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the fit period. Mr. Secretary Fox said he cared
not how short it was, and if the gentlemen op
posite to him could undertake to fay, that the bill
would be received with equal candour in the o
ther house, and meet with as little obftrudtion
there ; in short, that it would pass the Lords in as
brief a space of time as it was likely to pass the
Commons, he would agree to limit its operation
to one month, but as that was not a matter upon
which he could depend, he must propose fix
weeks.
Mr. Arden, and the rest of the gentlemen smil
ed, but not chufing to undertake for the other
House, Mr. Secretary Fox's motion was put and
agreed to.
The bill at length passed the committee.
The whole of this debate, ifit can be so term
ed, was conduced in perfect good humour; and
it was agreed on all hands that it was better po
licy to treat the Americans generally, than to go
into the question, whether they were to be con
sidered under any of the three diftin&ions of Bri
tish fubjedls, aliens or a people [ui generis, as Mr.
Burke had a few days since defined them.
RICHMOND, (Virginia) June 14.
Overtures have been made to Congress by
the States of New-York and Maryland, by which
the former have offered to cede to Congress, the
township of Kingston, in the said ftate,as the
future feat of Congress, together with an ex
empt jurifdiaioh therein, and the establishment
of such judicatories as'Congrefs shall think pro
per. The state of Maryland have offered the
city of Annopolis (with the unanimous con
currence of the inhabitants to subject themselves
to the jurifdi&ion of Congress) the Assembly
House for the sessions of Congress ; the Govern
or's house for the President, and to build an hotel
for each Rate at the expence of Maryland, pro
vided it does not exceed 30,0001. together, with a
jurifdiaion of whatever nature and extent Con
gress may judge necessary over the city and 300
acres of the adjoining land.
The advantages that will derive to any state,
in which Congress (hall establish the feat oftheir
future sessions, will, we doubt not, be fully
weighed by the legislature of this Rate ; and the
convenience which atfirft view presents itfelf in
favour of the city of Williamsburg for that pur
pose, in which there are large, elegant, commo
dious public buildings now vacant, and a consi
derable tra& of public lands thereto adjoining,
when added to the superior advantages of its cen
tral situation to all America, will certainly coun
terbalance the liberal offers of the state of New-
York and Maryland, or of any other state.
WILMINGTON, (Delaware) June 25.
This day a brig arrived here from New-York
the master's name Thomas Rawling (formerly a
resident of this state) and in the earlier part of
the late war, abandoned his country in the time
of her distress, and joined, aided and abetted the
British forces in America—Upon Rawlings
coming on shore, and notice therefore being giv
en to the Magistrates, they sent for him, and ve
ry judiciously ordered him to depart the state by
9 o'clock the next morning, acquainting him at
the fame time, that if his vessel was consigned to
any other person not coming under his diferip
tion, such freedom of trade would be granted,
in such case as the fubjeds of the King of Great
Britain are entitled to.
PHILADELPHIA, June 25.
Two companies of Pennsylvania troops lately
arrived here by water from South-Carolina, and
it is said the remainder are Shortly expe&ed.
The Lady of the Honorable Major-General
Greene also arrived in the vessel which brought
those troops.
Within these two weeks past several corps of
Continental troops have arrived in town, from
different parts, previous to their being difeharged
in consequence of the peace.
Since the 3d of May near 200 vessels have ar
rived at this port from abroad, most of which
have brought valueable cargoes.
The people in general, impressed with the just
ideas of the utility of the five per cent, impost,
regret its mifearriage, and begin to experience
the baleful effects of apernicious opposition. Had
it been laid, agreeable to the Financier's plan,
the duties which would have arisen on foreign
articles already imported, would have produced
a handsome fund for a speedy diminution of ar
my debts; and the soldier's distress might have
been greatly alleviated by a generous payment,
besides the liquidation of his account, on receiv
ing a difini^QU from the service.
Further particulars brought lad -iveek by the Jhib
Castle Douglas.
Colonel Barre, a principal adherent of Lord
Shelburne, on the eleventh of April took the
oaths and his feat for Calne, in Wiltfhire, (a bo
rough of His Lordship's) his eye fight is so ex
ceeding bad, that he was obliged to be led about
the house by a member, and when he came to
sign his name the clerk guided his hand to the
place. He wore a large pasteboard covered with
green silk over both his eyes, and seems to have
fuftered much from his late illness. Lord North
has appointed Mr. St. John, of Lincoln's inn,
to be his Under-Secretary, which fully evinces
that his Lordship is influenced in his choice of
public men, by a regard to their talents and
their fitnefs for the departments they are to fill.
The late. Lord Chancellor Thurlow, united in
the closest confederacy with his Grace of Rich
mond, soon commenced a distant cannonade on
the Duke of Portland. For the source of the
learned Lord's opposition, nobody Can be at a
loss who is acquainted with the views and prin
ciples of certain Peers, to whose patronage his
LordOnp is entirely indebted for his political ele
vation. The noble Duke is said to have deeply
relented the indifference of his friends in the
lower house, who shewed a backwardness in se
conding his Grace in his mifpreprefentations of
the conduct of Lord T. in the ordnance depart
ment, and is reported to have declared his fixed
determination not to co-operate with men, who
would not join him in loading with unmerited
imputations the character of an old deferring
officer. Hence arises the political phenomenon
which so much astonishes the public The great
sticklers for parliamentary reform and equal re
presentation, united with the determined foe to
reform and innovation, have modestly conjoin
ed their efforts against the present ministerial
coalition. The candor of their procedure is ful
ly adequate to the decency and consistency of
their conduct. The law Lord threatens and
blusters with all the effrontery of an old Bailey
Solicitor, while his profelite opens his fyfteni of
cavil, objection and embarrassment, his evolu
tions of attack and opposition, with all the dull
and Ready uniformity of a Chelsea Pensioner;
and after all what is their fubje& of complaint
against the Duke of Portland ? His Grace has
been in office a very short time, and has been
guilty of the criminal negligence of coming
down to the House of Peers, without having in
his Pocket a system regularly digested in refpe&
of the conduct, which this country is to hold
towards Ireland. Do their Lordships so soon
forget that they took eight months to prepare
and digest the plan, ostensibly brought forward
by that noblest statesman Lord Sydney ? Are
they not fearful of loosing all confidence with
the people by such a total disregard ofjuftice and
candor ? Should we cast our eyes on the lower
house, we find Mr. Pitt and Mr. Jenkinfon
leagued in the ftricleft conjuaion, and exclaim
ing that we shall loffe all the benefits of the trade
with America by the inattention and delays of
ministers, and the alacrity of our rivals, who
have wifely resolved to profit by our supineness
and negligence. It is impossible to restrain an
emotion of indignation at the audacious impu
dence of such complaints from men, who in the
whole course of a negociation of nine months,
paid not the flighted regard to commerce, and
who have spent above two months in altering,
piecing, and modifying a plan so wretched and
defective, as to excite the most general alarm in
the commercial world. It is fortunate that these
men have so early shewn the cloven foot, and
manifefted to the people the dangerous princi
ple on which the opposition to the prefect mi
nistry is founded.
NE W-Y OR K, June 2s.
On Wednesday lad arrived here his Majesty's
fliips Nonfuch and Solitaire, in fourteen days
from Antigua; they are only half manned.
We are happy to inform our readers, that the
brig Terrible, which failed from this port some
time ago, bound to Antigua, and supposed to have
been loft, is fafe arrived at that port.
Yesterday arrived the ships Ladies Adventure,
Captain Humble, from St, John's in the Bay of
Fundy, and by letters from thence we are inform
ed, that the new settlers were getting under cov
er, and had planted potatoes, and sowed a great
quantity of ground with all the eilentials for
their future comfort and fubfiftance, and theie
appeared the most perfect content and fatisfa&ion
ambngft the inhabitants of the several settlements
on that river.
TO BE SOLD,
At PUBLIC AUCTION,
On TUESDA Y the Bth of July,
At the Auction Store in Hartford,
Several elegant Silver Watches.
Bar Iron and German Steel.
Small Arms of the best kind.
Wall Pieces and Carbines.
Carpenters, Joiners, Cooper's and Blackfmithl
Tools.
Four Waggons and Harness.
Camp Kettles, Waggon Covers, Old Tents,
Curry Combs, Brushes, &c. &c.
Fresh LISBON LEMONS, by the Box or
Dozen, at private sale.
The Hartford Stage Waggon,
WILL leave David Bull's Inn, on eveiy Monday morn
ing at four o'clock, and go to New-Haven the fame
day, Wednesday morning at the fame hour leave New-Ha
ven and return to Hartford, and on Friday morning proceed
to Springfield, and return to Hartford the next day, every
attention will be paid to make it agreeable to the Ladies and
Gentlemen who will favor him with their custom and eve:y
favor gratefully acknowledged, by their humble Servant,
JACOB BROWN.
N. B. The Stage will leave Smith's Coffec-Houfe New-
Haven and Parson's Tavern Springfield.
Just come to hand and now Selling
By ASHBEL WELLS, jun.
At his Store at the South-End of the Great-
Bridge, in Hartford, on the mo&reafonable
Terms for Cash or Securities,
CHOICE Madeira, )
Lisbon, and)
Fyall, Vines.)
Best Jamaica Spirits.)
1 p< r ^ or c^^
Holland & Country Gin.)
Clove Water.)
London Porter, and )
Molasses.)
Best English loaf and Mufcovado Sugar.
Nutmegs, per Pound, Pepper, Allspice, Railins,
Rice, Indigo, &c.
ALSO, a large and compleat Assortment of Crockery,
confiding of China, Dclph and Cream-coloured Ware.
July 8, 1783.
TO BE SO L D,
BY the Subscriber, in the city of Albany, 4842 acres of up
and intervale land, being part of a patent granted to
Ebenezer J; ffep and others, on the lalt bank of Hudson's ri
ver and weft of Queentborough, known by lots No. 1, 2,4,
8.9, 10, 13,14, and I§. An iridifputable title will be giv
en to the purchaser, by
ABRAHAM BLOODGOOD,
Albany, June 18, 1783.
NOTICE is hereby given to all the non, residents tfet
own lands in Berkbemßead society, that a race or tax
was granted by faidfociety ofaoL lawful money, on the rich
of May, 1780, on the lift iflo, to defray the minifteruT
charges of said society for the current year. And at a rbciri,
meeting, May 17, 1781, was granted 20!. to defray the mb
niftcrial charges of said society for the current year,—alfo
two-pence an the pound to defray society charges, both on
the lift 1781. And at a society meeting, December io, 1782,
was granted fix-pence on the pound on the present lilt, to be
laid out towards building, Mceting-Houfe for said focictv,
and also granted two-pence on the pound on the present lift,
for schooling within faid'focicty ; and atan adjourned meet
ing of May 12,1783, was granted two-pence on the pound
on the present lift, to defray the ministerial charges of the
current year. This is therefore to warn all the non-rtfident
owners of land in the said society of Berkhemftead, to meet
us the Subferibers at landlord Cafe's, in Berkhemftead, on
Thursday the 31st of July irritant, and pay said taxes or they
may expe&their lands will be fold at said landlord Cafe's,
on Thuifday the 21st of August r ext, as the law diicds.
JOHN IVES, jun. )'
EZRA CASE, ) r A
MOSES SHEPARD,)
AARON ALLYN. )
Berkhemftead, July 1, 1783.
r jrAKEN up about the 20th of May last, a forfel HORSE,
about 13 hands high, trots all, a Rar in his forehead,
branded ,t, on the near shoulder. The owner is defined to
prove his property, pay charges, and take him away.
ASAHEL STONb-
Ncw-Milford, June 26, 1783,
Admiral Man died in April, at an adr^ c 4
age, and was buried at Greenwich.----- Lor!
North,will, in June next, move up to (he Hero:
of Peers; and there, as Secretary of the Sra ,
aflift his Grace of Portland, Firit Lord of t!..
Treasury, in the conduct of national affairs
Mr. Silas Deane, of Connecticut, was pre
sent to hear the debates in the gallery of-the
House of Commons, on the 16th of April.
Mons. Van Berkel, appointed Minister Pleni
potentiary from the States General, to the Thu -
teen States of America, will set offin June, for
the place of his destination. He will fail in th :
Hercule, of 64 guns, M. de Melvil ; the Cen -
taur, of 44, La Ceres, of 40 guns, and two other
frigates, will accompany Le Hercule.