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the nsifirc of his rase, before stay step per*oh-,
ally hostile to him was taken : and it must, 1
think, be owned, that Ins battle was well fought, 1
and that the advantage gained on the pan of I
general liberty, was not inconsiderable. Mr.
Svilke’s behavior under the arrest was intre
pid and spiiitcd in a great degree. One in
stance of his collectedness (which certainly
sprung out of the incident of the moment) he
thus relates himselt in his second letter to the
Duke of Gratton 1766 :
Whilst some of the messengers and their
assistants were with me, Mr. Churchill came
into the room. 1 had heard that the verbal
orders were likewise to apprehend him ; but
I suspected they did not know his person, and
by presence of mind I had the happiness ot sa
ving mv friend* As soon as Mr. Churchill
entered the room, 1 acco ted him, *• Good mor
row Mr. Thompson. How does Mrs. Thomp
son do ? Does she dine in the country ?” Mr.
Churchill thanked me, said she then waited tor
him, that he only catne for a moment to ask
r.e how 1 did, and almost directly took his leave.
Hn went home immediately, Secured a'i Lis
papers, retired into the county. ‘The messen
gers could never get intelligence where he
was.”
It has already been observed that the secre
taries might well stand morally excused in is
suing a warrant which had so often been issued
before without opposition by other secretaries.
Dut it is difficult to say why they thought it
necessary to command Mr. Wilkes into close
custody, or why one of them should give orders
for Ins being dragged out of bed at midnight.
In all political contentions between the govern
ed and their governors, so much of natural
jealousy will ever be excited in behalf of the
former,” that he is little fit to exercise authority
who permits mere personal irritation to escape
his conduct. If it be necessary for the state to
punish, it can be necessary only on public
grounds. Power to procure respect should at
nil times be accompanied with discretion :
but. when power takes upon itself the office of
crimination, if its demeanor be not grave and
deccent, it ceases to be power, and is tyranny.
if that could be. deemed a moral law, which
regulates itself, not by general utility, but par
tial instances, the morality oi ditching, with re
gard to this pecu.iar case, might almost be ad
mitted.
It is known that Mr. Wilkes was prevented
from challenging lord Egrcmont, only by his
lordships death. His lordship could not, with
out reproach, which even he, perhaps, (not
much alive to feeling) would ill have been wil
ling to sustain, have refused giv-ng that satis
foc.ion which his antagonist avowed his inten
tion to demand, whenever, by his giving up
the seals, Ins lordship should become a piivate
ci taen. ‘That ferocity, which the law or honor
aval of courtesy could not prevent, one should
p.erha,vs. were the correction certain, not alto
gether le displeased at its chastising, l’ortu
naleiy, however, there are considerations of a
higher sort to guide mankind than mere natur
al indignation ; and the question therefore need
not be agitated. It is to think more justly, to
notice the superiority over his lordship, which
Mr. Wilkes derived from the occurrence; a
superiority sufficiently mortifying to a proud
man, and more mortifying, because brought
upon him by his own misconduct. Through
the whole interview with the two secretaries,
Mr. Wilkes bore himself in a high manner;
nor perhaps, weighing his situation fairly, is it
to say too much, to use the expression which
lie uses himself, that no friend ol his had reason
to wish one word unuttered.
Upon his commitment to the tower, an ap
plication was instantly made to the court oi
common pleas, for his habeas corpus, and he
was brought upon the 3d of May. On the 4th
he was dismissed from His situation as colonel
of the Buckinghamshire militia. On the 6th
the validity of his warrant of commitment was
argued, his plea of priviledge was allowed, and
he was in consequence discharged. He im
mediately erected a printing press in his own
house, in George-street, published a narrative
of the transactions in which he had been en
gaged, and renewed the publication of the
North Britain. He visited Paris a few months
after, and was there challenged, in the month
of August, by a captain Forbes, who, standing
forth as the champion of Scotland, asked sa
tisfaction of him, as the editor and conductor
of the North Briton, for the calumnies heaped
upon his native country. Mr. Wilkes behaved
on this occasion with much moderation, and
declared himself no prize fighter. Being -
gain urged, however, though in terms of po
litSSsess, lie half complied, but was in the mean
while put under an arrest by the marshals of
France, to whom he pledged his honor not to
fight on French ground. When set at liberty
he proceeded to Menin, and there awaited his
challenger, but no meeting took place. The
winter now advancing, Mr. Wilkes returned
to England, previous to the opening of parlia
ment, and again took upon himself the super
intendence of the North Briton. Mr. Martin,
member for Camelford, and late secretary to
the treasury, having been treated in that paper
with much asperity, at length took occasion to
say in a very full house of commons, that the
writer of the North Briton, who attacked him
Was a cowardly, as well as a malignant scoun
drel. Mr. Wilkes, though present, took no
notice of the expression in the house, but early
on the following morning dispatched a note to
Mr. M. vowing himself to he the author of
all the passages complained of—an immediate
.rencontre took place at the ring in Hyde Park.
When the gentlemen met, they walked to
gether for a little while to avoid some company
which seemed coming up to them. They
brought each a pair of pistols. When they
were alone, the first fire was from Mr. M’s
p?stol. Mr. M’s pistol missed Mr. W. and the
pistol in Mr. V>’s hand flashed in the pan. The
gentlemen then each took one of Mr. W’s
pair of pistols. Mr. W. missed, and the b..1l
ol Mr. M's pistol lodged in Mr. W’s belly
Mr. W. bled immediately, very much. Mi'.
M. then came up, and desired to give all the
assistance in his power. Mr. W. replied, that
Mr. M. had behaved like a man of honor; that
he was ksi.ed, and insisted on Mr. M’s making
bis immediate essape, and no creature should
know from Mr. Vv . how the affair happened.
L pon this they parted ; but Air. M. came up
again in two or three minutes to Mr. W. offer
ing him a second tifne his assistance, but Mr.
V. . again insisted on His going off. Mr. M.
expressed his concern for Air. W.—Said the
thing was too well known by several people,
who came up almost directly ; and then went
away. Mr. Vv . was carried” home, but would
not tell any circumstance of the case, till lie
found it so much known. He only said to the
surgeon, Sec. that it was an affair of honor. The
day following, Mr. W. imagining himself in
the greatest danger, returned Air. M. his let
ter, that no evidence might appear against him ;
and insisted upon it with his relations, that in
case of his death, no trouble should be given to
Mr. M. “ for lie had behaved as a man of hon
or.” Mr. M. was afterwards made the hero of
Churchill's Duellist.
W hilst confined by the wound received in
this encounter, the public sympathy in his bc
ha'il was still further awakened by an attack
made upon him by one Dunn, who was over
heard to threaten the file of Mr. Wilkes, and
appears to have sought an interview, chitjlly
that he might put his threat in execution,^
J*lr. Vv likes, on the first clay of the session
o! parliament, had ijsen to address the chap of
the speaker on the subject of his privilege as a
member cf that house having been violated. It
had Usually been considered as the established
custom ol parliament to enter upon the discus
sion of breaches es privilege before all other
matters. In this Instance the custom was over
ruled, arid a message from the sovereign was
conveyed to the commons, informing them,
that J. Wiike.s, cSq. was the author of a most
seditious and dangerous paper, and acquainting
them with the met sUf -s w hich had bet n resort
ed to by the servants of the crown. ‘The house,
the proof, ol the libel bcu.g entered upon, pro
ceeded to vote, that No; *.:> v f the North Bri
ton was, as it had been represented to be, a
false, scandalous, and malicious libel, &c. and
it v.as ordered to be burnt by the common
hangman. A day having been appointed for
.the hearing of Air". Wilke’s defence against the
charge of being the author of the libel, he
thought it proper to acquaint the house of the
incapacity occasioned by Ins wound, anil fur
ther time was in consequence allowed him.
The house, how< ver, susj ting me unne
cessary delay, appointed Dr. Heberden and
Mr. II awfoms to attend him, m addi’ion to Ids
own surgeon and physician; and further order
ed them to report the stam of his lu alth. Mr.
v v ilkes politely rejected the offer of their vi-it. |
I lie house, lie said, had desired them to vi.it j
‘ im, hut had forgotten to desire him to receive 1
them, which he most certainly should not.
At the same time, in vindication of the pro- 1
fessional gentlemen whom he himself had cm- ‘
ployed, he sent lor Dr. Duncan, one of lus m -
jesty’s physicians in ordinary, and Mr. My cl- :
dleton, one ol his majesty’s serjeant-surgeons, !
humourously telling them, that as the hoi; c of ’
commons thought it fit that he should be watch
ed, he himself thought two Scotchmen most i
proper for his spies.
( 1 b be Continued.)
NEW-YOIIK, April 20.
Hibernian Provident Society.
At an extra meeting cf the Hibernian Pro
vident Society, heid on Friday evening, April
17, the following address was unanimously a
greed to, and ordered to he published, signed by
the president, vice-president and secretary
ADDRESS.
Fellow Citizen^,
The federal prints of this city, having with
more than usual rancor, attacked the Hibernian
Provident Society at large, and some of its mem
bers in particular; the society considers it a
duty it owes to itself, and to an enlightened
community —to inform the public of the princi
/lies and objects of association, and the motives
and conduct it lias recently pursued.
Without detracting from the merits of other
institutions, we may be permitted to say, that
ours has the twofold tendency, of relieving the
distressed of those of our unfortunate country
men who have fled from oppression, or embra
ced the. rights of hosfiitulity held out by a
GREAT AND LIBERAL NATION ; and
of erecting a rallying point round the constitu
tion and laws of that only nation on earth,
where refiublican principles lire respected, where
representative government exists; where indus
try and talents meet their reward; and where
every good citizen enjoys the fruits oi his labor
in peace and quiet,
Under these impressions, the original found
er's of our instiiution, considering that an asso
ciation having only in view the freedom and
prosperity of their adopted country, and the hap
piness and well being of their persecuted coun
trymen, formed the society which has of late
been so much the subject of federal misrepre
sentation ; and knowing that efficiency of action
could not long exist in such a body, if a differ
ence of political opinion was entertained by
the members, wisely framed the constitution
so as to preclude the admission of any, but
those whose uniform conduct had been opposed
(though unsuccessfully) to tyranny in Europe
and who slisukl avow their determination to
support the Republican Institutions of their a
dopted country. An i although the appellalioi
we have assumed may convey an idea of local
attachment and nationality — we udn.it natives
of every country, and glory in the exalted char
acter ot AMERICAN CITIZENS.
Feeling, therefore, our right as Freemen, to
enact such laws and regulations as may best
conduce to the purposes of our organizations—
we cannot view but with indignation, the un
warranted and unprovoked attacks of newspa
per editors, and others, on a resolution unani
mously adopted at our last regular luon lily
meeting.
We explicitly declare our decided opposi
tion to federal men and federal measures, unit
vve claim the right as individuals and as a so
ciety, of expressing our opinions of them, and
of using every constitutional exertion, in co-op
eration with our Republican fellow-citizens, to
prevent federal men from again assuming the
reigns of government, being convinced by ex
perience, that the measure, puisucd through
out the administration of Mr. Jefferson, are
calculated to preserve the peace, to promote
the prosperity, to support the constitution, and
to perpetrate the liberties of the people.
Our resolution lias been termed “ persecu
ting’—it declares that any member who shall
be known to vote for the federal ticket should
no lon* er be considered a member of the soci
ety* This charge of persecuting will surely
not apply w hen it is considered that there was
not a single objection urged against the reso
lution, as all knew that it embraced the spirit
of our constitution ; had any member felt him
self aggrieved, there might have been a co
lourable pretext for the charge, nor cun it he
s..id without acrimony, that thecnlciing ol
that resolution on the society’s hooks, argued
an undue interference in the elective lights of
others. We must add, however, our convic
tion, that had vv e passed a resolution in favor ol
tho federal ticket ; or had that party not been
disappointed in their boasted hope of dividing
us, by holding up as a candidate a person oi
Irish birth, we should have Lccn disgraced by
their approbation, instead of being honoured toj
their abuse.
M e disdain to descend to the meanness of
an attack on private character ; we make no
remark on the calumnies propagated against
the socle y, but vve cannot retrain from expres
sing our contempt of the gross libaldry and
abuse which have been so copiously lavished on
one of our most respectable members. The
puny efforts of a weak, or the determined viru
lence ol a wicked slanderer, ran n< ver suilv
the fair fame, the dear earned character, the
exalted rank in society cf an “ EMMET.”
We will merely observe, that Air Kmmel,
at the request of some members present, stated
to the meeting the nature of those transactions
■so dihgraciji.it to the liriiish (loverument, in
which Air. ’if xo was a car tv —and vve sub
mit the matter as it rests—-to the decision of
every candid and enlightened man. It may be.
I added, that the meeting of the Society was a
j lcgular monthly one, that of course it was not
, convened at the request of Mr. Emmet, that
i lie knew nothing of the resolution in question,
j previous to its being proposed, and .that he did
not speak until the question for Its being pas
sed, had been repeatedly called for.
\'e are accused of being 1 disorganizersj we
; deny the charge, and retort it on those who
| are in the daily habit of publishing the foulest
j slanders against the fairest characters in the
! United Slates, who manifest joy when the go
vern rent labours under seeming difficulties,
and who, when those difficulties are removed,
exhibit symtoms of mortification and disap
pointment : Nay, many among them secret/’/.
and some openly espouse the cause of foreign
nations against the country which fosters and
protects them—and sigh for the return of roy
alty and arbitrary power.
Republican fellow citizens, with you we are
nr.TKKMiNED to maintain the Constitution and
laws of our country —ivith you we will inflex
ibly adhere to those principles which gave
them birth, and vve will evince by our conduct
that vve are neither deficient in gratitude—nor
wanting in exertion in the cause of liberty. We
v/ill neithe-r be cajoled by flattery, nor appall
ed by the persecution of our political oppo
nents—to lose sight of our duty intkhest—
OVK FREEDOM AND* OtlK INDEPENDENCE.
Signed by order of the Society.
GEORGE GUMMING, President
JOHN SULLIVAN, Vice-President.
Ignatius Redmond, Secretary.
PIIILADELPIII \, April 23.
A note, of which the following is a copy, was
yesterday morning received by the Post-master
of this city :
• ! Newark, April 21, 1807.
“ The boat in which the mail was put to day
in crossing the North River, was upset. ‘The
large or southern mail is in such a situation
that It cannot be forwarded until dried. TANARUS! n
way mail was lost. We shall forward the large
mail as soon as possible. M. DAY.
“ To the Post-Masters from
•Mew -York to Philadelphia .”
3 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED out of the fubferibers yard on the sth
instant a large BROWN COW, in milch, her
marks not recollected; she is branded cn rhe hip with
a figure bearing fome rcfemblanre ot the letter M. or
to an ill fitaped heart. The above reward will fce
paid to the person who brings back said cow, or one
dollar for the information where ihe is to be found.
J. 15, Read.
May H, 4i
Savannah,
THURSDAY EVENING* MAY 14, 1807.
‘Two Federal papers, one in Ncw-llump
shire, and the other in Vermont, have lately
stopped. Federal papers to the eastward seem
to he getting like the eastern banks pretty
much out ol credit.— 7 renton True -/tnci'icun
It was a say ing of John Milton’s (the author
of Paradise l.ost, fee.) “ That the trappings 0 f
a monarchy were sufficient to support an ordi
nary commonwealth.” Os the truth of this
observation there is no doubt. The annual in
come ot the Amg and Royal Family of Britain.
..I this day is between three and fofir millions of
dollars, which would go far of itself toward* de
fraying- the ordinary cxpences of the American
commonwealth.— ll-id.
IDU D, in this iky on tin- !2th inst. Mr. WililaM
Cri> ichkr, formerly a refutable met chum in .St.
Domingo ; born in frovct.ee, the lotah part o’ E,at re,
fK ed ‘ ,a years—after a long and painful ilffieia, which
ho bore, with a marly imtittide. Having loft ft,*
pi op,-tty, ho irarched in iifylnm in the United . rates,
far Ir on, the dagger ol tlie . llallins. and reached Ann**
“c 1. I'J yuan, ago. Ho was beloved, as a man of an
upright am benevolent heart, and regretted by boil*.
American and french acquaintances.
Anirna suit capax mortis.—Lucan,
Hi* Soul was undismayed by death.
Wjna-Mura.* * se-irAxv*. sut w.v-'tmc*-*nuni
POR T OF .SAVANNAH.
AURIVEJ*;
Ship Rufus, Price, feordrant
Schr. Columbia, llawes, Norfolk
C I.EA UK#.
Ship Alligator, Jenkins, Liverpool
Alexander Hamilton, Callaghan, <J O
Sckr. Samuel & Jane, Kelley, lloftoft
- Columbia, Hawes, Darien
-Uic thunks of the Female
A SVI rar.arc tendered to the fir gentlemen who com
puted the Petit Jury of the Circuit Coutt for their do
nation of thirty fix dollars and twenty five cent!, being
the amount of their pay.
-'lnn Boltov, Treasurer.
May 14.
NOTICE,
TflF copartnerfltipof J Sc J. WILLY is this day
, b .y ~,utual confrnt, thufe a, ho have bufi
n. lb with .aid him, will call oil James Willy at the o
vannah Shoe Store, who is authorifed to lcttle tin*
iame.
James Willy,
John Willy,
May 14 M ‘ 43
TO HENT.
r T , HAT Store and Dwelling House, at prtfent oc
-i cupied by Mellra James Diction & Cos. weft end
of Becrofts Building market lqujre...poileffion will
he given on the hi it day of o<9ober „ L . x t. | or parti
culars apply to Mr. Francis Benny, or the lubfcribtr
0
George Penny.
May 14, 44
TO BENT,
A TWO STORY HOUSE In Liberty Ward In ai
Siry fituatlon, apply to
Thomas Pitt,
Who has removed to his formerjefidence in Jeflferfoa.
Street. Elay 14. .gu.
Just Received
Hud Eor Sale at this Ojjice,
A few copies of a second and improved edition of rha*.
very interesting and popular pamphlet, entitled
CO It'd HP V h.X Hi AGAI.YRT MUR l) HR*
Or the forrowful Life arid Cruel Death of
MARY FINDLEY^
Who after giving a handfomc fortune to her Hufban*
Was molt harl.aroufly drowned hy hitn in eight
weeks after marriage, for which he was lately
hung at Edgfield Court-House, Soutk-
Carolina. This piece is well calcu
lated to plead thucattfe of poor
little Orphans, & to truck
the ieaft fenfibiliriet
of the human
heart.
Price only 25 Cents.
20 Dollars Reward.
r #*’ I ABSENTED hetfelf from the
AL- JluMcnber in June last, a negro wo-
KjPSSiI S man name ‘l LIN A, about twenty
[ rather a yellow com-’
\F\Tj3vX%iSQi P I ccf -J. about five feet high, fome.
I‘J^^a3H! mi ‘r k ”'f ti<c,,na| l I’dx in her face, *
l-rge bar du her back occasioned hy
b'-'ni. All mailers of veffel* an*
forwarned agairift carrying her out of the state, and all
other persons from harbouring or concealing her, as
they may depend on the law being enforced againlfc
them.
If said negro is taken (he may be delivered to Ms.
Johfi F. Everitt, Savannah.
Jcssee Hickman.
Bryan County, May 14. 48
AUGUSTA PRINTED
ALMANAC,
JUST REQEIFFI) AM) FOR RALE **?.
PIUS %FLICH.