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LONDON. ruary .
The Whig Club met yebef
day. The mayor was in the
chair. Mr. Fox obfervcd, he
continued, of opinion that re
tirement was the wifefl courfe
he could purfuc: His experi
ence in t!v* houfc of commons
the dav before in debate on Hu
onnpartcs overtures had confirm
ed him. All his efforts had
only obtained three votes in ad
lion to thofc who ufuahv con
curred with him, “ No one
doubts, f.ud he, if the minifler
had adopted an oppofite con
duft, and had opened a negoci
alion with Buonaparte, the
houfe of commons could have
given an unanimous rote in his
favor. A 1 ! a ntroul overminif
ters is pore, and nothinp remains
hut to * bey them. Whether
they deb re war or peace. Par
liamtnt h indly adepts their opinions
and all efforts to it fib hf m rnufl
be incffeflual ” He believed
public olur. v was with him . faid
he P ou d always fed for his
count!y, and whenever there
was a chance of his doinp any
good he Ibould readily come
forward !”
The duke of Norfolk congra
tulated the members, that the
livery of London, in fpite of the
efforts of the minibry, had cho-
Icn tlie man of their own hearts
as their mayor.
Mr. F.ifkine faid the only part
of the nation not tarnifhed by
the war was the navy ; that he
was an old Tailor, and when he
went to the houfe of commons
the lab night with Mr. Fox, he
laid to him, like old jack, “ I’ll
go any where with rny friend.”
Mr. Sheridan r aid he did not
yet defpond like Mr, Fox ; and
for this rcafon had attended
more to parliament.
Mr. Sheridan wiffied the whole
kingdom could have heaid the
excellent argument of his ho
norable friend (Mr. Fox) on
Monday night, as it mu/i have
convinced every impartial man ;
and be could not deny that he
had jufl reafen for difgub, in
finding it could only perfuadc
three members of 'he houfe of
commons. He wifhed the public
had heard that argument, which,
with fo much truth, had flated
this to be a new rora in the war.
Mr Sheridan would not be difecu
raged bv In ciilparit) of numbers
in ihe houfe of commons, if
fuch n Truth a,' that of his ho
nor hie mem covld be heard bv
ihe nation at lo'ge. The puhhc
woo’d then enforce his arguments.
Air She*id.n did rot wifh to
difpair of the fpiriu and princi
ples of ihe county, and quoted
the conduO of the city of Lon
don in e'cfling their prefent
chief mapiftiate in jubifreation
of his hopes. The public at
tention fhould be drawn to the
new war, in which the people
were to fpend rheir blood and
treafure to icflore the Bourbons
and fuppoit their facred and
iirrprefetiptible rights. What
would he »he furpiife of the man
vvhofe memory e fociety com
memorates Wi'lism III.) if he
could look down and fee us
fighting tor the indefeafible
lights of the Bombons ? To
that family winch wc now fight
to reft ore, we ahe obliged for ov
national debt. By reference to
them, we may divide that debt
into two parts ; the fird hair was
contra&ed to dejlroy the Bourbons
the ferond half has been con
tra&cd to reflore them .
February to.
There is no doubt that Bu
onaparte intends to employ tnc
talents of Carnot in planning
the military operations of the
enfuinp campaign, and fmm the
extraordinagy abilities Of that
man, aided by the (kill of the
ahleft commanders in Fiance,
the allies will find it very diffe
rent from the lab* In ebimat
ing the probabilities of fuccefs,
thefc circumbancer. ought not
to be overlooked. The confe
derates, have no longer to con
tend with imbecility and igno
rance. The war department in
France is now under the direc
tion of men unrivalled in the
knowledge of the fc'encc and
details of war. Carnot. Ber
thier, Bernadotte, Petite, &c
-form a group of talents that no
thing in Fumpe can eqnal in
this line, not t” fpeak of the ge
nerals who command the armies.
At the beginning of the lab
Campaign, there was not a man
of talents employed in any
branch of warlike fervice. The
fucceffes of the allies, indeed are
not fo wonderful, as it is that
they did not gain moie decifive
advantages, when they were op
pofed by nothing but foilv and
treachery; by armies without
arms, cloathes, pay, provihons,
or commanders.
February 19.
The ftarvation feeme appears
to be one of the mob unfortu
nate war expedients that can be
tried. It was attempted in
America, and it was attempted
in France; but in both cafes it
came home to the contrivers !
The Pruffian government at
Warfaw, have given orders to
the keeper of the royal palace
to remove all the effeffs winch
belonged to the ci-devant king
of Poland, in fourteen days
time. Warfaw, which w r as fo
flourifhing in 1790, is now like
a defolate city ; grafs is grow
ing in all the ftreets. and it is
now a rare thing tofee a coach in
that city, where fo’tncily thicc
hundred of the mob elegant
carriages were continually diiv
ing about and filling the courts
of the palace of the king ; the
windows of the hotels were filled
with Puffian uniforms. In ge
neral that city is <0 negtc&ed,
that it (hould Teem as if every
one was endeavouring to make
people foiget it was once the
capital of a gieat kingdom. The
population is alfo greatly di
miniflied.
February 23.
His royal highncls the pilnce
of Wales has made application
to the king and council, for leave
to go to Lifbon or to Madeira,
for the recovery of his health.
This requeb is to be taken into
the confideraticn of the council
immediately, and in cafe of
their allenf, a bill will be brought
into parliament for the puipofe.
His royal hiohnefsis dchrous of
going incog, with a few comcbics,
and would lake his tide cf duke
of Cornwall,
February 241
Though the coalefccd powfers
have folemnly declared that they
are to continue the war only to
reltorc every one to his place, it
is curious to obferve that the
king of Sardinia is dill at Flo
rence ; his brother the duke
d’Aoll, and his uncle the duke
de Chablars, on the frontiers of
Piedmont; the .grand duke of
Tufcany, at Vienna , the duke
of Modena, in the hereditary
dates of the houfe of Auliria ;
the king of Naples in Sicily;
and Rome without a Pope.
NEW-YORK, Apnil 24.
Mr. Gore and Mr. Cabot,
American commifdoners for fet
tling mercantile debts, arrived
here in the packet
from London—We are inform
ed they bring out important
difpatches for governrnent/and
that they proceed with them this
morning to Philadelphia. It is
cxpe&ed that, a final and (atisfac
tory adjudment of this intend
ing bufinefs will Ipeedily take
place.
Genoa is clofely blockaded by
an Englifh fquadron, under the
command of Lord Keith, who
had held fevnral conferences
with the Auflrian commanders,
who are co-operating by land—
the fiege is purfued with the
greated vigour.
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LOUISVILLE,
TT'EZDAY, May jo, 1800.
On Saturday the 19th ultimo,
Thomas Cooper, who was in
dialed for a libel againft the
Prefident of the United States,
was tiled in the circuit court of
the United States, and found
guilty.
The indi&mcnt was founded
on a publication figned bv Mr.
Cooper, which appeared in
hand-bills, punted in N orthum
betland county, Pennfylvania.
The libellous palfages mentioned
were in cffe£l—
id, That the President did
not poflels fudicient capacity to
fulfi I the duties of his office.
2d. That he had created a
permanent navy.
3d. That a [landing army had
been created under his immedi
ate auipices—and
4th. T hat he had interfered
in the judiciary of the United
States, and caufed Jonathan
Robbins to be deliveied over,
for execution, to an unrelenting
military tribunal.
At the Supreme Court held
in the city of New-York, the
3d ultimo, William Durell, late
printer at Mount Plcafant, was
tried for fedition, and fentcnced
to four months iinpiifonment,
and to pay a fine of 501.
On the 11th ult. the trial of
Mr, Charles Holt, editor of the
BEK, came on at New-Haven,
before the Circuit Court. The
remit of whkh was, as we are
informrd, that the jury found
him guilty, and the court impof
ed a fine of 200 dollars and three
months impulonment. The
crowd of people was lo great as
to oblige the court to adjourn
to the meeting houfe. Mr
Holt prayed that his confine!
mcnt might be at New. London
his prayer was granted. The
particular point on which the
attorney general refied the caufe
was that of calling the armf|
(landing army inftead of a p ro ,
vifional army, which con(li: utcc i
the libel.
If the above information be
true, we would be glad to fee a
di&ionary containing all the
terms neccffary to be applied to
a body of enlifted foldrcrs
otherwifc it will be impofhble to
keep clear of prosecutions. It
would require indeed aconnoif,
feur in law terms to* tell why
the word J, landing was more fe
ditious and libellous than the
word froviJionaL
In every nation where the
prefs is attacked, liberty is in
danger. The difeovery of the
art of priming is more clofely
connected with the political pro
greflion of the world, and rho
definition of monarchy, than
any thing that human invention
has hitherto developed. Who
ever will take the trouble of a
recursive view of the hifiory of
the four left centuries, will dif
cover the ftrongeft; evidences of
the truth of this affertion. Eve
ry thing valuable in the charac
ter of man, has been the objefl:
of ferutinizing examination.
Every thing ufeful in political
arrangements, has received a
(bare of individual and public
attention through the channel
of the prefs. This great inftru
ment is the polar (far towards
which the political pilot ought to
diredlhis veffel. It is thelcurcc
of his hopes, and muft even
tually conftitute the completion
of his wifhes.
The increafe of republican
fentiment, the diffusion of
knowledge, and the gradual de
cay of that unreafonable attach
ment, that flupid adherence to
monarchy, and the ultimate re
novation of the chara&er of
man—Thefe will be amongfi:
the neceflary and unavoidable
fruits of the difeovery of an art
fo important in its nature, and
beneficially productive in its
conlequences. In vain do we
boaft of the purity of ancient
republics, in vain do we attempt
to confer upon the improve
ments of former ages, an unme
rited applaufe, the fa£l is no
torious, it is incontrovertible,
that the mofi fubfiantial foun
dation for the progrefs of liber
ty, and the general amelioration
,of human fociety, i> to be re
ferred to the difeovery of pdnt
ing, the liberty of the prefs, ana
the fcientific combination need
farily refulting from this foe red
and valuable refourcc. The
legi flature of any country that
attacks the liberty of the prci>»
has already offered up upon the
alter of public difgrace, the rei*
pedlability of its own charadfer,
it has commenced the focrifxce
of general felicity, and is about
to immolate the purefi; virtues
the higheft improvement, and
the real interefis of fociety.
This country has much
dread from this fource;
tempts have already been made