prqpofed to ered, and
to themfciyes; but afterwards (hey,
recommended persevering in peti
tioning for Reform to be uled as a
malk to iheir designs, Which jhey
were to throw off when time ferv
.ed, and a period propitious to their
views (hould arrive. . Happily for
this country, and for the whole
world (laid he) they prematurely
thought that period at hand, and
threw off the mafic, just when the
bulk of the nation unanimoully
united with Government in vigi*
lence and care for its protection,
and in the’ resolution to oppose
their efforts.”
He therefore moved for leave to
bring in a Bill to empower his Ma
jesty to secure and detain all such
persons as (hall be fafpedted of
Conspiracy against his Crown and
the Government, &c.
Mr. Fox rose, and at some
lenght opposed the motion. He
oblerved, that with refpedt to the
repott just made, he Was never
more surprised; as instead of what
he had been-lead to expedt, by
what /had pafled relative to the
buflnefs in the House, there came
outa recital of what was long since
know to every individual in the
kingdom, through the medium of
the public prints^. and had been
very frequently ad verted, to in that
Houfe:—-The right of afiemblipg
in any number, was one of the
dearest rights of i fubjed, and
which had been often exercised by
afiemblies, of which Members of
that House formed a part; peti
tions were received from such bo
dies, whereby Parjiamerit acknow
ledged such right., With refpeft
to the designs charged on these So
cieties, he could not think that they
harboured any such. But were
they mad, enough to do fo^ he
thought that committals to Bed
lam, instead of to state prisons
would be the proper punimment.
Fie was well convinced; that in
tbe prelent temper of the great bo
dy of the people, which was never
more affedionate or loyal to their
King and Constitution, werfe one
hundred of such people to pretend
to exercise legislative functions,
they would not be obeyed by ano
ther hundred in the whole king
dom such an attempt would there
fore hold up its authors only .to
ridicule and ch’aftifement. But.
evert were there any apprehen Cions
of such and evil, he would much
rather rifque than incur tfle real
and pern’rcions evil now proposed
by the Right Hon. Gentleman,
which was, in effeCt, a complete
fur render of the Constitution, and
of the personal liberty of {he fu^-
jeCl K to the mercy of the Minister;
he mull therefore refill such a
measure to the utmost of his power.
Mr. MartCn p?ofefled himfelr
diflatisfied with the report, whert
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TUESDAY, July 22, 1794.
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rj /; . Majority 162
Mr. Grey moved *a call of the
House on this day fe’nnighr, at
which time the bill might be more
fully and fatisfaClqrily' difeufled
than it fould be now
The House then divided—For
the call of the Houfe,3 8— Against
it,l9l— Majority, 153.
The bill was then brought in;
and -Mr., Pitt moved, that it be
read a firft time, which was ac
cordingly done.. /,
On the fecohd reading there
was a division—For the bill, 186
—Against it, ip—Majority, 157.
On the motion for going into
a ? committee, the mimbers were—
'Ayes, 160—Noes, 22—Majority,
168. ,
On a riiotion for adjournment/
the numbers werq—Ayes, 24 —
Noes, 145— Majority, xii.
American Intelligence.
PHILADELPHIA, June i 3.
WE fry incessantly our government
reftaon the good sense of the citi
zens. But if that good sense i» miffed by
lies and calumny, if the troth is waylaid
and dratted in disguise on her journey, (he
more good sense the citizens havc^ihc left
compared with the mighty facrL
fice proposed. He was attached
to the constitution, and thought
that any person who.attempted to
destroy it, ought to be punilhed ;
but he could not consent to the
entire surrender of, the liberty of
every man in the kingdom upon
so trifling an excuse. ...
The question was how loudly
Called for, when A .
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~ Mr. Sheridan declared; he could
not give a silent vote on an occa*
lion of so unprincipled a measure
as the prefen r, being brought for
ward; . It was to tell the French’,
that danger , and. rebellion were
prevalentin thiscountry—and that
the Constitution was to be deliver
ed up tothe King, it wai neither
illegal nor criminal to fit in meec
ings '; and.he had a right to believe
that the power given by. the pre
sent Bill would be abused.
Mr; Burke said, the.greateft
ipftitucions in the world, the most
flouriffiing kingdoms,and the mpft
splendid wealth.have been destroy
ed by low obfeure. persons ; and
therefroe the danger to be appre
hended on theprefent occasion was
great, because likely co come from
men of that description; and there
were persons cf rank and fortune
who would be soon found to head
them. It had been laid, that lib
erty of speech would be destroy
ed by the Bill, just as much as it
had been on former suspensions
of the Habeas Corpus a£t. v That
suspension he now conceived ab
solutely necefiary,, in order to pre
serve the lives, liberties and pro
perties of the people of this coun
try. , ? ...
. The Hpufe then divided on Mr.
Pitt’s motion.
For the motion - - - 201
Against it - - * - - 39
, v . BOSTON, July 12.
The accounts daily received from Eu
rope, areintereftingto humanity—for the
recording page of hiftory can scarce farnifh
a period wherein the Sacrifices tq the Ihrine
of Contention were more numerous. The
present campaign has opened with a deluge
cf blood—the numbers who haVe already
bitten theduft are but a few short of twen
ty-thoufond ; and apparently without the
accomplishment of essential objeft of
the war. . Wfolft on the whole frontier of
France this deftruftkedrama is perform
ing, the other parts of Europe are Reaving
with copvulfive throfes.— Poland is in a
state of Refolvtion—The Bricifti nation is
exhibiting the harbingers of ciVH war—and
conspiracies are forming in all the petty
States of Italy. Only one favoured spot
remains in the civilised world which ia free
from those curses—that spot is America I—
Enjoying an unexampled series of happinefc
and prosperity, it should be the prayer of
every real American, that the bleflings of
peace iiiay be continued to his country >
that we may profit by the delußons of the
eldey world, and continue an afylotn for
its Wretched and perfected inhabitants.
The war hawks may whet their beaka
for frefh food ;f nd that shortly—« Attack
appears to bc. the order of the day” of the
European armies—Two immense fleets are
on the European ocean, per haps, feeing foi*
each other; and in the Weft Indies the
contending forces must attempt an ittaeby
arms. Eveiy arrival must be intcrefting.
Prom FRANCE DIR ECT,
Oi Thursday, a schooner arrived here
from Brest, which ihe left the 24th May.
The Captain informs, that about the 18th
May, the Brest grand fleet put tofea, con
sisting of 32 fail of the line/ and a number
of frigates ; which it waa expefied Would
be reinforced by a^nufober of ships from.
Rochefort and Havre. That on the 29th
May, he patted this fleet, which then con
tained aßont 50 fail, off Gape Clero j and
' that they were flretching from that Cape
to Cape Finifterre;— That during the stay
of the schooner at Brest, which was about
6 weeks,about 120 prizes were brought in
40 odd of which were Jamaica agen out-
they will support the conßitutioned powers*
For if they are made to believe that, their
»Fairs are managed by men both weak and
.wicked in the extreme, the sooner they get
them overthrown the better. One security
however arises from the good sense of cor
people, which ii thatthe calumniatort have
Rjetched their charge so much beyond their
ftrengtb, they have so outraged probability
and common sense, that the extravagance
of the^r malice is in, a conflderable degree
an antidote against its poison.
n NEW-YORK, 7«/ y 7.’
By letters from Canada, we learn that
the solicitor General ,haa been dispatched
by .the Governor, Lord Dorchester, to
Montreal, for the purpose of putting in
force the alien bill, which was lately patted
at Quebec by > the Legislative assembly ;
and that all those who should refufe {wear
ing allegiance to his Majesty King George
should either be imprisoned or leave his
Majesty’s province ; in consequence of
which, /everal hundreds were about to
leave the place.
T 1 > * JULY 3. - [
THE Aogufta Chronicle of June ytn,
fays a gentleman who arrived, here yester
day from the lloclc Landing, informs,, that
the Indians on our frontiers, behave in A
peaceable and friendly manner—«no indi
cation of hoftilitiee appeared.
V • JULY 9.
Yesterday arrived in townfrom Niagara
a Mr. Pierce, a gentleman whose -veracity
may be depended upon, who informs that
the Britilh forces intended to ad in oppo*
fition to General Wayne, had been recalled
from their Ration ; and that part of them
had arrived at Niagara, previous to Mr.
Pierce’s leaving that pkee, Which Was a
bout fix weeks ago. . Mr. Pierce also in
forms, that a large number of Indians were,
before thia collected, who intended to join
theßritifti, but that they bad all dispersed.
[Number 3.