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L O 'N T) O W - Vnwmher m.
OU;V readers have 'feea the
that have been made iri tlii
WeNTnbnii
THE TWO BILLS.
alterations
cQuimittee
)iHto prevent . feditibus meetings.
them ' to ; renechn g minds , and
.6n, ahd lvW
4th,, 6th,thf jth, 9th roi, j nh, i2th
v 1 3tn J 5th, i 6th, i 7th, otb, 20th ; and .
ciauies in the amendejl biUj are moftly
wordfor word " the fame, as! in the orioinal.
1 neu; meaning is itrictly
. I V. ' . .1-- 1 rv
A finrrle raapriftrateias ftill the power of
tlifperlipg irmeeting, i and in cafe they do not . !
Jepar.ate they ihall be adjudged felons,
anu .man iuirer death as in cales ot teiony;
without benefit of clergy." Ke may arreit
any perfon for, ufnig words' which he may
think are calculated " to itir up the people to
hatred," or contempt of government" and in
caie or what he may cull obitruchon, he may
difperfe the meeting, under the fame penal
ty. Aid in cafe that any perfon orpedons
V ihail hnppert 'tq be killed, manned, or hurt, -
in the difperhng, leizing, or apprehend
ing rhe jniiice "iha.ll be freely diltharged,
ana muernnineu of. orior the ki Lmir: maim
? " or hurttnoffuh perfon or perfons-
. ; And vhrtii in our rnmdsi more importai t
: than any oihet" p;Tt"of the bill, the claule
; -which authorizes' domiciliary' vifits, after the
. , pure model of the fchool of Roberfpierre,
reraajns : by this claufe no dwelling can be
( lacreu; no tavern ciuo, no jociety; no pn-
them is the fill
and the on-,
gup the blanks.
xlialleiige any man to prove that the poifon I ly -addition to
is extinguilhed. . 1; ' , ; .. I ; 1 he . lAti'vand .2 2d .are new laules ttEeH
- i . - -, - w . ... . I '
relates to the commencemmt and duration.
of the bill the 1 4th extends the cower of
as
power 0
the magillrate to places thi are licenfed, a
v eil as to thofe that are . nbt, inflicling the
pcuiiny.yijoci inpre uponreiuiai 01 aumil-
uu;i, as wtu as wnere no icenie nas Deen
obtained. :
In the 1 8th claufe. the differenceis indeeA
very material ri his clauie in the original
exempted, the DifTejntcrs, ''aLcordina 1 the
law of the fidk William: and Mary, "and the
! PapiRs, according to the 3 ill of the prclent
King, irom tne pperatJon or tms our, as weil
as the univerlities of this kinfrdom. Jn the
oi in lavor ot w n tue--s ; and
pills,, anil only protects uielSerritils.
'Ihe-firft
I he country has Ml one mofte leftto pre
vent thefe bills from paflinc into laws out:
i no time Is to be loft. New meetings . HiovlJ
ibe called, and humble petitions fait to-his
JViajeity, praying him to life his royal prero
gative in refufing the royal afient to the bills, ,
ihould they pais in the two hreT"bTparlia-
menti 1? -' '":-,;;::vv-: . ' .
1 he ancient and royal city of York, at a
public meeting of the inhabitants, fummon
ed by the Lord Mayor, came to fpirited re-
folutibns againft the bills now 'pending in
parliament.; j To-morrow there is to be a
p blic meeting of tji'e freeholders of that great .
jcountry, when timuar reiolutions are expec
ted to be carried.-
The large and populous city - of Glafgow
too have come; forward in a , fpirited . manner ,
againft the bills. t .
The county of Northumberland has pe-
titjoned againft the bills, as well as many, o-''
dlt' places.
out of the bill a
greater defcrlpliion of meetings than were ex
cepted in the original bill, and fo far the a
meixled copy is better than the original ; but
as thefe do r.ot extend beyond meetings cal-
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'N A S S A U, (X. P.) December 4.
. Yefterday the privateer fchooner Ranger,
captain. jViackenny, returned here from a
cruife to windward. r s v - , .
: On the 23d of November, alter a chafe of
'12 hours, the Hanger brought to, and cap
tured a French fchooner Packet,, called the
Dilpatch, bound horn Aux-Cayes to Balti-
for any juftice who mall b information up- "I bling together, in direct violation of the fifth , irore, under cover of American" papers, and
on oain, nave reaion 10 luipecc tne worms 1 ariicjerntifie dui 01 1 gnti -vnxn, let it be i loaaea with cohee, lugar, xc- . cne.nau ai
curious) that anyhoufe, room, field, or place, J obferved, was made lor thepcor andpover-s" i board a quantity of fpecie, arid cannon
uic, ui is upcucu oi uicu lur vnc piupuiu yi i -.itis, i ui ihc r;ui anu grem. juui iiiisincoii- iuia ammnintion in me noiu. 1 litre
vate ramily even can bi late agamit the tor- led by aldermen, head oincers 01 duincts, or
-r cible-.intrufion - erf-the raoris - of office.- - graVid juries, the mafs of the pf ople cre-lia-For
mark the words u it Jhall be lawful ble to the inconveniences cf this bill in al!Vni-
delivering lectures or difcourfes;. or tor pub-'
lie debate, contrary to the provifions of this
act, to go co fucli houfe, room, or place,
and demand to be admitted therein ; and in
cafe fuch- juftice fball be refufed admittance,
trie fame lhall be deemed a dilbrderly houi'e,.
' and every perfon refufing luch admittance
111 all; forfeit one hundred pounds, to any
per fori v ho lhall fue for the fame" , .
A V hat may not be the abufe of this unqua-
lied .nntrage on , the , privacy of families j
AVh t hcrnilefs lodge .of free mafons ; f whit
' body oi relig'ous men, meeting for mutual
. inliruction ; Nhat friendly fociety of neigh-
bours who make themfelves fclect by ballet, .
and who pay a nightly fum for the ey.pences
of their meeting, can be fafe after this bill
lliall pafsinto a law? What private houfe
even may not be violated, under the pretence
of an information ? We know of what ma-
. terials common informers are compofed : and
it is not an unwarranted conjecture that even .
jullitcs'may befound fo.devoted to power as
to violate that which the ' principles of the
conftitution call the caftle of ail Knglilhman.
t This bill has with truth been afilrtcd to be .
on cxtinAion, diredly and pointedly, of the
feeds and fourccs, the clement and germina-,
tions, of civil freedom in this country. A
demolition of that on which ftauds the wide ;
fabric ofBritifli liberty, freedom of thought,
freedom of communion, freedom of difcuJhon,
freedom of. petition, (growing in 'the very
heart and vitals of a free itetc, even if it were
not confc( rated by exprefs laws) in a vcrd,
that which conllitutes the clfcncc of our go
vernment, without which, whatever liberty
remains to u is comparativ ely nothing, even
if that remainder muft not foon totter, after,
its foundation is removed by paQ.ng thc bills.
" Mr. Adair, in the committee, laid in fub
fiance, that thcrirfit of diftuli.nc the con.J
duel of minillcrs remained untoiuhcdby this
bill, and thatliy the alteration in the triti-
cipal daufes there would now he an end of'
imfreprcfentation, for the gre.it rnevance
wa remedied, that wc affirm this Wl, as it
ftands at this moment, ii more dngrroui
and detcftable than before it went imo that
cpmsnittcc.
, 'flic original bill confiftcd of twenty two
itaufcs 1 tlic amended bill of the fame, miv..
Ur, with fomc compl-cflion and trai.uliti-
veniu.c : links into 1 oihiug, before the other ' 1 kewife on board difpatches for the ational
evils ct this hill, " tor where the. malady is convention,' cafed lnleaden covers, weU lol
plactd, the leiler is. force ly felv" An in- dered. and fixed with iron rings ; one of ,i
convenience in the mode- t meeting is a trifle thefew'as' feenred, the - others had been ;
erboard. Dilpatchcs from Mr.
HanmiOrtcF'to Gen. Willijnifon at St. ljo-
light as cir,in coirparifon to the bloc dy. con- :: throfov. overboard. Difpatches from Mi
V miM'f , v.v 1, .1,,. i,i,' ".'Lv tv: lT-!!li75rJiJ,-. n Trm; .n q r,.
day has ho:fled over the heads of the people
of England. ' - ,
No meeting of msre than 50 perfons crn
be, held cthtrv. il'e 'than ui'der this aft. At all
mcetitgs, v hether convened according to
the provifens of this act, or in neglect of
them, any magillrate has the right ro -.arrefl
any fpeaktr at his difcretion. 1 'e has a right
to difperfe the meeting ; and if 12 perlons
remain one honr.after hisroclamatioii, he
has a rght to ordeVthofe tol)ekQie(I7a!leTTr
indemnified, toVethcrwiih all his allftants,
mil.tiry ir.d civil, from ail conlequences !
If the pericn r.rreiied by the iulliee ihould
in ny way re lift, the penalty is ticath. ,
it any ptrlon 11 ou!d in ar.y way, aid the
fpeaker lb arrtfted, the pemhy is death.
Jf more than 1 2 crfons rtira:n one hour af
ter the mag Urate orders the meeting to dif.
pcrle the pen Jty is death.
If any nim vr pcrlors Ihould oppofe the
mr.g'Urate, .1 y arm or without ; in the words
of the aa nub, ii they l.':unld " in any man-"
ncr,ler, hit der, cr hurt," the jnfticcorhls
afliftants, r ctftrud them in anyway, the '
penalty U death 1 death I death !
1 rem lu.h a law may the Almighty . God
defend t ur country,, ourfelvcs and our pof.
tcr!t I I
- lU'.cx r. Do rot promoters of thefe bills
fuhjeel themfclvrs to an arra:gnracn; for high
teaon, for eneltavouring to procure laws,
which in the application for the ri.yal alTent
may fiiirly be eemilrtud into atfs lending to
mitigate hij A'.tjeliy to violafc his coronation
oah, bywlrch he iworc to maintain invklatc
even' article of the Bill i f Plights, the 5th of
bh dfclares ' that it is the ripht of the-
fuhjeils to petition the K'nt and that all totn
in.tn.r.iUai.'d pro'cctitionslor fuch petitioning
are X " 0,1c cf the conditieMis by which
ti c l.ou'p of BruniVick holds the crown of
tlulekiug toms? . .
'i licfc bills e are informed, are to be
fo'.lov.cd by a b 11 wh'th will at b ce blot out
fro-nourfyiU"! xhi frcnloin of thc prcfi, by
oLliui every iun to Ctgn hijnamc to err-
mingo were alfo found on board, fuppoled .
to be taken with a French officer in ourfer
v'c?, and w ere going to M. Adet, the Frencli
Niiriifter arrhdadelphia- 1 here were like
wife difpatehes from Gen. Riga'ud to Nf. A
det, under the care of ci izen Blanche, co-'
lonel by Brevet, and Lieutenant-colonel of .
the legion Egalite, (RigaudVowu corps ) '
In the pale of wind, on the 25th, carry-
jZ PrcsiLail t0 Set nt0 a harhour the
prize very unfortunately overfct, and by the
weight of the c?nnon far aft was carried down
ftern forcmoft in a few minutes. , '
'I he Hanrcr found on fliore at Marycna-
ra, a fchooner bilged, without any ' perfon
on board. At iiehcagna flie found an Ame
rican Ihip, bound from ; New-York for Ja
maica, on jh-orc, got her off, and enabled
her to proceed on her voyage. ,
December 18. . ;
Yefterday 18 Frenchmen were brought to .
here in tlirec harbour Ifland vclTels from A
baeo. They were the crew of the. Parficn-4
ne, a French privateer ' fchooner' : from
Charlcfton, which was enft away about a
fortnight fmee near the Whale Key. The
crew lay they had their guns and other mil
tary ftorcs in the hold, and were going to
. Cuba for more hanels. v
Decemler 25.
' n brig Telegraph Mariner from Ha
vannah for Philadelphia, was driven alhore
in a gale of wind, at 5 o'clock A. Mi on
!onday the 1 4lh inftant on Sandy Key Uccf.
The rnafts were immediately cut away tofc
wire Uc vclTcl, then bearing head on the
Beef. r !All the people pt fafc an.orc pu the "
Icy, -.with fome provilion3,' bnegnge, and -alio
about 40,000 dollars. '' On Tuefday tlw
15th, the Hoop Jane, from Norh-Carolina,
fell mith them, and brought intcliigenct
of their fituatbn to this place ; upon whkh
fcvcral vclTels went oil to their aiTiftance. Ot
Monday, lail, the Hanger, Mackenny, pt '
tothcni,' ind took the people withwlutthe-
had feenred on board, 'and returned hen
yefterday. , 1 ' ' -
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