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t' ' .reign Intelligence, j
By the Briri.'h pather arrived at
Now-York, which left London the
l j t‘[ dpi 11.
LONDON’, April 2.
ANOTHER y e _c!< has now pa (Tod
’ -:r,anu t tic public L left -»> much as ever
i • ignorance c " the eai fiUlation of the
. ..e ery. Wf cannot lubmit to. deceive <
our readers by retailing to them tlac
proi.ncUcTs or fraudulent reports of the
Stock. E xchange. There can be rib fuf
fjcirr.i grounds to fpeculate on the con
duSt of a government which proceeds on !
nuotherfyLem than that of Inihi' r from i
day to da; withoucany one fixed principle 1
or rule of at Lon. During all the con- i
dnual flu .ituau r. of - . vncUs f ir the j
tall two ve ils, ;h re has been no vifibit
change c-.f circit-ndanccs* which ~otfd j
•u. ounc ( . r any one oi the emmyes in
- ( civduCt. Tl\a policy of France has
•it. .i ur.es been 2-* Lead/and uniform
t cat or j ear Bri.rin has been va, ious
n i ccntra,di£ oi v, No reaf M*.-*b!c con*
M-c iure can be (orntrh
Why we difum-i ii.nncdiateK a Per
1; prcilrainuriesj while we ivrc ltii’ at
v :>r :
Why we then ..rhu h ■ tin .me i»- •e
!v be I :• tlv definitive treaty, and then i
t tep eJ terms much worlc than thole
of the p; eiimioa:; s ?
’•A hy vve then J:firmed again dll1
through t.'.r fum r.rr, whi hi France was 1
violating at every uep both the lpirit ;
a d letter !.1 he definitive reaty ?
V, hy Vf then armed a'tain :r\ Octo
ber, d fent ordv rs to retain !n- Cape,
when tht acoiufitions of Louidaua,
]/:nLa:dy, and Elba, to Fiance, v'ere
a;read*, a '.nplcte, when Piedmont was j
a re . iy annexed, Germany ahead/di* j
vie*, h and when our mwfcrehcc was I
many months too hue to avert the fub- J
uigafton of Switzerland '
’hy *.vc then di farmed again in No
vember, ane lent erders to re if ore the
.np.-, when the arrangements about
M ■!(..* v. e: e ac Ie?di as much unleaded r.s
c ‘y c;u: row be ; when the houiie
\iev--s of Firncc v. -re certain)y not lefs
app-’iei and v hen the very a-nna- :
men'soi winch .v, ov. complain were j
i i a 'late at v.,r. coo/Merablc forward- i
>:eIs ?
O . > why *vc have now armed i
ag.ii i; rviarrii, v/nen v.e have given \
p all the belt means of ncgccution |
whu h \ e ad in our hands , rcitored to !
hra cc jo,GCo teamen to enable her ro ;
■nan her fleet; accommodated he' with I
• -res to enable i - r no equip :t •, and fur
rendered toi.cr he great commanding
Nations of the Haltcrn and weftrrn woria
r > enable ner to navigate t.-tOlc teas with 1
Iccuray co lit:rlf ±f, and to the utter rein
of cur commerce and colonies ?
A.1! the c are queitions vvi ich n:> man ;
pYc tends to anfwcr ; ho w then fhalF w c !
quels how loon wc are again to dilVnn
her evacuating Malta ? how o.tcr. v/c i
•M again arrn to grace home new t on-,
crjfio:: J how mr ,,y new points of dl
in y and i ore reft wc [had think it h >n ,r
!'tc arid wiie to lorrender to an irnperi’
ous . aeny \ ' -. hat grounds can we
have for mi; h.g o: thele queitions : all
rtgu r means of information have been
"cr. "* -ci *«i Yliy wichh rid; and as for
o.eclara )ns of the niinifters, to
w.:.-.; v. red it they arc entitle i the onhap
.'V e oj f.'iOic who placed ioetr cruft
oi ti ■: iccwitj has fufiiciemiy den; ut
il rated.
ir :! • \ tnertiorc, of pretending ro
"XI■ - lyiK-m ( ! fhnit* who have no
",:5 •• content ouritdvcs with
■ ’ \"> rep -rt of he fadfcs at they oc
* ; * **ppy ir,m i ftiould v.e ihink
‘ ; h *? n.rrc e*Ie«ft of i^uctua*
mi iiicorfifter.ey Ihould for once
f pn epee a id dignity,
• lj by before the public a
tor ol ;nealures liretfiy the rev cine
f're \ ,.i wc :u\ • him dr to wimt/T
*4
;« .'■yyar *•£ vw^guetig
- fh’ &<%()$&)£.%.
RICHMOND.
JUNE 4/*. isoi.
REJURKSOATfi^ -
C ON S U L A R M A Nil' F. S TO.
(CONCLUDED FROM OUR L AS ’ )
Ourinf* the American war, the natter of a
Scots veftcl was pri Conor in a French fhio of
w.ii, when an KngHlh cmifcr came in light.
I he \.nek* crew immeiracply etouded on.
'b*ck. [he ScotCm*.-* advifed the French
captain to lend a part of them below, a’-.J
m ike the men fight »*y watches. The i-aforis
Or this ' ’.vice are too obvious to bp worth n
ex; 'a: atior fhe captado totffcftcd IH? juf- ■
tic*’ of 'it* pt hpoi.il, but i.tiu that be durft not
dt p ir» 11o.n the common practice. A few tt\
aid rdtf.es account very plainly for the had
I fortune of the h reach.at f.a; and as the mat
I ter begins to in- n.uerftood I.v France, there
can be no doubt that th vigilance and faga
| city c: :h; lie c > lul will com.nuicc arefor
I mation.
! I heEnghih a- • perfectly w 11 acquainted
vith the circuit (Vance? juft mentioned. They
know tV.-r, in . few ye .rs, tie "tenth mult
"•'d tviii .come once more poiverfu! -at Da.
Hence, tecyaie anxious to icec o the French
j na\ y In ic* prefect Thte of dcpr«iE^«. The
| h:c peace was, at hrft,acccpoible m England.
‘ :>ut a party was f .... /.innc-i o'; anJ
'>n h er h . t ; his ;
; by Eh ban appearance of prom tin*J :c. -up!
| po.-t he honour of the country by .1i „• — -ft r.f \
vb wir. At fea, the Englilh have, at this '
lg to E:r ; and . the l '
"■ - nothing to lofej uni. ft, ii dee J
Hanover can be teamed an exception. The
.imo!r of this , .e6t< ra e, however, would
make but a font; compcnfation to France f r
-he intern:priori of her coiniverce, aild other !
Tc . For tt;c!e rtafdns, it becomes at lpatc j
r.ot improbable that the blame of this
qttr. «.! o igi-y. s ir. the ft.-rn jeaVyfv of the !
t- -ii oi London. The En-lift. affc£t tone |
* F v ^ • k'n. pal y • rr atmenrof the Swift. !
\ M:, n,i . look at Oulloden, where thee fhoc ]
tl’.e:r "- ounJed prifbners ; or at their Dutch \
ha!: ;t ‘ , wnorethe doitor was drimk in one J
l .-v r., .nd the patient periflvin?, Fn the r.~v*. |
’ They nay look at the “ old Je; fey,” where
cloven thoufand fix Hundred Ame’ucarftdied 1
of hunger. They may look at the piracies I
l'*, ufc.iria, or th inaPVre of Qui.-erop. !
h*Y iook at Ireland or Ben a,, and i
biuih and be Blent,
hi!c the above was going: fODreft, wc mr-t '
m the Baltimore Fcde.-J Ga£e4 wlIhsjT j
and vi >iiciic invedtive Sgr-coft this manilrflo,
ckited L wider., April 6cV The writer f vs
that-4 it', language like all the other eftufi >rs
44 of - econfular ’bribes, i ;.. *. md puerile;*
44 anti >; inveitiv , partici.! iy as it. ret i-cls
44 one of the mod nralablb an j v'rtu.rF fo
“ vereigin of the a re, ac .oilccbiD; unmanly
a.iu ' darn <US. ; ’-e libc; ctrs,>r Europe arc
fpnken of by a defpsr, whole ;Uadit?g prin.
w4f'. '* bas o-.cn to c-nfiave every uar*qn
44 «»f the earth . and th - moil unfounded Vfer
44 tines arc brought in iid of the rrtoft flagrant
“ outraces, that over difgraced any govern
‘c rnent. i his rh .■-■indy > yei c well fitted
p*r *n, -IH cottre haufc, or porur cellar.
But ..!! i..: !i; .c-nt and trrpai tial per font wilT
rtj..-A it with v.iTuft. By the fplendor of
h:» literary and < d.itiral talents, by the iin
F' f '44,c°l bis. rvices, *.nd the beroifr. of his
net qr.s. Bonaparte gnineo the entire confi- 1
'.! of the F.cnch nation. He gained thecon
h icnci: of thy mofl jealous, the moft caprKL
ouc, the *'. ft factious, and the mo ft turbu
ft-r.t of • ai:t rf. He t?;rcl!ec a /.jUintcmvi- ;
ru.c c.f ;c»bbcrv; and '-r all tile irnmenfe at
| rrt*e*» whiefj vy -i e under F. - dire Tory’s civri- I
o.aiia, it is remai kable th.it not even a fun le j
regiment uofe in thefr def nee. This,' }
itfe.f, d'..nor, ft rates how deeply tie tyra'a*.
ver* duttfled. Urrticc his predeceflors in
Fn* pangs of a revolution. Bonaparte did r >t
' “ ^ hngie advertary to the F:aft’old. A con
i' ftitution was hen framed, and prefented to tiie
judgement of the people, it bur - every
murk of -..nflocracy, Bui ir was autepied with
a ^uift of unanimity of which the world had ne
ver feen a for.-nev example. Various altera*
t.ons Have fince fceen made, and they ican
towards an here-ftr.ry monarchy. But ft
the F rench are ,r u. flcd with their’ lew rrn
fiitUtion, ?i,ri :r- - ... ;
\ “ J ‘y1- JlU 1 - it is not i
worth while to ate h,- pinion oi a hireling i
Englijn .H: prr.-iter, of a 'circling, who i ;b. ;
lifts l.v forging ext>-:,Us letters from Pari?,
i nna, Berlin, and Conftanriruiple, and who j
p-tys hi If a crown apiece B-r flirrfy u,ta.
graph., vvhcb are mer d:)T ,ej to kc I
I -oat the ■.-ention o»4 the ri’aciet.,f
NOTE
1' * ' ‘l',,r>t --,n£ finer one of*tbofeLon on ferib
b^mforned hs tatron. that J.tn.csThmn
. fon CaJit-ndrrh:.! been fined in jwch-e thou
/and co:Jars for a it -J apainii Thorns L*f.
(• ’inn. *Veak and vindictive ss he has prov
ed himfelfto h., theprrfident rs mailer of too
uuh-m gone , if-; to :b;nk of fuch a mcafure.
ill* knows ihe ground to which he h^
>u n cunfeJ, would break down un-Jor him.
He ha-don this account, ad u-.red a very dif
f:-"V jvCzerr,. llrias Dezn reduced to the j
nu,h fisihtfi r,* inj degrading expedient, j
*
'This piece is running through feveral
American hcwspancr*. for co'jutar (cribes,
it fo happens that rne .hift conful is one oi
the moil eloquent aril powerful writers of
the prefent age. His letter t.< the ftwi ;
cantons, v hich w:i" printed fcnne months ago.
is as much above the i«vaggeri..g fuitian of
ford Grenville, as Philip's letter to the A
dv'nians is above John A.honshs dufi ander//.-:
anfwer to fome people in Bath coiint\. As
for the amiable and virtusm fovereigr, it.has
alr?ady been remarked that the En-li/h
them fcl yes have beftowed more Bilim-g eate
uponC/c- ’rr. th - button ’ftaber^ts they hav. feme
times called him., than upon any other man v.
this age. Nor has fuvh violence been ccn
h ed to th- vulgar. The letters of Junii: wiii
he ftudietl tna admired, vA?n the Englili
lar -uage ha«,perhaps ceaLd to cntilt.
' he fame write: ad that 4k the conver
'* 'ation at the TKill lie tics is not only admit
l' .rd tohavetsken place, but attempted to
“ he jufhfied.*^ ‘fliuisa d»re<& fiction. The
hr ft co.tful dentes :.?1 that might he regarded
is f-xceptionable in the converfrtion between
hinfeli a d tbe Bfiuflj ambafiadpr. Fie far
ther affiims thar the Britiih Want to ie-p
&f;iUc far ft. ymrjy or, in odier words, tc
Gup :? all together, Thi - is a fpecimen of
ij'.n charming commodity called Brit'fl: 'faith\
1 he London fcribblcr takes not the Imelh.ft
notice of this accufation officially advanced
by the French government. lie would have
denied it, it he durft. After ionic farther bab
V- in;*, be terminate;- in thefe words..
But ro conclude, we are, on tiie whole, ■
44 ofjopinlonTihat Bonaparte,notv i hftandin*
'4 the peevifhnefs or tne wretched farrago in
queftion, is by no means inclined to appeal
44 at prefeut to the (word. He betrays evi
14 de n fymptoms of impotence throughout;
44 though he fometimes ftorms,H‘? whines in
44 the very fame breath ; and feeling his in*
44 capacity for war, he may be induced to
44 yield,* mile he h is an opportunity, of fo c-o
44 ing without the appearance of fubmiflion.”
'1 his paflage overfets aimolF ail that the
writer had been affirming. The Englifh
< ave reprefented Bonaparte as preparing for a
rupture with England, But the national
P» .‘de of this critic le-ds him to deferibe Bona
parte as afraid of a difference With that coun
ty Here is evident inconfiffenev. If
he feared .Brliilli power, he would not fa rely
attempt to invade Britain, If lie was not
preparing for an ii:\afion of Britain, the
ipeed of George Guciph is founded upon ab
le i- untruth j and the.leveie ilile of the hrit
‘-omul finds a full juflification. If he 4kis by
44 no means inclined to appeal to the fword,’
rhis writer is requefred to defeend to the level
o> a Scotsman’s ir.tellcct.and tell me for what
reatou Addington is making iuch a mijrhty
buftle? l'he foil confui lays that i* is~be
ca .ie tHc ijiigiilh wifii r.o keep Malta for five
veurs. The charge is advanced in the face
of the world, and this w. iter hi; not denied it.
The prefumption, therefore, muff be that the
charge is juft; and can any one be found fo
h. irdyasto vindicate this bre -chof a fok-mn
tr«..itv i i'.ialta, anu cue prclent aimanisut,
have already cofi England more than the
whyue 111 and is wortn. When Pitt laid be
foie p triiament his account ofcxponces about
Ntujtka Sound, the fuin total came to three
millions,'hree hundred ami thirty Ax tit on fa nd
pounds fieriing. The garrifon of Maiu, aud
m^picient preparations n.uft already have
colM:: .:qua!, or^ perhaps a greater Aim. But
of the jiritiih would never think, if they
can wrench front his hands the pofiefiion of an
enemy. Dr. Swift fays that his countrymen
i '. *cic n,,)re plealure m lcealfog a fliillmcr
I !* *h*n £?inin£ five pounds by fair trade*
fs ,H,C P^uliar'to Ireland,
inkind feel irrefiftible charms .n the idea
or conqucfi. “But," as the manifefio has
remarked, “if the English government he
*• uetei mined to make it a national vvar, per
c haps her boafted formidable naval ftir.wth
would not be foment to decide th- relulr
“ ™Z.t0 *Cure ** ’.ctory.” It is
to tftrmate the utmoft efforts, or to forefr *
the ultimate refources of an Han.nbal,
di °;a Bonaparte. The admiffioaof this
writer himtdf that Bonaparte is afraid of a
wv.r with England, forms a refpebiabfo de
fence of the hrlt confui. The b.lief i-.o
conlidereti as common in London, /
tive review of(he uibjedl has confirmed
fufpicion that for the king’s mefiE-t: to varli i
rwcm: ‘no ration*! motives 'amam to which
: n.c’lnh* afcnbcd,except bad frith, .x:ei,t
, a fwor.i enmity to the French nation, ex I
cej)t pf.rndy, and the delirt of openly break
| mg a lolcmn treaty, for the fake of advan
I tage-s which are to be obtained."f
v/h- ,.h can affiict a human heirgT It w"as not
til. lately (Sr.; wc learncj the „ of
2s°?!c!1- A« ««e pr.-u&l, (ih;s ;a)l f
methij-.pl fee the blufh ri.W or. hi. ci.e-k i
A.-« « meet the Welyblrfl. of mlto-clic
a,,‘! Mr. r.«ii«cn,.
1-V/-J, the Recorder Tan Ml for vo..r
tion. »,,,./ r,! fall »* V,a-t Cj.t bE
I t JI fee.. ha ul Application. ht
nor Bet n altogether in M ^
' t Vfo. ;hc manifefto. 1‘ rhoitt bavin
i. cn '. orig.nal, i v<*ntur** , ,,rreti
trail flit ion of fhethiee h
tra^- It is irwonceiv in! • f,, , r.„ .*
and !iow barbaroofly the ¥,■ - M V
butchered in it., -nfC , ■ ;Mfu y t , "
Wh arc {brry to iearn that one of thft ?b:
i;ors of this paper has given forte unaccount
able and irreparabl offer.ee t«» major Hollo
way, a fr.an whom we do not Know by il-hr,
and to whom w.. certain lv never u ! ' the
Ur lie!1 injury. Had we joined in the Kx*
amine's tui mi nations igainff him, there mijrht
have been tome ground for this grovelling md
want > i malignity. \V« Hiould be glad u>
Heart ? mi or fpeak J.vf, that v;t maybe able
to propound ad deuce; or otherv/ife. we ad
vife him tc be altogether lilcn*;, Icit a ivor/i'
thing j'o:dl-befaUhiw. .
v*'•<•>M d I! L’ V1R t; i N IA f.} .4 £*iT'J t.
^ r■ 7# {7 - V PAP E R MOVE V TEN DLR !
TO
u tr. tj.ibriel Jones of ICockingham count}'.
THE following fhtcment of fids,
relating to this traulaction, are made
tothe editor of this paper in a way which
has obtained hfs fcntirc 'fionfidente. It'
is £ tr.miadion concerning which much
has bi :n written, much has been pub • •
lifhed,. much has been iaid. Thole
v.ho have in any way interefteri
tncmfc 1 ves will, be pleafed to fee it
reduced -to prcuuon. To a com
mut.iiy 0M0 ‘ much intelligence, which
contains !t> tinny individuals of great
endowments, there can lid'no iiecefBqy
• or the editor of this [Hiper to attempt
togwe a complexion, when the. fads;
'p«r-.k fj loud!/ and fo eloquently for
rnemleivcs. Hy this remark we do not
riican to forctla! public opinion as fo thole
ed.tors or v/ritex^ who may follow a
uiltercnc tract.[/r^]Thefirftdi:ry which
; we owe to our lubferibers is c> publifh
I the exact truth, as fir As we can obtain
tr, upon a'!! fubieTr which either relate
• to t ie ptblL uf aiis* the public clra
| r^'fterr- o. die times.
1 _
Rock:nghant) .''lurch i ^th% *803.
T • A\ INTG fecn in the Richmond Re-,
corder fome imperfect ftaternents, un
author bed by me, relative to a tr.infae
lion which to <k place Ionic years ago,
between Fan mas Jeffcribn, Efquirc/
the prefenc chief magiftrate of the Unir
c.I Stares, and myicif, 1 have -thoiu^Uw.
it proper to fet the. matter in a fab poinr
of view, by. giving a true ftace of the
facts i winch ihguia nave been done ere
this, had ray health permitted. The
facts are as follow, viz :
in the month of September, X77J,
Mr. Jefferlbn made application to me
for the loan of fifty pounds, which he
propofol leturning in a few months
with thanks, dec. Whrch fum I lent hi ii
vd h the gret-.eeft c h-rriulnc fs, having,
at that time, the higheft confidence in
him as a man of honor, honefty and in-,
I tcSn-y » **ar which ne gave his bond
j payable ip t vcivc months, when I pro
j P°h‘d that; i! his convenience required,
he might have it a longer tune, on con
dition that he would punctually pav the
intereft annually. This, however, Mr.
Jcffcnon failed doing, nor did I hear*
iii him on the iuojecc, until a received
his letter enciofing the principal and in
tereft in paper money, which, when it
carne lo my hand, was not worth more
than one {billing in the pound. The fol
lowing is a correct copy of the letter
j aduded to.
<l *ti>nticello^ Jfpnl-tylh, ijyg: -
t: Dear Sir,
“ By Mrs. Harvey f cnclofe to you
the principal am! in'ereft of the money
; you were io “Kind as to lend me fbioo
/ears ago. fc hirtft-lies me aifo with aa
occaiion of acknowleck/ng, with this,
tne many otha; obligations under which
I y- u have Did me,of -hich 1 lhall always
be proud to fhew a due fen lb, when
ever opportunity ihall offer.
“ I am, Dear Sir, with much 'flecrr.
‘c Your fi lend and fervt.
(Signed) .
TH; JEFFERSON.
[ i eor.i-fs tuat on viewing the decer/
i tiouo a fpe A of the foregoing letter and
! ;A cnclofurc, J felt great furprilc and
j dt(appointnu nt, that, a perfon who fto' \
j ic« ugh in the public eftimation at toh
, at that time, the governor of Vrrhtn.S4
, c r.- who hidfha red fo much of my pr~
» w.v confidence, that he might have
. . n* iu;n vajrhm my power
i t'* h-'i h •hoc i nave r.fkcd his rtp<fta—
ii.n, .’.nil attempted to requite m/
•