Thefe edicts do not give univerfal fatif faction; and fo bitter a fatire has been published against them, that 1000 ducats has been offered for the discovery of the author. In many towns of Hungary, the Proteftants have not yet been put into the poffeffion of those privileges that the Emperor has granted them; and the Catholic part of the committee of Prefburgh have refolved to make representations against them." FRANCE. «London, Feb. 15. By letters from Paris of the ift inftant we learn, that the loan for the fupplies of the prefent year, as fettled by the royal edict of the 21ft ult. and fent to the parliament, is to be of feventy millions of livres, to be converted into annuities at twelve per cent. for a perfon aged 60 years and above; eleven per cent. for any one between 53 and 60; ten per cent. for any age under 50; and nine per cent. if upon two lives; without the least deduction, or the lenders being obliged to declare on the annuity-lift the 31st December 1785; in the interim, five per cent. fhall be paid half-yearly. Those who at the end of four years would not chufe to declare upon the lift, will be reimbursed by means of a state-lottery. Meanwhile, perfons concerned in the loan, will receive notes to bearer for 1000 livres, with checks for half a-year's intereft, at twenty-five livres, without deduction." "Paris, Feb. 18. We have accounts from Breft, that Count de Guichen failed from that port on the 11th inftant, and was entirely out of fight the next day. His fleet confifts of fourteen fail of the line, feven frigates, cutters, &c. two fhips armed en flute, and fixty-one tranfports carrying troops and ammunition, befides other veffels with provifions; two transports, which run foul of each other, are returned, one having a company of artillery on board, and the other 200 foldiers. The above fleet has on board 11,000 effective men, befides the usual complement on board each ship." "London, Jan. 29. A letter received by a house in Birmingham from their correfpondent at Lyons, dated Jan. 9. fays, "All the merchants of this place had a meeting on the 5th inftant, by order of the minifter, to give in our remonftrances and petitions against an act which Meff. Orfels of Paris have obtained, to impofe a duty of 54 livres (about 6 s. 6 d.) per hundred weight, on all goods whatever coming from England, in order to encourage the manufactories the said gentlemen have established in France. In confequence of our reprefentations, we hope to be able to fruftrate their finifter designs, which would be the entire annihilation of our commerce.' SPAIN. "London, Feb.4. By different accounts from Spain, it appears that a fleet of about thirty-five fail of the line, five fri gates, twelve register-ships, and thirty tranfports, with 5000 troops on board, failed from Cadiz on the 4th of January.. Four fail of the line, with the transports and fome frigates, were dispatched for. the Weft Indies, and the rest of the fleet, was feen cruifing off Cape St Vincent's, in order, as it is imagined, to make a junction with part of Guichen's fleet which failed from Breft on the 11th of January.” EAST INDIES. "London, Feb. 16. Authentic intelligence from India mentions, that the Nizam had expreffed an inclination to join us againft Hyder Ally. Mr Haftings, Governor-general of Bengal, had given Chimnajee Boofla 16 lacks of rupees, (160,000l.) for quitting the confederacy againft us, and fending 2000 horse to join Col. Pearce's detachment. By a new mode of collecting the revenue, 390,000l. will be faved; and by a new regulation of the falt, 300,000l. a-year will be got. The Bengal detachment, and three battalions from the Circars, making 7000 feapoys, 2000 horfe, 100 European artillery, and twenty pieces of cannon, would join Sir Eyre Coote a few days after the victory he had gained over Hyder Ally on the 1ft of July. dows was alfo expected to arrive at Madrafs the end of September, or begin ning of October, with 5000 regular troops." ENGLAND. Gen. Mea at the entrance of the Channel. The Ja- fwer to the faid letter. [vol. 43. p. 666.1 fon has brought in bars of gold to the amount of 50,000l. part of the cargo of one of the prizes. On their way to Europe, Com. Johnstone overtook them, in the Diana of 32 guns, and at parting went for Lifbon. Feb. 3.. the Heltwol temade, one of Johnstone's prizes, arrived at Plymouth. On Feb. 5. the Romney arrived at Portsmouth, having parted with the convoy some days before. The fame day expreffes arrived at the India house, of the arrival of the Bellmont and Prime Indiamen, at Plymouth. Befides the prizes taken in Saldanha Bay, Com. Johnstone likewife captured a large veffel of a confiderable force, ha ving on board to the amount of 50,000l. in fpecie, independent of a cargo of other articles, chiefly warlike stores. Feb. 6. Com. Bickerton failed from Portsmouth with the Gibraltar of 80 guns, Cumberland 74, Defence 74, Sceptre 64, Africa 64, Inflexible 64, and Juno 32. Alfo failed the Harriot and Minerva armed tranfports; and the following ships for the Eaft Indies, viz. the Dutton, Ceres, Alfred, Ganges, Royal Henry, Calcutta, Talbot, Major, Norfolk, Nottingham, Royal Bishop, Kent, Warren Haftings, Morfe, Hawke, Worcester, and Ann and Amelia. Same time failed the Alexander, of 74 guns, Magnificent, 74, Agamemnon, 64, Affistance, 50, and Renown, 50, which are to proceed with the above a part of the way. The troops fhipped in the above fleet Refolved, That the thanks of the common hall be given to the Lord Mayor for the spirit and propriety of his con duct on this occafion. Refolved, That whoever advised the King to deviate from the accustomed mode admitted by his Majefty, of receiving the livery of London fitting on the throne, is an ene my to the rights and privileges of the ci tizens of this great capital of the British empire." "London, Feb. 5. At a court of common council held at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor acquainted the court with a refo lution of the common hall, requesting the ufe of the new common councilroom for the committee to correfpond with other committees of the several counties, cities, &c. in the kingdom, appointed by them; when Mr Merry moved, that they have the use of the faid room, or any other in Guildhall, and that they be attended by the townclerk, or any other officer of the city; which caused great debates, but was finally negatived." "London, Feb. 28. The sheriffs of London attended yesterday at the House of Commons, and prefented the follow ing petition from the city of London, which was ordered to lie on the table. "Sheweth, That your petitioners, in the prefent ftate of public affairs, moved by every sentiment that can imprefs the human mind with regard for the common welfare of this kingdom, and its dependencies, are impelled to implore this Honourable Houfe to interpofe, in 1000 fuch manner as to their wisdom thall 1000 feem moft effectual, for preventing the 1000 continuance of the unfortunate war with 1000 America." 300 Total, 4300 Com. Bickerton, with the fleet under command, paffed Falmouth the roth, d on the 15th, was fpoke with off Scilall well, with a fair wind. "London, Jan. 31. At a meeting of livery of London in common hall embled, the Lord Mayor reported the fwer given by his Majefty to the fhes of London refpecting the prefenting addrefs, remonftrance, and petition, greed to at the laft common hall; alfo letter from the Earl of Hertford, adeffed to him, and his Lordhip's an VOL, XLIV. By an order of council of Feb. 15. an embargo is laid upon all ships and veffels laden, or to be laden, in any of the ports of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, with beef, pork, or any other fort of falted provifions, to continue till further orders. "London, Feb. 7. Yesterday the com mittee of privileges met in the House of Peers, and heard the argument on the cafe of Hamilton Flemyng, Efq; claiming the titles, honour, and dignity of Earl of Wigtown, Lord Flemyng and Cumbernauld. Mr Kenyon and Mr Arden were heard as counfel for the claimant, and the Lord Advocate on behalf of the crown. The counsel on all fides having been fully heard, heard, the Lord Chancellor, with his ufual abilities, recapitulated the evidence, and made his obfervations thereon; and having concluded, the chairman put the following question: Is it your Lordships opinion, that Hamilton Flemyng, Efq; be intitled to the titles, honour, and dignity of Earl of Wigtoun, Lord Flemying and Cumbernauld? It paffed in the nega tive. It was afterwards moved to declare, "That Hamilton Flemyng, Efq; has not made out his claim to the titles, honour, and dignity of Earl of Wigtoun," &c. which, upon the question being put, paffed in the affirmative." IRELAND. "Dublin, Feb. 19. On Friday the 15th current was held at Dungannon, Col. Irvine in the chair, the much-expected meeting of the volunteer corps of the county of Ulfter. On this occafion delegates from 143 corps affembled, who came to feveral refolutions, the principal of which are the following: "Whereas it has been afferted, that Volunteers, as fuch, cannot with propriety debate or publish their opinions on political fubjects, or on the conduct of parliament, or on public men: Refolved unanimously, That a citizen, by learning the ufe of arms, does not abandon any of the civil rights. Refolved unanimoufly, That a claim of any body of men, other than the King, Lords, and Commons of Ireland, to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconftitutional, illegal, and a grievance. Refolved, (with one diffenting voice only), That the powers exercifed by the privy council of both kingdoms, under colour or pretence of the law of Poynings, are unconftitutional, and a grie vance. Refolved unanimoufly, That the ports of this country are by right open to all foreign countries not at war with the King; and that any burden thereupon, or obftruction thereto, fave only by the parliament of Ireland, are unconftitutional, illegal, and a grievance. Refolved, (with one diffenting voice onIy), That a mutiny-bill not limited in point of duration from feffion to feffion, is unconftitutional, and a grievance.. Refolved unanimously, That the independence of judges is equally effential to the impartial administration of juftice in Ireland as in England, and that the refufal or delay of this right to Ireland makes a diftinction' where there fhould be no diftinction, may excite jealou where perfect union should prevail, a is in itself unconftitutional, and a gri vance. Refolved, (with eleven diffenting voi only), That it is our decided and un terable determination to feek redrefs these grievances; and we pledge of felves to each other, and to our counti as freeholders, fellow-citizens, and m of honour, that we will at every enfui election support those only who have st ported and will support us therein, a that we will use all conftitutional me to make fuch our pursuit of redress spee and effectual. Refolved unanimously, That the co of Portugal have acted towards t kingdom (being a part of the British c pire) in fuch a manner as to call upon to declare, and pledge ourselves to e other, that we will not confume wine of the growth of Portugal; and t we will, to the extent of our influen prevent the use of said wine, fave and cept the wine at present in this kingdo until fuch time as our exports shall be ceived in the kingdom of Portugal the manufactures of part of the Bri empire. Refolved, (with two diffenting voi only to this and the following ref tion), That we hold the right of pri judgement in matters of religion to equally facred in others as in ourfelve Refolved therefore, That as men, as Irifhmen, as Christians, and as teftants, we rejoice in the relaxation the penal laws againft our Romantholic fellow-fubjects, and that we d .ceive the measure to be fraught with happiest confequences to the union profperity of the inhabitants of Irelan IN the House of Commons, Feb. Mr Grattan rofe, and addressed Houfe as follows: After the ample difcuffion, in House, of the great queftion of ri April 19. 1780, [vol. 42. p. 324.], the univerfal reprobation of the allu tion of the British parliament to bind kingdom then received, I had been f on the fubject, if that parliament not, fince that time, continued its rannical and unconstitutional affumpt by enacting feveral laws to bind Irel which I have in my hand, as also a clamation in the Irish Gazette, wher execution of a British statute is enfor measures that evidently fhew, that British nation, fo far from relinquis the claim of ufurped authority in this kingdom, have ftill the fame fpirit of making laws for us, which they keep alive by renewing their claim on every occafion. These fresh inftances of British uferpation, added to that difgraceful' and unrepealed act of the 6th of George I. which declares Ireland bound at all times by the legiflature of Great Britain, makes it neceffary at this time for the parliament of Ireland to come to an explanation concerning its privileges, and the injured rights of the nation. He then gave a narrative of the feveral inftances where the British parliament had afferted their power to bind this kingdom, from the act of navigation to the present time, the confequences of which, he said, were an infamous prodigality, an embargo, an adulteration of every thing in every thape from England. I am for tranquillity; it is for honourable tranquillity; but when I fee an administration unable to make a blow againft an enemy tyrannise over Ireland, am bound to exert every power to opofe it. Ireland is in ftrength; fhe has acquied that ftrength by the weakness of Briain; for Ireland was saved when America was loft; when England conquerd, Ireland was coerced when the was defeated, Ireland was relieved; and when Charlestown was taken, the muiny and fugar bills were altered. Have you not, all of you, when you heard of defeat, at the fame inftant condoled with England and congratulated Ireland? Ireland is connected in her franchifes with England, not by conqueft, as Judge Blackftone has childishly faid, but by a Compact. [Here, in a mafterly, clear, and energetic manner, he made a number of hiftorical quotations, to prove that the fupremacy of the Irish parliament was allowed by the Kings of England, From Henry II. to Charles I. and that the execution of English laws, that folowed in Ireland, was accompanied by acts of tyranny and murder. He then adduced a number of Irish acts, that proved that Ireland had never furrender. d her imperial right of legiflation.] If England was for a moment awake to her interefts, he would come forward, and invite us to her arms, by do ing away for ever each caufe of jealoufy. How, but by the ftricteft domeftic union, can G. Britain, with only eight millions of people, oppofe the dreadful combination of feven millions in Spain, with twenty-four millions in France, and two in Holland? Will fhe caft off three millions of brave and loyal fubjects in Ireland at so critical and eventful a time? An Irish army, the wonder of the world, has now exifted for three years, where every foldier is a freeman, determined to fhed the laft drop of blood to defend his country, to fupport the exe. cution of its laws, and give vigour to its police. The enemy threaten an invafion; the Irish army comes forward; adminiftration is ftruck dumb with wonder; their deputies in their military drefs go, up to the Caftle, not as a fervile crowd of courtiers attending the Lord Lieutenant's levee, but as his protectors, while the cringing crowd of fycophants fwarm about the treafury, and, after having thrown away their arms, offer nothing but naked fervitude. You are now lofing the British conftitution, which by compact you were to poffefs: two councils, with more than parliamentary power; dependent judges, a mutiny-bill, loft; a fugar-bill, on the faireft principles of equalization, loft; the Portugal trade loft; and governors, like the Roman pro-confuls in diftant provinces, are fent over to fleece you. A general election is fhortly to take place: What will be your answer ta thofe who have fent you here, when you refign your delegated truft, and they afk you, Where are our rights? - Where is our fugar-bill? Where our mutinybill? What will be the confequence of your not explaining your rights now? When. a peace happens, it will then be too late; your island will be drained of its people; the emigrants will fay, let us prefer freedom in America to flavery at home, and ceafe to be his Majefty's fubjects here, to become his equals there. Let us not therefore fuffer the fame men, whofe infamous arts were reprobated in America, to fucceed here.-He then made his motion for an addrefs to his Majesty, to the following purport: "To affure his Majefty of our most fincere and unfeigned attachment to his Majefty's perfon and government. "To affure his Majesty, that the people in Ireland are a free people; that the crown of Ireland is an imperial crown, and the kingdom of Ireland is a distinct kingdom, with a parliament of her own, the fole legiflature thereof. "To affure his Majefty, that, by our O n fundamental fundamental laws and franchises, which we, on the part of this nation, do claim and challenge as her birth-right, the fubjects of this kingdom cannot be bound, affected, or obliged, by any legislature, fave only by the King, Lords, and Commons of this his Majefty's realm of Ireland; nor is there any other body of men who have power or authority to make laws for the fame. "To affure his Majefty, that his Majefty's fubjects of Ireland conceive, that in this privilege is contained the very ef fence of their liberty, and that they tender it as they do their lives, and accordingly have, with one voice, declared and protested against the interpofition of any other parliament in the legislation of this country. "To affure his Majefty, that we have feen, with concern, the parliament of G. Britain advance a claim to make laws for Ireland; and our anxiety is kept alive, when we perceive the fame parliament ftill perfift in that claim, as may appear by recent British acts, which affect to bind Ireland, but to which the fubjects of Ireland can pay no attention. "To affure his Majefty, that, next to our liberties, we value our connection with G. Britain, on which we conceive, at this time more particularly, the happinefs of both kingdoms does depend, and which, as it is our moft fincere with, fo fhall it be our principal study, to cultivate and render perpetual. That, under this impreffion, we cannot fuggeft any means whereby such connection can fo much be improved or ftrengthened, as by a renunciation of the claim of the British parliament to make laws for Ire land, a claim ufelefs to England, cruel to Ireland, and without any foundation in law. "That, impreffed with an high fenfe of the magnanimity and juftice of the British character, and in the most entire reliance on his Majefty's paternal care, we have fet forth our rights and fentiments, and without prefcribing any mode to his Majefty, throw ourselves on his royal wildom." Mr Brownlow, Mr Huffey Burgh, Mr Henry Flood, and several others fupported the motion. The Attorney-General opposed the motion; and moved, that the Houfe might adjourn the further confideration of the queftion to the 1st of Auguft. Mr Yelverton faid, I did not intend to take any part in this debate; but when fee one man only support the fupremac of the British parliament, I doubt of my fenfes, and therefore call upon him o any other man to declare it. The Attorney General answered, " now declare, with contempt for ever confequence, England has afferted he right to make laws for Ireland: at pre fent fhe cannot make any law for Irelan effectually without force." Several other members fpoke, whe Mr Grattan closed the debate with a re futation of the arguments brought again the addrefs; after which the questio being put on the Attorney-General's mo tion to "Adjourn the contideration the addrefs to the 1st of August," a d vifion ensued, when their appeared Ayes 137, Noes 68; majority in favo of the adjournment 69. The Rt Hon. Mr Flood gave noti that he would again bring on, in t course of the week, in another manne the queftion relative to the independen of Ireland. SCOTLAND. On the 4th of February came on Edinburgh, before the High Court Jufticiary, the trial of Thomas Gordo formerly refiding at Spittle, near Be wick, indicted at the inftance of his M jefty's Advocate, for stealing two fhee in company with another perfon u known, from a park in the farm of Lan berton, and county of Berwick, on t evening of the 24th of October laft; a likewife of fnapping a piftol at, and fta bing Abraham Logan, poffeffor of th above farm, with a knife, in differe parts of his body, while apprehendin the pannel; and also of being habit an repute a thief. The jury returned the verdict next day, unanimously findin him guilty of the crimes with which ftood charged. After which the Lor fhortly delivered their opinions on t import of the verdict ; which went in fu ftance to fhow, that if the pannel b only been convicted of ftealing the t fheep, a capital punishment could n have been inflicted; but, when connec ed with the aggravating circumftances ftabbing Mr Logan, and being habit an repute a thief, that this must be the e fect of the verdict. Sentence of dea was accordingly pronounced, ordainin him to be executed in the Grafs-mark of Edinburgh on Wednesday the 13th March next, Robe |