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M O N D A Y, IS'f.'p t E M B e rT22, T788.', Numb. 142.
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S T o c;k;h O L M, ;
XX'XX?4 WEDENAafter fo'fbng in
"WJi enjoyment of .the bleffings of
ice. nas a proipcci nuw ui
being vei"y foon : interrupt
peace,
us
$ "X ed. The :'Kine could not be
VtXXX-5 otherwlfe than jealous of: the
proceedings , 01 ins . jcmpic
of Ruflia'j and has, within thefe few ilays,
difpatched a me linger,' whofe return will pro
bably decide whether -we are to have war or
peice." . The S we'd 1 fh troops arei in general, in
motion, and many, .regiments have already
'conVrhenced their march.' Thq goverrtrntTnt
kas iued orders for arming all the gallics and.
other fmall veflels, that are fit to fcrve upon the
'low cailts oT Sweden ind Pjnland. This tieet
will foon be ready to faijand will be accom,.
nan'ied bv a few frigates, -'A'full Senate .yd--;
terday approved all -the difpolitionjndJ
-nrs m.iicitv in rezaiiiau4vuiii--i-wc'-Av--trtc-'
M jf- " f O 1 ,
meafui es, which he has taken 'for th$ TecUrity
of the "kingdom
'V-''''' -v..v '. , .. - ...
;v mto,;3'wio.-rOn , Sunday fe'h
night'the wood of Glentinner was discovered
to be on fire, fuppofed to have' been wilfblly
done. The-Xdry. weather, andra briflc breeze"
of wind, favored the ravage of the flames j and
though all the neighbouring country ufe'd eve
ry "effort ? to cheek the . progrefs.of the fire it
was not flopped till about five hundred acres.
were confumed; -Dr. JdHNSOli faid there
were no trees if Scotland! '
TR
N
S.'
LOND O N, June i-July n. ,
Awafrant 'paffed the Royal iignature laft
week for granting Sir Frederick Haldimand,
late Governor of Quebec, the'.fum'ot 350,!.
16s. iod.or lawexpences Incurred during the
tinie he filled that polt.
At the fame time a warrant alfo pafled -the
;Royal fignatufe, for granting to Evan Nepean,
Efq. one of "die , Under-Secretaries -of-State,
the Aim of 1 5,007 h rs. d. expended in pre
lerits to'the Indian Chiefs; in Canadar
Accounts are juft received, that aia'rgV de
'tacbmeht of lnperiattro6ps have had a rencon
tre with tlic advanced fbrces of the Republic
of. Venice. The object in cemteft vvas the paf.
fige of "thfe imperial tioops through.the terri
ory of the Republic. Thislhe Venetians re
filled, and "the refiftance was Yellowed by an
immediate action. r-- 1 f'
Friday in orning failed Rear Admiral Elliot,
in his Majefty's Ihip Saiifbury,-for Newfound-,
land. , ,
The country which' the King of Sweden is
attempting to recover, was takeny the whole
of it by Peter the zar of Mufcovy j but by
the treaty of peace concluded at Nyflot foon af
ter the death of Charles "XII: of Sweden, Ft
-was reftored to the Swedes. The Cz3r kept
jonly part cf Carelia and ICexholm r but in the
late war "the "Ruffians having again .enlarged'
.theiridornmiojoi t.ar.that Jidefi la thac--r&y4 h $
treaty of Abo, in 1743, Sweden agreed to
yield," for ever, to . RulTia, part of Savolaxia,
and all Kexhoh
"Ua7"as allonTlown and fortrefs of Nyflot,
with a frontier on the ndrth and weft' fides.
i3IBy an olrdeVdred 24th ulu the King of S,we
iden has been pleafed to'grant a general patdon
o all cavaliers, dragoons, foldiers, regiftercd
pilots,'rnavine foldiers, volunteers, -failop and
pilots of merchant ihips who have defer, ted
their corps and entered into foreign7 fervice,;ori
condition of their- returning to vthe kingdom
within fix months. " ,
The Danes are arming apace, for what pur
pofe" we"do notpretend to fay' but extraordina
ry means are made ufe of. W have the befi
mfoa ta,believetliy -will. join-Sweden againft
the R u ITi ans . " -
i rcrtay jpofning gcjjds to .thie -amount f-J
jipwvids-tcpl'-w're entered at the Cuu:
tom-hou(er Tor Virginia and Marlaj-d lu.
rfSffte Eaft-IndiS"trompany,; now and jKen,
entertain theiipfrrends at three guineasa head I
Harry the.threturning after the: ; battle of
Agincourtf dined? at Sittingbur with his
whole fuite, for 9s. 3d.- - " ; .'
I A L of H A S T I
- Thirty-fifth day.
Mr.hexdan(toiicluded on ?
the evidence in fupport of the, 'fecond charge,
with a fpcerh that might b- confidered 'as a per
Te6t model of eloquence'!- It was fublimey pa
thetic, brilliant light and aiiy? "by tui-ns, as
the fubjeft requfi ed ; argumentative atid con-
-l-vincing thrmighout-Hoiade SiEnjalirim--
pcy, jvir. muiaieion, anu xue piuuncr in turn,
the fubjecls of it; Sir Elijah, he faid, . had
acled in the hufinefs of the affidavits in a moft
remarkable manner ; the rapidity and velocity
of his" motions, from 'town to town, and from -province
to "province! could be equalled only1 by
the gravity with : which he took depofitionsy
t which,he never read, and received proofs of" a
rebellion that never;exifted. Mr. Sheh'clan eti-v
livened thrs fcene by a quotation from Ham
let, remarking how quickly 'Tryheno tripped
it along ; and rendered it ferious by "quoting
another paffage, in which"he fajd,"".that when
Sir Elijah went toXucknow for the purppfe of.
making a'fon turn his facrilcgious arin againft
his mother, he remembered not the warning
in Hamlet, Nor let thy foul contrive againlt
thy mother aughn" ' Speaking of the rep.ea--ted
demands brought again ft the Eunuchs
- w h i 1 ft i n c u ftodVi , -' f 0 r add i t io n z 1 f Otn s f"ino-"-neyV
he faidthat their guilt was not eftimated
by any relation to hc crimes fuppofed,k from
day to dayi to bs poffeffed of to make atone
ment in money "Thefize of their fortune was
the ftandard of their guilt j -the Prefident kept
a kind of cafli account of crinles,and tried
the Refident by the multiplication table j J:e
difcovered his guilt by the- tule of ' three; and
foiTned the fentence, not upon the principles
oj the Julltinian Codef the Inlhtutes ot:r 1 imurf
or the- Livof, the Koran or the, Gofpel, but
from that fource of legal informations-Cock-';:
-.ej'sr Arithtnetic." ' "r" " -
T Or the duties of children"tor their' parents,
:he:idrew-"a Woft beautiful defcriptiotrf' ihe'lan
gu3ge and fentiments.were adapted to. each,
the former foft and delicate as the latter were
, turr, ,to contemplate the 'figure of s Juftice,
. where flie fits in her more dignified form," and
her., more augufttribunal, herej Jo a juftice -c6mmahdfng,Tyetjriot
rigorous j 'efHcient, yet
not "fangu in ary j to a juftice, aftiye ' and re- .
; gardful, yet without rcftleffnds or fufpicicus.
to a juftice, whbfe lovelieftattributeappearslri
looping to raife the opprdTed, and to bind'tip
the wounds of the afflicled. To that" juftice I
now make my confident appeal, un a caufe thoV
moft important to - the interefts of humanity
r that has beeh ever brcXight to, a dtcifion j in a
caufe, where, though the injuries were widely
extended, the joyous and reverberent murmurs
of' redrefs would reach to acircfe ftill more en
larged. T will not therefore adjure your Lord
ftips to difmift every thing like party motiyel
on this occafion.as I well know that fo per-
verfe a bias, cannot poflibly intrude on your )
decifion. But I wilj copjurey6uJjy -thetlig-
liltyjot-you 1 ""coTjore
you by the auguft lble'mnity of 'this- high trf-
bunal j Lwjii conjure you oy tne lacrea tie or
hpnour, to whicb you will appeal, when lay
ing your hands on 'your bofams you, give the
important judgment, to weigh well the evi
dence which we have fubmitted joyou. ; Let .
not quibbles on words do away the force of
faft let b ut the 'truth appear, and our caiifc-' '
is gained;! v My Lords, I have done."
B 6' S . T O N, ' 'Augufl '20; j)
: Britain'has in America a military Torce of u
13 battalliohs which is a mUch greater num
ber than it has either in the Eaft or Wcft-Jn
dies--and what is a little-extraordrnary, a greaC
part of this force is ftationed within jthe terrii.
tories of the fouereign and independent States of -America.
- -- : :"l
tendefyot'drytyewaTToeiee in the
hall j the Ladies in particular, vereobliged tox
have rec wrfe to.itheir handkerchiefs, tq wipe
away the trickling tears-. Mr. Sheridafi then
lafhed, in the roo!. cutting terms, thofe aliens
ko reafon and apoftates from' nature, who had
forced a fon to violate the duties to. parents,
which he had juft defcribed. , .
He barely'ftated the fufferings of the women
and children in the Khord Mahal, but did not
attempt to defcribe them pathetically, left the
prifoner hould have reafon to complain that he
fpoke more to the hearts 'than heads of "their
Xordfliips ; he contented himfelf "with faying,.
that thepnloner was as rtrponliUIe tor tnoie
rurTerTnesr as if he himfelf; and not his agent,
-hailgi?enthrT3rders-thatproductd them. . .J.
lie tnen conciuqea in tne rouowing man
nerji-teTsrjsrti:lJiear you already call on -me tc
turn from the il-fliaped pngod, from the mon
ftrdus idol, whjch this boid nian at your bar
.feas thus' fet upi and to which he has dared to.-
give the apptllation ot jqltice.j linear, vou
command m to turnfroixie
: N.E WTOR K, Auguft 45.
Extraft of ia letter front a gentleman in London'ti
' ' Us friend in this City,, d'ahiulju ' :
" In the Houfe "of Commons on the thu
of June, Mr. Gilbert took, the chair,-" vyherk
the order of- the day beng read, Mr. fcitt :Jrole i
and after a pretty long exordium, in which, he
paid fome compliments to the integrity of the :
loynliftsi he began, and making an apology
for procraftinating the fettlement of their claims .
to this period, propofed the fqm of izit.V,
to be paid to fuch lyalifts(who have been ex
amined .and proved theirclaims to. 5th April,
I7i8 by debenture bearing intereft and iii-'
the following manner All fums not exceed-
ingett'th5Ufand-pondrt3-brrdhrfuirf-""
mountx when the amountls above ten tHbti-
fand and not above thirtvr.fiyejhmumlpaund;-
: ? i ' Tj- jv. a. c. h.-i;
at the rate of ninety pounds pver cent, for fuca
part as exceeds ten thouTand ; from thirtyfiye
loufand to fifty, - to receive eightyfive pouhdi:
per cent and all above fifty-thoufand poilnds
to i cceive eighty pound iier cent, for all above j
ten tboufand poundsf . , .
-( immediately mr. r ox roie, ana aicera very
beautiful fpeectj of, confiderable. length; Tin
which he enlarged much on the merit and fuf-;'
ferinp-s of the lovalifts. and proved with what
cheerfulnefs they joined theBritifh caufe; and .
' particularising the cafe ofMr'. Harford whofe
property in- Maryland was eftimated $t jeve?t 7r
hundred ihoiifand pounds. which was fifftcurtaili
ed 1 by" the:; - Commiflioncrs fe'nt to - examine v
claims' in America, -and reduceil to? three -hun-
"AftA 9ti'tfn thrnfand. finceivlu&'th. -stitt a na
V ..!.?.-5 -- ,. v-.. -- o ,- 4. .
ther pruning, and was reduced, by the Com- -
fniffjaniers at Lincoln-s-Innrand the difcounr
extorted iy the Chancellor of. the Exchequer,
to the fmifl fum of feventy thqufarid Moved,:
Uhat they; mould;b
they were found : 1 fiis . required vn , anl we$ ;
-J homplr. Pittwho acknowledged the Aiiitr -
tl
nilgai