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^ % (V.OL. I.) THE , (NUMB, 4s.): AND GENERAL A I) V E R T I S E R. r H U R S D A ‘Y, January 29, 1789. L L A N Y Trom the MASSACHUSETTS CENTI N *1^l\ The conversion. A FRAGMENT. «* Frsm trivial caufrs great events arife." — A VONIUS was a confidcr.G decided nial content.'^— Witfi him, a thinj to be hated, n«cd not but meet svith eeneral admiration. “ When the new ConAitution was firfi promul^ed, Avoniin was jHer.ton the fuhjeti ; But when its merits were generally known, ai^ciits excellence univerfally acknowledged, Avonius zealoufiy eoncemned it—■—It ^t cre, befaij^ tht rtarks cf d.-fprt- nim^and ibe ftr.uns cf tyrarny jheived tbcmfclva in every line : In Ihcrt, with Avorluj, irvai the WerJ} fyj'em ever fermed hy ma’i. Alter it had been ratihed by Nine States—.-.nd the petple no longer Icund a nccefiity in warmly efpoufing it, Avoniui be came idf* its eppofer i and at length, icftened down to a warm Amendmentite ; 1 hen Animd.nents and alter itions o( fsme j^rtswcTz the burden of his fong—Ins morning and evening me ditation. At this time, Avonius bod occafion to travel Into a neighbour ing Rats On the read lived an old clafTmate—and Avonius l aving j romifed never to “ pafs without c.-.ij;ng,” made his I rule his nronday Aage. It was fome.vhat late, but his friend 1 aci 2 tine Turkey rcaAing ct t!ie Arc—wliich, wi-h other ccun- tr’ crtc*, ftemed to prentije to Avenius a good dinner. Brirgfeatcd, the favourite topic w.as broached -But, alas, th* Iriend of Avonbis was :• Aaunch rcd-ralift : the difeuAion theretcs’c was w'-rc^y, and, on the part of Avenius, v/arm. ■ — *1 it? fu nrsions tc dinner, however, put an end to it. In^^iuclions had pr«viuui1y been eive».—‘‘ Take asanv flat ]' ^iiiitiiTlIr Srnff- myn^'urr,''. vini.-.ered ills lady, badyeu ret letter tky ithef.rexeu eerdcrr.n r.—yiuKay he derrived—~—BtJldts, 1 cave faksr. nnci'pa ns in tj-e , ■ klry^arJ ujay (be it l.ck: like a ^:cJ cne."~~** Ko^no, y d jr, it will n:t doy ry ft sen ! .dvenius ins cimr-nred n-.e, tlat a •■■T he tr;C(i te re p’ «vcd—;r is-net good’—f y»l>n tale ■■ -■■‘-- v. —Avonius ftit the force of bis friend’s vit, but vrai lorpiTed tofee the fervant, with all imaqir.ab)c//;:p-//-c;/, carry ing cA the I urkey. He fatd nothing; but pirt^akinj of the e ..cr things of the table, lie made cut to damyen bis aj pciite a I tile. Kis Irisnd pledged him in a glfs of good wine, but not a vYcrd about the 1 urkey or the CcntVtution Dinner being orer, AvoniusWd his friend farewfll, and rl>e tavern being then feveial mile-, diilant—the hour for meals being patTed and he intr l?! able hungry, the fcales fell from his eyes !»e faw and cuiR'd ilic abfurdity cf his political tenets, and his lines return- a \varni advocate for the CunAitution’s having a fair trial before it is altsr ed. EUROPE, D U R L I N, 061:ober 15. Y esterday thc vcnerahlc Earl Nugent, father “of our Vicc- ^^iycen, paid the great debt of nature, at an age no ]efs honoured than ad vanced, at the houfe of Gen. O’Don- ucll, in this dty. His Lordfhip was a branch of the Weftmeath family, and originally feated at Carianftown, near Caftle Pollard, in the farric county.— Though born to a har^fome eftate, his vivacity and afpirin'g genius led him early to England, where confpi- cuoui merit foon procured him the eflcem of all good judges. In or about the year 1748, wc find Mr. Nugent reprefentative for the city of Briftol in *hc Britilh Houfe of Commons, and a favourite of the late Prince of Wales, who gave him an honorable employ ment in his houlhold. His reputati- oAfop excellent underftanding, great knowledge of the wodd, and above all, an unbiafled integrity, which illu minated his charafter at every period of life, cncrcafing with,, Ins y^rs, hii late Majefiy was pleafed Jo advance fo worthy a fubjeft to the Peerage, by the Ryle and title of Baron Nugent, of Carlanftown, and Vifeount Clare; which being Irilh honours, did not de prive the Houfe of Cononson.s, to whom his Lordlhip had long been a political compafs, of the light and afiifiance de pendent on his great experience and knowledge of our cxccllehf conftitii- tion, on which no fmiles of Court or honours of Royalty, could induce him to make or fuffer the„ leaft infringe ment. Pic was the fteady friend of liberty, his Sovereign^ |[nd the laws. He adviftd and aided Minifiers, when the public meafuret^iW-erc conducive to the people’s Welfare^ and happinefs, but as firenuoufly oppoled them when his nice confcience and fuperior fenfe informci him, that fomething rotten was to be impofed on the ftatc of Great- Britaiii. The honours his Lordlhip had already received, blocimed fo fair' on his vcnerable brows, that his pre- fent Majefiy raifed him to the-dignity of an Earl. His country, to which he was always a powerful and fteady friend, has to lament that his rcfidencc in this kingdom was fo late refolvcd on, as to afford juft a glimpfepf that happinefs which a longer life would have perfefted. It has, however, the confolation of receiving his laft figh, and of being the repofitory of as much worth as the foil could produce. By the dcceafe of the Right Plon. Earl Niigcnt, the fortune of his Excel lency the Marquis of Buckingham will be augmented in no lefs a fum “^than 14,000!. per annum. The noble Earl has bequeathed his perfonal fortune, amounting to up wards of 2oo,oool. between two rela tions, the Hon; Col, Nugent, one of the Aids de Camp to his Excellency the Marquis of Buckingham, and Capt. Nugent, of the navy, who is al- fo a member of the Britiili Hoafe of Commons. LONDON, October 20. Arret oj the French King’s Councel cf State of the ^thof OSlober, 1788./cr convoking an Jfjembly of Notables on the T,dof next Novensber. His Majcfty obfcrves, that having caufed to be laid before him an account of the various forms adopted at dilfer- ent periods in convoking this Aflem- bly j and that a multitude of difputss . relative to eleftions confumed a great ! part of the holding of the laft States i General, who frequently complained of the dilproportion eftablilhed for the divifion of fuffiages. His Majefty, ftruck wifh ihefe dif- feient conliderattons, and many others lefs importer, but which united to gether, merir a ferious attention, has thought it his duty not -to referve to the examination of his Council one of the greateft refolutions which govern ment have ever been called upon to take. The King willies that the St.ates. General may be compofed in a confti- tutional manner ; and that the ancient cuftoms may .be refpeaed in all the re gulations, applicable to the prefent time, and in all thcBdifpofitions con- Jformable to reafon and the legitimate rights of the greateft part of the nati on. The king expefts, with confidence from the States General of his king- dotn, the regeneration of public prof- perity, and the ftrengthening of the French Empire. They have then a riglit to be perfuaded that his foie de- fire is to prepare beforehand the ways which may lead to this harmony, with out vyhich all the lights and all the good intentions will become uielefs. His Majefty thinks, then, that after one hundred and feventy-five years fince the States General aflembled ; and after the great changes which liavc arifen in many eflential parts of the public order, he cannot take too many precautions, not only to clearly explain his determination, but alfo to give to the plan which he adopts the moft fo- lid janftion. Animated by an equal fpirit, and yielding folely to that love of good which direas all the fenti- ments of his heart, his Majefty has confidered it as the wifeft part to call to him for the aid of their councils, the fame Notables who alTcmbled, by
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