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'
the eaftward c I
. fight of three I
i faw J
, the next lnorn
wtth a P r-irc.u*!'- iro;at**, and a!
fi igatc, and inft
-
M. hove ;
t'.r the c
uefe btirg to
vn ii.j ,11 tl.e rover,
ft'-uation fhe was
p and prepared
sine made a lig
ber courfe, wnii
, while the cor
fan i . fail. Tne ru
gate i rude the attack
in a and gallsnc manner,
the pirate,
I !;er fbirboard bow,
5 up< n tbe r.-.ain
tlct k and iblt dci.l ol
, the confufion
, were in ; this fuccefs, however,
the pllixtca returned
■;e with the muft daring iniblet.ee.
be mean time the (loop t atoe within
and kept a cloie
n her
ter accompani v hy (how*
A*ft tir.d r ~.,;, which
great havoc among their men.
■< between two
:i her flarboard, and
, on her larboard fide. N>t
(Unding this critical pofi:ion, tbe
..:.$ f. on in a defperate and f'u
r.er, fi.-lng inccfiantiy from al!
a contiderable time,
--•"•' ."...,..,,,.:.- tacked aud an.
... board tl fword in hatrd,
•,:e;e I eat offwith fLngbter ; i y this
- the bad fukained great da
-, pai jiciiJaily in her hell, many cf
y'« lhot having taken her be
tween wind and v/ater, which her
be rudder completely
;,, and her fVtisi and rigging torfi t<*.
it tela lfic was i
the frigate was
quit, the action, in order to ai
•.e tl-iop. Had it not been fo.
accident, the pirates mutl
kdted about or.
oiels, with ail the officer., ; and
, hav
>ut one bit of a malt (landing, on j
ii was na
g cut to atom;.
The I
'.. a::d f< \-rzi .
-~ were killed iv tl.e firfl
:h the French by th.* mv
and in b .
Is fired a number of
ble . ~ and
:; o f iron, in fmall :
.'be latter action lilted u-j
Ie tbe
•vercly, as not
above tW-inty were lefc alii**, and half
wounded, c .uthought
and the fhip to reach
~er«.
nov.*-. :,-ck.
fordoy, purfuant to public notice,
■ was a numerous meeting of the
merchants ar.d tra' ; e sof the Cry of Lon*
i at tbe licyil Exchange. Mr.
0 the chair precifsly
! the rcquifition for
refolved on at
r. Tavern, bar-
Mr. Dimeids, Mr.
■he Meet
fit :
I look around me
ha>e fo often witneiT
piwt, the honour and good
of the cif
>' eyes towards
the -
.nany
d to a pitch ot '•
•*r cad happinefs, which j
. when 1 fee myfelf
nle aa aff
-1 was born, and I
; lived, wbofe j
1 know, and have fa iong ex
hat tlie re- I
I
meet yo
th«t eh,',
indufiry, and -,
fpirit,have supported ehatt r.o.
Item of wealtii, power, and
, which ha: carried tbe honor of
*- from pole to* pole. The <
.-I which 1 have this day to
u.ur attention**, iii*.t an enemy,a pow-] i
t:l, r. fierce, i, cruel and rapirious en-- j i
my is at you- dr-r ; a:i enemy, who a
■
,i. to bii> I
ny b.n.ii-r to his univerfal domi
. I r-eed net add, that thi* fero
my prints to if! this country
ilar lcer,C3 to ti'-cf-. which he 1i23 ad\
.'eveiy ocher part of Edi
-*.»erbe l'ucce i *.U.lin 1
you would ice ycur wives ami da
ters violated before your eyes in the
i (murmurs of indignation J, and
j your lons and brethren maUscrcd hi ycur
iways *, while the nbcc' where wi*
au'emble, would beccme the 11 I
[ tor houfe of ycur fel Jo w-c! listens. Ilu-
I tory will tell you, that when Conltan
ple and Rome were attacked and
-d, tin: one by the Sara
other ly the barbarian
|of the North, eve-y thing wilhiu I
| appeared trafjcjuil, while cv
i without was war.
j them : unap;.ireh?:.fivc of danger, and :
;it pofingon a faife and fatal fecurity ;
j their Nobles were funk in Lixui
y, their Merchants wereattci
I their bufinefs in their warehouses, and !
j their money changers were fitting quiet- j
'iy in their places. What was the con- :
h'-uence ? thty became an eafy juey
to their ferocious invaders. The
greatelt cities in the world were thus
lacked, their inhabitants malTacred, and
their wedtb became the prey of
barbarous victors. Had thty in time at-
I tended to to tbe dangers of their fitua- .'
j tion ; had they refolved to appropriate a
Ipm of their wealth for the defence of |
j tbe whole ; had thry thrmfelves taken j
up arms, and not trailed to the carelcfs, |
becaufe ur.intereitrd, defence of others,
th*-y might have avoided that rein which
they faw too kte for remedy. Goo
th 3 may never be curtate! God
the ferocious enemy, who now mci
our deltrttftion, may never fo far fucceed
in his bones of finding us off our guard, as
rt able to reduce us to the n
j in whichhe h.salrcady involved fo many
otlier countrif*3 of Europe. But if he
i does, I trult in God that I and my chil
. will be amongft the firft to fall, that
we msy never furvive to Hie the rui:i and
J (lefolation that would then be fhr,d upon
rn-**- l-.-....y and prnfjicecns cnuniry.
But, my Fellow-Citizens, now when w«
are fol'y apprized cf the intentions ct
the bold, daring, a»d ia
who is ready to rifk any thing i,
hope of oar defliuction, I tr.il
not find us difpefe-d tamely to i
under their attack. I truft the i. re and
■ biave 'mhabitatitsof this happy iund, will !
I n;ver fo far difgrace tbem fe Ives,
j ancestors, and their coontry, as ratio
j to die, to the Inft mail ir. defence ci
j liberties and their nation, than f'
J on their own foil, ti become the flavea
of a Foreign Ul'tirper. ( Lord applause.)
It is yet in o.r own power to fay, no |
I nation on earth, no, nor the wmld united j
fhall con-pie** us. The hiftory of the \
affords no infiance of a country united
determined to maintain its Ire*
ever vtts conquered. L**t uc then
w-cituetifl rei-iive to unite !.
| for our common defence, and rcfolve to
j conquer or t every i:
he departs from this aifembly, go to Ins
line ti c! .
j duty, by coricucing with bis heart and
hand to fupport the public caufe, and re:i
--n ct duty which eveiy in
j dividuil iti the ftate owes to the com. I
'.'.he whole. Shall a fan
gu.nary banditti, who hsve no intcrdt
to fijht for, but that o£ rapine and mur- J
der, be prodigal of thtir lives, and rea-
Ii ilk every thing in purfu.-t of their
ite or j'dis—'mi fhall we be (paring of]
ir exertions for common lecu
fgracefol, indeed, would it be for us
i incur the'juft reproach of tbe plim- i
rer:, in b n-j l:fs prompt to rifk our
•rs iii our country's defence, than
eyare to accompli ill itsdeftrurflion. I j
ilh not to unm c< (Tai ily r
the tLntj and attention of this aflembly ; I
I C/oul applause — Hear I hear ! hear I) \
l hojre be for* we feparate this day, j
we fhall come to an unanimous refolu- |
, bravely to ftsnd, or nobly to i'A', '
With our country ( Reals of applause.) j
» J We muft feel that we have done noth
. j ing, until we have placed the country
I in a llateof abf/ute fecurity. Gentle
t »ne"n, I fay nothing to you which lAo
i>cl in the bottom of my heart ; 1
upon ti.y fellow citizens to in.,
exertions, in which I will notche*-:
: join to the laft farthing of my fortune,
ar.d the laft drop of my biood. I*. wiil
be my pride to rulh f jrward to the fo.e
--' ranks of my countrymen for our
defence, and my glory to
iuntry. (Loud and
> died peals of applause. J he this
I our "h:;g, 'and w* have noth- j
ing to dread from the threats of the ene
nor tbe united attacks of the world
.lemefi, I have nothing more now
Id, but that a reioiution will be read ,
:., whicii I thai! move, and have
not of your unanimous concur- j
i i-f..-,., »*
The refolution was then read.
7vlr. Iv.rlter rofe and faid, that being <
called upon this morning by a number j
of refpe&arble friends to give tfti fupport (
ro this refolution, he had not nr/nch time '
{or preparation : but he was conful ted by
reflecting, that little preparation !
was nrceffary in fuch a caufe, I
■ addrtilii.g that affcmbly by |
i i T 1
lOvd. In the ca
efaw no ground for d'efpord'-i-.cy.
wifhed only to remind his coo
. unci fellow citizens c' that -.
ion,- emblaaoned in tbe Hifloi
W-iii'-n ; 'hat JJntoas had often
d < n French ground ; thalt
iics at Creffy, P. itftiers, and Agin
., weri a proof ot tiie ir ancient
prowefs ; and if Britons weie competrut
to prave victorious againil their rnem'ie3
foreign ground, what were tb**y
; not capable of achieving in the de
e of th-.ir count.y upon their i
Should a French enemy dare to
ij cttr happy land, he lhould perfect
ly that Br-i:cii3 will prove they have
legenerated i'ro,-n the characlertftic
-ry that has d.iftinguilhed tbem in
-and*'let all ihe people fay
r." (Loud applause,)
The refolution was then pot, and car
; ried unanimoufiy ; and it was refolved
! that it be pubiifhed in all the morning j
an': evening paper*, ami printed leparatc- j
Ily for diftri' iition in London.
Mr. Bofanquet than congratulited the !
ouly on the unanimity it had mani* !
felled in fupporting the patriotic ref'olu
ti -nt f iii- day.
. Fidler begged leave to expr*f.- bis j
perfect, coincidence iv that congratula- j
tion, and to add that, thus unanimous, !
ti-e country hid noihing to fear from ■
the m-tiaccs or tiie malice of any power j
on earth. (Leud applause.)
It was then rci.lvtd, tliat the thinks!
of the meeting be returned to the Com
mittee who prepared ihe bufinefs of the
day ; and to Mr. Bofv.r.quet, for h : .3 tru
i; ly Britifh conduct in tbe chair on this
i j occafion- After which the AU'embly j
adjourned.
; O.i the Chairman leaving the chair, j
i the whole Aflfembly met upon !
- this occafion, exprefiVd their moft vi
i mous and cordial approbation ol
whole proceedings of the Meeting, 1
|by repeated loud and exulting cl
LONDON, Jdly 26.
Lafl ni-jht the houfe of commons vo. j
*ed Cam of fixty thnufand pounds, to.
get her with an annuity of fixteen thou.
fand I a compenfation to the
prince of Orange. A vote of credit
for two millions was alfo arrreed to.
A report was laft night an-itl-ii*; morn
,n circulation, that the whole coun
ty of Kiblrire im: in a il n re
nd the town of K:l'.'!-.-e :n the !
of the rebels*. VV-* have not i
i able to trace it to any authentic !
| foirrce, and we iincerely truil thp.t the !
I hornbie exctrffes, of which tin* metropo-
J iii was the fcene, did not extend to any
part of Ireland.
Other accounts ftate, that a defperat*
I engagement took place between the in
! fuigents in Thomas ftreet, and the mi*
I li'.ary, in which much blood was Ciilt.
j Tbe former, it is laid, fought with fire
I arms and pikes, and fired from windows.
BRISTOL, July 21.
The Bedforolhiie regiment of militia !
quartered here, have received orders to j
prepare to take the field on the fhortelt i
notice, and tbe commanding officer, col. j
re, has been dire&ed to purchafe a
cient number of hortts to tranfport
the ammunition and light baggage of
the regiment' as occshon may require,
fuppofed that all the regiments in
I this diltiict have received fimilar orders.
FOR SALE.~"
i BY RAPINE CONRAD V CO.
I WHEATON'S GENUINE PATENT
JAUNDICE BITTERS.
A Medfcineextremely ufeful when Jaundice '
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among the citizens of ..meri.a o.nd the Weft i
Indie*. 1 hey area ufeful and efficacious nnc- ;
ciicine for curing jaundicy and btftooi difor*
md rcmo<*ii,g that finking, faint ciiftrefled '
> it the floniath, difficulty of bcentlong j
lof* ol ap;Kcite, "*nct llcipr, dull herivinefi ia '
rs part ol the <lay, weaklier,,
if the limbs, dizzinef* of tlie hea-', and '
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| mon to jaundicy ami bilioun people.
•iriif Wheaten's P.tent j i
ITCH OINTMENT:
, 1 The only nic-dicino in the world which will 1
J c rtainly cure ihe Itch, without having in it . ,
any thing other flf.nge.rou* or rlifagreeable I '
1 it being compofed moldy of ingredients nea
ver before difcovered or uled iv Jut diferde* J l
i I Auguft 8. rawtf. i *
i'AILNi GUN LOCK.. | ?
1 he fubfcriber offers fcr i
I the right cf naking and ufing Edward V/cfl'*
itrprovetner't in Gun Locks, which i* confi
derei by judges of t!:c utmolc importance to
, perfon ulinj/fire arm*, ami more jrtrti-
I cniariy to the army and militia of the l/nitnd
-«. There are two very great advaiit-gc*
refulting from fhit improvement, the fir.i is,
tim no accident can poffii.ly happen by a gun
ig off st huh cck a* it ha» in that fituation
-nnecftion with tbe dog, conic.-ucntJy dm
the trigger or any other ex crnal part of
i the lock. It cannot p< ffibly catch at hail cock
I a*, tucre i° no notch thst the dig can catch on,
and the counter dog is fo placed in the u& of j
i rocking, a- not to be reflortti but by the cock j
firft filling or being let down The great !
I fecurity in thi*. improvement oug«t certainly '
;to recommend it to general ufe*, '• avoid tho \
; innumerable accident* that has and mult una- j
I voidaWy happen from rhe j relent plan, in ,
* gun* gointforTat half cock, &c. Application 1
' made tolvft*. Rhode*, city «f Walhington, will
be communicated and attended to, whore 1 .
fhall attend at the fitting of Congrdt.
THOMAS WKST.
ucation of Free States from the
Charge of Ingratitude.
(Concluded.)
11 The deareft and molt valuable tl
\ are moft apt to create jealoulies and
\le irs about them ; and the deareft of all
being liberty, as that which produces!
j and fccurrs all the reft, the people's 1
zeal to preferve it has been ever called
j ingratitude by fuch as had defigr.s a-j
gainft it; and others, ignorant of its*
! value, and indifferent about it, have pro-j
j moted and continued the falfe charge. I
j Shakespear, in tbe tragedy of 'limon cf
| Athens, makes Alcibiades, who was
banifhed by the Rate, cry cut with indig- i
i nation, Oh the ungrateful spirit of a
commonwealth! And 1 have feen z 1 ud i
j and vehemrnt clap railed upon it ly
i tiiofe who were* angry at the word com. ,
j mcnweallh, though they lived under a I
j free government : for every free I
I is, in a large fenfe, a commonwealth ;
Imd I think our own the freeft iv the
I world. In my opinion Alcibiades, tho* |
i a brave man, was juitly exiled as an am- i
j bitious sr.d dangerous man, -vbo behaved
I himfelf uibulently i.n tba: city, was *.--r
--' petually creating or ii flaming fa&iont
jin it and againil it ; and fnewed too I
plainly, that he aimed* atr.vertntning it,
l for the fake of that uncontrolablc pow- j
er, which be could not have while its ;
g"vernment fubfifted. The citizens off
1 Athens treated him with great difiinc- ,
( tion, and gave him great authority and '
i eminent commands ; and only banifhed '
him, out of fear of him, for which they I
I had too much ground.
" States have been often d*rftroy<*dby I
being to:> generous ar.d too grateful ; '
1 I and where th* y arc really ungrateful, I
re otiiy fo through error ; to whicii !
er, they are not fo fubjeft as ab-1
prince*, who generally deli.
reateft men, and prefer the vib
th? ir c. urt.; pimps, often ruin [> ■ ;
I think 'bat thofe* who moft
free governments-: do not pretend
■j to flicw above four or five inftinces of
itittiJe in the Roman people, from
• tke beginning of their commonwealth to
the end of it, for feveral hundred years ;
and Coriohtnus and Camillas are two of
thofe inltances. |
" As to Coriolatms, he was juftly ba
nifbed, as a declared enemy to tlie I
■ j ity of the government, and eriga:
,an open d-ellgn to opprefs the pe<
which o'efigu lie executed with all G
• net's and contempt, and even on
furrounded like a monarch with, guaios
of the young hat-headed nobility ,
though the people did him no in juftice,
yet, to bt* revenged upon them, he in
vaded his country at the head of a foreign
enemy*
' Ccimillus was guilty of the fame
partiality, though not in tbe fame d.
towards the nobles, and had broki
word with t*e people *. for both which
he wag banifhed : but by living bu
country afterwards, be glorioudy cnu
■l ?11 paft faulti, and was gratetuliy
the fecond founder of Rome, aim
y honored, and even adored to the
end of his life, by that grateful people,
in eveiy inflance where they could fhe w
it. And indeed, all the ingratitude that
can be charged upon them, was, their
oppofing, in their own defence, the en-
Cr oar-bitten tn of the nobility ; and the
excellent laws produced by that oppoti
lewed its reafonabiciiefs and ne
ipio Africanus is likewifs men
-*-*, another great inliance of hi
de in tiie Romans. He was a
nd glorious commander : he had
.. Jfjjnnibal, the moft dangerous fo
j feign foe that the Romans ever had, out
•of Italy, which he had ravaged fu< i
fully m»ny year? ; he had conquered the (
' fame Hannibal in battle, fubuued Car* I
l thage and Africa, and alii (led hii brother
Anaticus in conquering the great king j
I Aiitiochus. For which extraordinnry !
fervices and merit he was the darlin
the people ; who were fa f*r from |
•iteful to him, that they violated
| laws of Rome, and of t!.e:r own fee
ito do him honor ; and not only uuu- a !
j yn.ath their thief magiftrate, but ienrw
'«d tii-- dignity fo often, that the p
1 dent proved pernicious to them. Tlie |
| extraordinary liens taken by him and
1 them, and by them for his fate,
I ofdang«rcua example and coafequenee ; j
and, without his intending it, (hoot the
found-iti .n of Rome, and made W"*y for
; the violent proceedings and ufurpations
[ of Marius, ard afterwards of Ceasar.
" Scipio did likewife another ti,
I which ought by no means to have
j fullered in a free ftate. When ft**
1 cited to anfwer bete-ra the people to tbe I
; crimes with which he was charged, he
j refufed to atif.ver. Upon this very day, j
Imy countrymen, fays he, / vanquished
\ Hannibal ; raid tearing tbe \ \pcrs that
j contained the. charge, walked haughtHy
f out of the aflembly. This was diiown
i ing or contemning the fupreme authority
.' f>f Rome ; yet the people w.-re lo per
j fonahy fond of the man, that they w
decree nothing levere againft him. He
retired to his own country houle, where
he live-! peaceably all tbe reft of his ho-I
norable life.
> people upon earth were i
1 it better : ncr
1 eld they fcarce ever ban's Hi any man till
came terrible to tbem ; andUien it
was time. Nar is there one great abfo
lut'.- monarchy in the world, < r ewst was
from th*; begii ning of it, but deftroytl
cent men in a month, thai the
commonwealth of Rome did in a bun
; drcd yeats; bdidts, that a free (late
j produces more (Treat men in fifty yean,
i/ j .
' than an abloiute monarchy docs in a
! thoufand.
" Thofe who had dote any fignal
i fervice to tbe flate ©f Athens, weie en-
I dowed with eminent privilege*, and cnl
. tingjjifhed with all public, maiks ot ho-
I nor; they had the li ft fr-ats at pu
entertainments and rjircnibiica** tl* ytud
; public flam 3 erected to th m ; they
I towns conferred up n them ;
| were exempted from duties, taxes,
Contributions ; thty weie maintain ci*:
üblic chaige, and f .no times th- ir
es after them ; ihe public reft i
I the injuries dune tbem ; buried th in
•Ay ', made public cr .tit,
! their praife ; portioned out their dai'gb- .
! ters ; and paid lifting honors to tl
nam s. A*d all this at a time when
c honors weie only tbe rewards of
it, r.nd pariiiuonitufly distributed*!
" i'iie Athenians had a particular law
ft ingratitude, and as to ihe Osira
, which may l*em to contradict it,
y which they In iffi ..! for ten years
| fuch great men as vl.ey thought 1 >r
'*• to their ftate. tin ugh they had
rly fetvrd it ; it might to bccn:i
hd r.d in its hi-halt, that tbe Athenians,
j like other free flatei, had fuffcied to much
i from their fi ft rule cit zens, who fup
, prtlfed their li&ei'.y under cob.ur of ad-
I vanciirr i', that they had great reafen
|tobe j alous of fur b. Whoever would
live in a free Hate, mull I've uppri a foot
of equality - r which gre:.t i fficers, ac
cußomtd to command, care not to d ;
and if they do net, they ate ju<tly re
moved. Jt is better that me nun, how
ever innocent, fhould fufTrr, than a whole
people be ruined, or even luvt, if not by
him, yet by his example *, nor ought the'**r
hew, in one in fiance that cannot
harm them, an indulgence, which in
other ai:d future inftatsces may be *
overthrow. Ik-fides, the Ostracism*
nothing from any man, but a power ot
ing every,man ; it affiled not l
j goods, nor their perfons, nor even their
' name ; and Lft them their lull
-•-■> and their full l.beity eve y
where but at Athens j whither, after ten
j ycaut, they had a right to return, and
| were often recalled much fooiier. It
j was lifcewife made ufe of fomcrti-crtes only
to pacify the fury of the envious, an
ft the innocent from it ; an-l v
fellows came at Uft to ba bam.
by it, ie was hid a Tide.
"The fii ft purpofe of the Osti
was, to k;ep priblic ben ;faft rs
turning public pa. icides, great men 1
being too great, fubjects from growing
i too powerful for tin ftate ;—a rcafoiu-
J bi.* precaution, and praftiftd fome way
j or other by every Itate in the world ; njr
| can ;ti,y Itatre fubfift where it is not orac-
Lven in England, the lunging
oi two or t!.ree great men among th";
many guilty, once in a r.ipn or two,
j would have* prevented mucii evil and
| many dangers and bpprefii->ni, and Lived
this nation many mrlliong.
If we may cculid-r aldolute monar
chy, we lhall lintl it grafted upon ingra
titude, which is blended with the root
ot it. Arbitrary princes cannot, dare
not, be grateful to elevated m.-rit, which
by the tenme of their power ;lu*y ar©
obliged to dread. They oniy confider
j -their fingle feiVrs, and their lepm-ate in**
tereif; and muft cut efT, for their own
fecnrity every man wh f* true g-o y
j nnv edipfe their fali'e, and who draw***
j away, in any drgree, the thoughts and
j eyes of tne people. H they havi
, magnanimity of tli*-ir own, they hate or
fuch as have; or if they aie bi
i.ivcs', tby v il! be jealous of tl
1 who are jno<** fo, or as much. T..e
' firne may be faid of every o.!i-> virtO***.
| They may leap wealth apoD l,iil!'o:.i, St
r dignities fit t ; but cc*
| lebrated virtue, cuiifpicdbus h
ey'i -foes
certain ayeilion. I. they be n.,ud they
'-'.-ill not hear that any one fh-.l 1 be c#
ed j and it they be valued tbem*.
ley wi'.l hate ji v..
Under n,, It of the Ko'r.an emperors,
il»r virtue was ceit.n. death ; übvir
tutes ccrtissimum cxi turn ; and thofe
I rveu .hem moll were fure It ofde-
Itruftion ; nee minuspcriculum ex mag
na fama guam ex rrta'a. Girmmiius,
J who laved the empire of Tiberius, hii
: and father by adoption, by leco-i-
I riling to him the mutinous and re Vol tell
legions, was the fn [\ g-eat f'.cnfice to his
bfy, being poifoned in Asia, whither
fie Was fent under pretence ofcoinmai J
i't.T it. Thus Nero too rewarded Cor
bulo ; and tnus Domitian rewarded At*
ncola ; both the gtcateft 'officers of tl
-iine, and the greatell benefr.6\or? to
ungrateful ;yrants, who nir.cd at
rutting up virtue by the roots ; nor did
Vespasian, the full Roman ;! at
changed for the better, prove much nn>re
grateful to Antonius Primur, who
fignally lerved him and paved |;« way
to the imperial diadem.
'• It were endleft to mention other
• abiolute mcnsiCi.ies. They are til an