The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1778-06-09 00:00:00, page 1

TUESDAY, June §, 1778. t HE , [Numb. 6g,,
CONNECTICUT COURAN T,
WE tbe fubferibers being appointed by the hors.
court of probate for the diftridl of Hartford
commffiones to examine and adjust the claims of
i : e citd tors, to the edate of Lydia Sabin late of-
Enfield deceased (represented i.folveot ) hereby
notify said creditors that we shall attend laid bufi
nefs at jbe dwelling hot fe of Joseph Knight in fa d
Enfield on the latt mondays in June and July next,
at 4 o'clock in the aft^ noon.
Natnaniel Terry 1 Commit-
Nathan Pease, J fioners.
Enfield, May 26. _
A~LL persons having demandsupon, or are indeb
ted to the estate of Coi. Dv,d Leonard, late
es tVed-Springudd deceased. are d^fired to bring
jn their accounts to the fubferibers administra
tors on said estate in order for settlement.
Joseph Ashley > Adm.niftrato^
Mary Leonard.,
Weft Springfield May 26. , #
LL persons having accounts unsettled with the
fl eftsie ofCharles Gllet lateofS: arpn deceased
(represented insolvent ) are hereby notifyed to ex
hibit their accounts properly attested, at the h use
of Paul Smith inholder in Sharon on the last tuei
day of June and lit in July next at 1 o'clock on each
. of said days.
Daniel Griswold, ] Commif-.
Paul Smith. J Boners.
RUN away the %6th ofMa, inl one John Tom
an Irishman belonging.ro the zilt British regt
rne..H, tAen at the Northward in September lalt by
trade a BLckfmith, had on when he went away a
max banket coat ftr.p.dv^ tow cloth trowtem,
about § Let 6 inches hi.h light complexion 21
years of age fore teeth rotten. Whoever will take
up said runaway, and secure him in any .goal or
return him to rhe fubferiber shall have 5 dollars re
ward and all necessary charges paid, by
Ez'l WILLIAMS Dep. Commiff. Prifoners 6
Hartford June_2 ^ZL^——
^r~'A"'N up a bfack mare colt, 3 years old,
' trots and paces well, white pot on her nose.
T^q owner may have her by proving his property,
and paying Q-
Shadrach Norton.
Suffield, June 1 1778. __ __
S'TRAYED or itolen from the fubferiber on the
evening after the 22d of May a bay mare, a
blaze in her face, a grey tail off hind foot white
speckled. 'Whoever will take up said mare and re
turn her to me shall have three dollars reward, and
all necefTary charges pa^d, by
William Russel.
W'ndfor May 29, 1778.
OUND 'a LwrCNUFF Bor, which foe owner
may have, paying the erp^nce of this adver
tiiement. Enquire qf the PRIN lERS..
WILLIAM ROTHA ft. Matthew Griffen,
Edward Thorafon.jun. Reuben Phelps Ep
aphras Saunders Joffiua Holcomb un. Silas Phelps,
Ichabod Stockland, Abne Griffen Jonathan Ad
ams, jun, Jell Negus. Dav'd Phelps and Joftiua
Au in. of the town of Simfbnry. Samuel W%y,
and Elihu Batbet of Hirwinton. Merrit Blakley
and Nathan Gillet, of Sddbury. Jeremiah Home,
Lemuel Doming, .and Abraham Baley; of Canaan.
Tho's Wilcox Retard Bridal Aaron Baldwin,
and Abraham Hand of Cornwall. Dudley Ro
befts, Jabez Whitmore, Preserved Marlhall, Joel
Parks, Amos Hinman, Timothy Lee and James
Lowree of Farmington, have been returned to me
legally detached for the Continental army, untilthe
ift day of January next, and have been properly
warned to join the-army a d have refilled to obey
said warning and have absented. 1 hebefore any
Refton who^ will take up ^nd deliver any of the above
performs to me at.Litchfield, lha.l be in'itled-to 5 dol
lars reward, for each, and ah neceuary chtrges paid,
by me BEZALEEL BEFTbE.
Recruiting Officer for the bub Brigade
Litchfield, May 28, 1778.
HERTFORD: Printed by WATSON and GOODWIN, near the Grzat Bridge.
AND THE
WEEKLY I NTELLIGENCE R.
LONDON, FefWr, 6
The following is an authentic 'copy of the Earl of
ABINGDON'S Speech on Weanefday.
My Lords,
%„HEN I made mv last motion to
your Lbrclfhip for a call of the
Judges, in order to take their opinions
upon the legality of ra sing regiments for
'his Majesty's fe-vice without the fandbon
of Parliament, I had two reasons for doing
io.
My firft reason was my own confeious
want of legal knowledge to decide upon
so important a case.
My second, that the twelve judges, like
the zw ve Apostles, being upright men
(and yet, my Lords, even among thele
Apostles, there was one Judas Ilcariot,
who, as that Reverend Bench will tell us,
betrayed his Mailer • ,and with a kils too,
my Lords. God forbid, that under the
semblance of attachment, there be any
Judas Ifeariot among our Judges !) I lay,
my c Lords, that the Judg^s having not now
on the tetters of corruption (for, my
Lords, corruption has taken an higher
course, and it is our Legfl< tors, and not
our Judges, that are cct° mr) I was in
hopes to have found in them, or at leatt in
a majority of them, an honest and an-un
biafi'd pinion.
Such, my Lords, Were the motives bf
my motion ; but there was still other
ground I had to rest it upon ; I had con
ceived that the Judges, being the eoLfti
tutisnal attendants of this Douse, to advise
with them in points of law, was the very
reason of their being so, and that it was of
right to every Peer of 'he Houle, for the
more fafe and better direction of his vote
and conduce to call for their attendance
to the end 5 but, my Lords, instead of this,
I find that none have a right to informati
on that ait notin the majority. It the ma
jority t^nk fit, the Judges may give their
opinions ; if they do not, the minority ihuft
remain in ignorance.
It has been objected that no single Lord
has a right to call for he attendance of
the Judges. In the fi if place, I deny the
fact, that any single Lord did call for their
attendance. It was the voice of many,
and of thole who ought to have the great
est weight with this House ; but if it had
not been so, and I were alone in r his moti
on, I would maintain the privilege in my
own person. Let the Journals of the
House inew an order to the contrary.
Another objection was on account of the
inexperience of putting such a question to the
Judges. Good God !my Lords can it
ever be in.xpedient to know right from
wrong ? Can it be inexpedient to determine
legality from illegality ? Is it not our duty
to do this ? I only ask to have the laws of
the land expoundedto me.l required nothing
illegal ; all I desired was information ; in
tending, that if this mode of raising men
was' legal, to propose an association of in
dependent-whig^ of this country, for the
purpose of embodying troops to defend
the king and prele^ve the, confti ucn. if
it be illegal; how durst Ministers counte
nance and encourage illegality ? .
A third objection was, that 1 had not
proved the fact that regiments Were raising
without he fan&ioh of Parliament. My
Lords, this quibble might well become a
pleader at the Old Bailey; but it was un
becoming of him from whom it came, and
of th'e dignity of this House. Tour
Lordships would hardly -force one of
yourfrives to bring witness to the bar to
prove a fa& of so much notoriety. But,
my Lords, I will trouble youi Lordships
no more upon this head. Perceiving iliac
the prefeat Miniftets are ready to vote
away that privilege which a better Mi
nistry would wnh to prelerve. I shall
withdrew my motion for the attendance
of the Judges, and^will take the fcnle of
this House upon chose points which were
intended to be propounded to them.
My Lords, it cannot be expected of me,
that I enter minutely into the dilcufliod
of the great and important, quellion that
I am now about to lubmit to your Lord
ships consideration. As this would have
been the bufinsls of the Judges, had they
attended, io must I now leave it to tne
wiler and the better informed ofinislloufe;
but, my Lords, as your Lordffiips may
expect my ftnle of this mattei, it is n>y
duty not to withhold it from you.
My Lords, I will read your Lordships
an advertisement from, a^public papey
which I have in my hand.
[Here theadvertifemenc from the Lon^
don Tavern was read.l
My Lords, if this be not unconftitu
tion^, I know not what is. In my poor
opinion, it is not only the molt notorious
violation of the rights of Paihament that
has happened ,since the levying of Snip
money, but when I compare the cases to
gether, and co^fider what has been done
fife, in the eftab!ifhment of our consti
tution, I can fee no differrence between
them, they both, lo me, appear equally
unconftitutinal. -
Charles the First exacted money from
his fubjefh, without the authority of Par
liament. H^re, my Lords, is aLt of con
tradors,.under tho immediate influence of
the crown, and would be contractors, with
such like vermin of the state, entering in
toavery large fubfeription ofmoney (pend
ing the fitting of Parliament, and without
its authority) for railing men to serve his
Majesty, in what manner he shall fee fit.,
I am aware, my Lords, 1 shall be told,
that the one is a voluntary aft, and that
the other was the efra of compudi ^;
but this, my Lords, makes' no alteration
in rhe case. It was. the thing obpiped,
and not the mode ofobtaining it, and c^-