The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-06-18

albion and fpirit, who were often foragiag in
tr"t DesbS, or ezafOaiag in Piceadiky, prev US to
| ihsIr parade in Rotten Ro10! at a time when
they ihould be drilling & exerciGng th4mlelves
and Others to Proted and iecure thcir inheri
lance. Mr.. ). then adveried 70 the French,
and drew lively pisure Of their overgrown
power, and their enormous fchemes Of rspir-
and plumber. Nothing could equal the foft aud
toothing language they advanced to a country
previous to tleir attempting its conqueR They
were coming 10 grant liberty to Aaves, To pro
tect the weak, to dilute happiness and felicity
every where; but lad their conduit hitherto
accorded with iuch declarations AMI could
there be any people 70 infatuated, 10 befooled,
10 belotted, as 10 believe Iu-h aderri rs ? No,
they wIIhsd % take away or lips, our commerce,
or cGIb, the veIy bones, iinew, & he lrt's bo1d
OF the naton.-The Roman repub'ic, in the
times Of its g.eatef fplendo1, f ught only for
tame, and gave back counties as fcon as con-
quereds and thus did Sparta, the glory Of an.
Gent Greece. But was fuch felf.dcnial in the
character Of modern FRANCE, Whole ambition
was only equailed by her luxnry-who RrippeL
her new conqnelts of every monument Of an.
Gent art, and whole aim it was 10 make Paris
the mart and capital Of the univarle MIR. S.
then proceeded to explain the nature of the una
nmity he recommen ded, he meant al unaai,uity
agaiaf ne Frcrcb he would not have il under.
food that be had formed any political union,
and made any compromise with the mnher !;
be declared that bis political enmity was ire
concileable TO the preient administration, but
lhould think himItlf the m anea Of mankind, i,
from preference 10 party praIle, from enm;ty TO
the right honorable gentleman, from prejudice
70 friends, and above all, if from baie and
unmanly fear Of bringing himlelf into peril
Gus fituation, he ihould refrain from doing ev
cry thing with his whole heart and foul 10 refilt
The WORT calamity that could b fl the country.
Mr.. 5 then alluded to bill which was pa1ing
in the upper houfe fer the tufPeniion Of the
Hsbeas Corpus act, and which he did not think
(anxious as he was to adopt every msans to
fave the na'ion) was neceilary, and concluded
IN he following terms =" A few words be
( Is my IuICntion Upon lone Iu1uTU Goy5 %
brig forward a dilcuaion ufer that iubjea
only mention the cafe # Ireland now, to thew
that the man fcrew is in part gone. / viii
not enquire where the blame may at'ach-l
viii merely FAY, that TO COVE nn1ent ever yet
loll the he IT'S Of the majority Of peoPl- with
out III fulc or micondud. How thol- in
LELAND may feel differently from what ! 90 on
this fide the water. will not FAY. l only mea-
ION the lubjc6t 10 prove, that If Ireland Is
part Of our weakn,f, and ut Of our itrength,
that this is Ten told reafon fo- routing the zeal
and animal ng the fpirt Of this country againa
the enemy"
Mr. Pitt rofe, and expreGed his fatisfaSlion at
the eloquent and impreaive manner in which
Mr.. S. delivered his fentiments on the main
queRion He then went into vindCation OF
the meafure, that had been adopted in Ireland
The folicitor general brought in bill to pre-
vent the tranlrntting of money, or other effects
in payment OF d-b:s due 10 any peiion 10 swift
LELAND.
HOUSE OF LORDS, AbtH %.
TIE Duke Of Portland brought down a mel
lage from his majetty in fubltance as follows ;
His maieGy recommends it TO the houle
to confider Of the necelary me tlures for enab-
ling his maieity to make fuch remIttdnces to
Ireland, from time to time, as fhall not exceed
tile fun Of two millions, upon tile authority OF
the Parliament Of Ireland, on provilicn being
made for the interea and charges upon loan
to that amount"
LONDON, APRIL I'll.
It is Rated in fome Of the papers Of yefer-
day, but from what authority we have not been
able to learn, that in the corretPondcnci dfco-
vered at Manchester, it appears TO have been
part Of their plan 10 Et fire 10 Lon@on. In one
of the letters found, certain perfons, members Of
the corresponding iocieties, complain that THY
Eavs 10 arm5, and that for want Of them ihey
cannon act with any comfortable etf-d. In an
twer to this application, hey are, told by their
brethren at Mancheder, slhe bea arms you
can employ, is fire !"
From letter from gentleman who was at
! Rene when the French took poheaion 81 it,
i appears, The cquie Of lie di1conttnt Of the
French army at Rome was thcir not having
I received anv nav for five months pat. No mo-