r . . , . : . .. . w r r 3tr.
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IN U VKi i L
7 P A Vx I S,'' Xov. 'm
rT"rf E MePirnger fent to Lcndou by Lord
Aaimel&ary-is-m u rned , and the nego :
ciati.'ns ar: relumed, hey have at lalt
made a. ftcp "-forwards : -for afcerii!dil1aly re.
fufihjr to explain himfelf on. the" principle of
"t -oaipii;tio:ir -let fortfrh Lord -iVJal.mlWy1-our
learned Mimfter afiiimes in the moil poft
i':ve mariner,1, enlightene'dno ' doubt; by a '
fortnight iiud, and alfo a little by "the 1 effort '
of the writer; who proved to him that there
vas no impropriety in acknoA'le'dging . this
prlnc'ple,,'and- tliVtii ttas' indeed- pledging
oarfel vcvfyr - Jyry lktle : hecaufe referved
Ufa tiij.i'i pywer'of ftcwsng .ourfelves as
difficult as v. e pleale ';rc(ift'ing ... the. nature
and the-'ii: of ,the exchanges a;id propdr-;
tionate coiiJpenl;nns At ieliit the firit d.f
iiculty or formality has been done aw jy, which '
is rtainlfomcthing,as the r.fHcLljdiplprna-
tw. m ass win 1 new
corps;? Ahd Avliat was thnence"of that f Tic
appointment?' r .
Mr W indham rcpiicd that ths ti)$ik al
.... . Jt out Pier ipdtcntiafy, inftead of his laft '.
y ':'. liuljj.:' ; ,.:iuAcr...jiau r-iurneu mar wn ra ;
r.e 1.0W gives, and formerly admitted, as he'
1:0, doe?, the principle of compehfation he '
.vo-;id have accelera'ed the'ifibe of the nego
tiation by a fortnight, and would have not.
appeary-do " be a man who quisles and
recedes, and pretends to have already faid,
whit iii fadt iie lVi hn Tr CAA. Wi .V.!u
...... . ... .,w , r v lijiiim, uu
u.tj. vji .iuM n Hiiic lcisuryncis ana al
perky.o langua-r- ; 'byi his diplomatic educa :
tioa cannote per'lectcd all at once.
luded to was ioiportant as w ell as new that ,
n was penormea by a perion who held ano
ther office," and that he was not prepared to
" fay vhat wast he amountlof "the falaries. '
General Tarleton combated fome of the
ftatemcnts in the eftimates, after which he
went into fome general topics, refpefting '.the
-ew a rangementsabout to be made in the
iUajid of St. Domingo. He underdood, he
faitfr that a corps of 10 or 1 2 thoufand men
was to be fent to Portugal, and if we had
fuch a nuiiiber, to fpare, it w-as. x a great
hafdfliip to harralV every gentleman who kept .
a horfe with fuch inconveniences as were felt
from the cavalry tax. , He apprehended that
it would be very difficult for any officer with
fuch troops as cpuld now be fpared him. to
gain any reputation in the defence of Portu
gal and was afraid that they would fare juft
-as Well as Holland Mdourallies ia -the MeHET
terranean. -
Mr; "crjcarrf moved the fum oFone 'mil
lion nirfe thoufand pounds for the fervke of
the Ordnance.
. Mr. Fox aflced whether in that fum was
included the expenceof arms for the addition
al cavalry. A rumour, he faid, had gone
abroad hitherto uncontradicted, that, either
iioman alteration in the fituation of the
BT 1 . . - J- V r wi miiyiiiw u.
V i,ord M Jmthnrf ' snAvpr ulU ' miA .,U .1. .. .a T '
,t ' - -- i-'..w,iuuii . c ivm s.vuuuuy, uiai iitt was loon to oe re
do. r.ot fupfehe will fe d to his Cabinet by ) pealed, or, ' at haft would not be acled up.
a Conner, .as the ou'eltnn addrpflVd H, ! n. -
.nnr mliil h-itTa KnArt r.MAr i- it 1- .
.: '"im.ni, wc man
fee, whether he will alfo make ufe of mere
franknefs in his ovcrrures wiicther he will
reiinqnifh his perplexing ami dictating cmirfc
v-'th men who dffpife and cannot patient!
it. 11 r f 1 t
Dear nicnei iyoi rorm u.tics
required and the general who comtnand-;
. td in that diftncl:, recommended itaffarthir
G Tarletori thdaght erra 1 iooKW
much for the protecW of a few fiftin
boats; . ; ... - ' -' : .: ' : .
CaptrBerkelf fenced hjnv that Dbver 7
was a great depot for ; naval and military
. itores. ' , . in ' '
U . B L T N Dec 6;
By a gentleman juft arrived ft cm PcPuft
we arehuppy to learn, that the inhabitants of
-that wealthy town are in a itate of the' nioft
perfeA tranquillity ; that the purluits of com
merce nd manufacture "were at floformer pe-;
riod more feduloufly followed, and that every'
thing carries the.air of peace and induftryv
y 1 he whole of the county of Antrin we are
pleated tohnd enjoys the fame uninterrU ;ted
tranqviilhty; nota parifh Jn jthas-bfeett diO
turbed, even for a day , of eourfe riot orve ha
been proclaimed. , " : '!-.
Thar ot the two Governments whuh 'uh-
cut, Joung itfelf in thelubyrinth of formaihTcs
llrili announce with precilion and moderation
the principal condition upon vhicK it willies
to negcKtate, w-.H prove the ti lct rity of its
pacihV inteniions, conciliate the ger-tr.il opi.
- r;on, and mcke it a 1 rrible w capon aguidt
itsenemy. It would be orih. of the Directory
to let this great and tine example of Lyalt) and
good faith.
L O N D O !r rECi- 2.
HOUSE of COMMONS.
. Df.c. 2.
BUDGET.
Mr. Pitt gave notice, he would defer
what he intended to otfer' on the ways and
means to Wcdncfday next. .
Mr. Fox, o.ilidering that the Jubject of
Finance would lead int j much dilution, was
dcftr.mihat'cftiin.ite of the navy debt up to
the end of November, (hould be la d before
the litmfe. 'J hcprcleut acc)ui.ti uerctrude
up o )ly to the end of ()ftobcr.
Mr. Pitt faid ,t was hii wi:!i, that thofeas
well as all other accounts, fi.oiddb nude up
S to the Licit date poil.b'c..
bJlPi,Y.
The Secretary at War having r.;ovcd the
clli'intes of the army
r. Grey wifhed to know uhrn the ex-
trn rJm incs w ould be brought K.rwai d ?
Mr. Pitt replied. tha.-armsfcrtheadditL
onal cavalry were included in theprefent efti.
mate. As to the rumour mentioned by tlie
Right Hon Gentleman, it was the firlt time
it had coife trjhheixsv He had indeed heard
that fome dijfy-idties had arifen'in the detail
of the provi;ioas, which may fender an ex
planatory aft 'proper in the ctJlirfe of the fef
tion; bu:he apprehendedi there w as. n
thing that could obftruft the execution of a
mealurc, which he comidered as neceffary at
this moment, for the welfare and fecurity of
the country, as he did when he firlt moved
for xt
Mr. M. A. Taylor expreffed his joy at
hVdli g that there would be another oppor.
tunny of dilcuiling this aft, the provifions of
h th he pronounced to be abfolutely imprac
ticb e. The gentlemen who attended tKe
n.tetincsnpon it. interorerrd ir variAnflo .
and he would defy the miniftcr himfelf, or any
man that fat near him, or any man in :he king
dom to conltrue it. . .
Mr. Pitt ironically admitted, that if that
hon. gentleman protend himfelf unequal to
the conltruclion 01 the aft, h Would be hioHy
prcfumptuoustohim, or any other perion,
to arrogate the capacity to do fo. Still, how.
ever, he hoped that he might be excufcd'if
even after th s d.fiouragcment heDiould ven
ttre to attempt it,
Gen. Tarleton objeclcd to the fu np
l",cccl. for lortifications at Dover ' and the
plates adjacent. There was no part of the
khv.dom fo wtll defended by natsre from an
invaf.on of tnc enemy, as the coa,t of Kent j
but ift were o.berwilr, every m.litary man
inuu hc tnatuourcaltlcwafc little calmlat.
- V PHILADELPHIA, Pdi i6:
I h ttertetfthe United States
l Ftbfuary i'c; '
On requeft the Vice Prefidenf of the
United btates beufg excufed fromTurther aN
tendance in Striate during the reffiori, actdrefV
led them as follows: "K .r !
GintUmen of the Senat:. .
If, Jn the general apprehenfion of an in.
tention to retire ia that molt enuncrft 'citizen-,
to whom all eyes had been directed; its : the
ceuterot our. union for fo long a period the J
public opiuion had exhibiied any clear indica.
tions of another; in whom our fellow' citi.
zens would have generally, united j as foon
as 1 read that excellent addrels which an
nounced the neceinty-6f deliberation in the
choice of a Prefident, 1 fliould have imitated
the example of a' character, with which I
hail co-operated, though in lefs cimfpicuous
and important itations, and maintained aa
uninterrupted friendlhip for lw:6 and twenty
years. But. as a number of charafters ap.
peared to itand in the general eltimation, fo
nearly 011 a level, as to render k difficult to
conjefture, on which the majority would
f fail ; conlidering the relation in which I Hood
to .the people ot America, I thought it moft
rel'pectlui to them, and molt conducive to the
tranquillity of the publicmind to rcfign myfelC
with others, a filcrit fnetator'of'the rrn-fal
deliberation and a pallive fubiect of nublic dif.
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Mr. I lit and Mr. Vjnilw,i txpla-nfd, I cdioicidtheatt.uk of an enemy, and if
.t it watuUMl to make thcniuntoth. -jn
Ill t it was ufiul to make them up to the 2 1 it
c,i iciru ry, iTiore wjucn it couiJ iiot
c..iiif it..our dtTanging the cuilomary buli.
lnUrf tl cnJiicc.
Mr. Cry ihen cxprrnVdhi d f.ipprobati.
01 of a ClKticclior ot the Exchqtnr nipc.
vayf. and means lor the mining, Klcre
I'C u.uUl nuke up the accounts oi (Ucuraiit
Mr. M. A. T avlor wilhcd to know ulip.
tVy landed . clfeuhirr, iuould make little
cicteiuewhcii they h ould alla.l it in reverie.
N r.J erjeaiifexpl-iiKd. thit the t.rtncth
ening ot Dover Ucwne more ncictiary
r.ow, .when the i rci.du by (lie je.lffii.ou tjf
Holland, had fo extended a lit ,c co;dt.
'I heeneiiy iiiuU firit Uum.e maitett if the
eai.le before they 4euM rnter the luibour,
.mid the additional !. filiation, w Uh mtut
10 niore than uoool. vtre rccd.imiended
irctari.t Var. thrrc waifoch'I by the noble lord at the he.d, ftlw 0rdnar.ee
aycwc5ccraIturcaorGe;HrJnfDi,;;rant 1 dcpartmci.t, withallthe mui.i -w..tue
cu'.l-ons.
Deeply penetrated with rratitude to mv
countrj-men in general, for their long con
tinned kindnefs tome, and for their long
continued flcady arid affefting confidence,
with which thofe who have molt' intimately
known me, from early life, have on fo many
great occalions, entrufted to me, the care
ot their dearcft interells : fince a majority of
their eltftors, tho a very fmall one, ' have
declared in. my favor, and fince, in a repub-
hcangovrninient, the majority though ever
fo fmall muft ot r.ttcjfity decide, 1 have de.
te. m:ned at tvery hazard of a high hut juft
rcfponf.bir.ty, ihonghwith mtith anxiety and
d.ftidenc, once n.oie to engage in their fer
vice 'Uieir confidence wluehhasbccn the
thief conlolation of my life, is too precious
ai.dfacrcda dcvofii ever to let'uifidcrcd
lightly. As it has been founded only on the
quul t es of ti e heart, it never ha been, it
i cwrcan be,ucce.ved, bctrajtd, orf rlcucd
b) me.
t is with rduflarce, and with all thofc
tn ot ens of gratituue and afTecl .mi, v hich a
longcxptricnreot jour Joodncl ought o
ir tpire that I now retire lr ni my le at id this
I .u e ai.dtjkciny leave oi t.'.e iutii.Ufkcf
tUbrnatc. - f v.' '
oupl-.t not to declare, fo'r jhe lull
yctriijouruincat, before 1 have I'i'blluuti'
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