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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.