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to conceive or prafe, Mr. Haflings bowed, and replied thus, with a becoming brevity, and fame embarraflfment, also not } a little be coming : f! ; f My Lords, I 4tope I fetl as I ought. I liave but two impreflions—an equal conscious ness of my own innocence, and your impar tial justice. “ On that justice I now rest, with the mod sure reliance*.” Whils the Lord Chancellor and Mr. Haff ings thus spoke, the whole aftembly were fix ed in eager gaze, and the most approving aftonilhment. The scene and its accom paniments were at the moment irrefiftiblc.— The heart felt them ! —There were ideas as well as objects ; —not only Wcftminfter-Hall, but the British Constitution. Tull of national pride and individual secu rity, who could help apoftrophifirtg with Blackstone. How wi/ely contrived! How J.rwtly rat fed t How highly jinifhed ! Then the charges were read, and after each charge, the answer. The Clerks who read them had been better if they had been intel ligible The best reading in the country fliould have been feletlcd ; this was among!! the worst j or, as it was, it had one effed of a ventilator—it aired the aftembly ; vast num bers of the people in it gradually quitting it soon after one o’clock. The proceedings of the day closed at half part five o’clock. The Queen and the Princefles, the Prince of Wales, and Dukes of York, Gloucester, and Cumberland, were present. Feb. 20.' The following extraordinary fraud, which was lately praclifed on one of the firft commercial houses in the city, has within the last two or three days been equally a fubjeft of conversation and aftonifhmeut. A letter dated from Philadelphia, add refled to the partners of the above house, and fub feribed by names with which they were total ly unacquainted, was delivered from the ge neral poft-ofnee, advifmg, that in consequence of the very superior reputation of the house in London, and the number of years it had fuc- Cefsfully carried on buftnefs, they had been induced to consign to its principals a cargo f>f corn laden on board a certain (hip, winch bad already failed for Europe, and giving at the fame time advice of bills that had been drawn in consequence of the aflignment, which it was hoped, would be duly honored. The gentleman to whom this letter was ad dre lied, could not help thinking such a favor something extraordinary, and waited with some impatience for the period which would eftablilh the truth of an event equally flatter ing and advantageous. Many days had not elapsed before a bill for seven hundred pounds sterling, purporting to be drawn by the con fig.iers on the conlignees, in fa-vor of a third party in London, was prefeuted for accept ance ; but as no farther advice had been ob tained of the fliip, they, as is customary in such cases, refufed acceptance; but requeu ed the holder of the bill to leave his address, and allured him he fliould be sent to imme diately on her arrival in a Britilh port; this be immediately complied with, and departed. On a review of eircutnftances, the supposed consignees began to entertain doubts of the authenticity of the information they had re ceived, and determined to be ftricdly on their guard, when a fliip letter from the captain, dated at Dover, containing advice of the ar rival of the v'eflel, inclofing the invoice and bill of lading, and requeuing inftruftions for what port he fliould fail, was received by the parties. This letter removed every doubt, and' was, by the fame post, answered, under cover, to a very refpeftable merchant of that place, whom they requefled to furnilh the mailer with whatever might be neceftary to the port of London. Confident at last that every thing was right, the holder of the bill for seven hundred pounds was sent to, who with much inward fatisfac lion, understood that it would be immediate ly accepted. To urge his expedition was un lieceilary ; in Hum, acceptance was obtained, and on the very fame day, the clerk to an cmiucut wholesale linen draper in the city callc . th the bill, to enquire if the accept ance was really that of the panics it purported ,c * ftnd >f«t would be regularly paid \to #u . a ready affirmative was returned, and thei clerk. went away perfeflly well fatia <ied. The bill was negociated by the holder •i.the house iu qutiltou, wh«c ha readily ob- talned for it, fotffr fiufadred ptftnds in cadi, and the remaining value io goods, i. On the second day after this tranfaftion the supposed consignees received an anfwfcrfrom ,* the niercfcant at Dover, who returned the letter intended for the captain, and informed them, that he imagined the {hip, relative to which he had written to him, was failed for the towns. Unfortunately, however, for the acceptors of the bill, the captain, (hip or car jgo, has never since been, heard of.. Perhaps it is unnecefiary to add, that they never had existence. . PORTSMOUTH, (N.H.) March u. On Friday the 15th" of February was dis covered in Bristol, in the county of Lincoln, Itate of Maliachufetts, a most horrid and barbarous murder perpetrated on the body of Michael Cleary, who came passenger from Ireland to Borton, with Captain William Ni kell, 24 years ago, and then left a wife and one daughter in Mitchieftown, county of Cork. The deceased owner! a pretty little interest in land and cattle, and lived by himfeif— About five weeks ago he took in John O’Neil out of charity, who was one of the convifts that were landed last firmmer at Machias, in llead of Newfoundland. After some time Mr. Cleary exp relied fears to his neighbours that he had taken in a bad man, and for two nights previous to the murder went and lodg ed with a neighbour. Mr. Cleary had two half joes and some dollars in his pocket; his neighbour told him that if the fellow saw that money lie would perhaps murder him for it; but he said Ire was not afraid of him by daylight. Wednesday morning, the 13th, ' Cleary was feeti goinghome to hishoufe. Shortly after a person went in and saw a sho vel lying on the hearth, and left Mr Clfary and O Neil in a dispute about a silver button. In about an hour after O’Neil paired bv on Mr Cdeary’s horse, went ten miles off, and told one Poor that Mr. Cleary was lick, and would not live long, staid all night, and told the people he would not close his eyes to sleep. Thursday the 14th, O’Neil ‘returned. In the evening a negro lad went in, spent two hours with him, and alked for Mr. Cleary. O’Neil said he was gone to take care of his horse. It is supposed when the boy left him her washed the wounds of the deceased, and laid him out, then went in the night to the house ten miles off, told Mr. Poor that Mr. Cleary was dead, and had left him by deed of gift, all he had. ONeil came back, and the neighbours went *“• J ui T of inqtieft, on examining, found five wounds on the head, the neck broke, the left arm black, supposed by fending off the blows. O’Neil had the deceafed’s money and silver buckles in his pocket. The jury brought in their verdift wilful murder, with robbery. O’Neil is committed to Pownalbo rough goal, in order for trial at the next Su perior Court, when it is supposed he will meet his just reward. BOSTON, March t7. On Monday laftthe Honorable the House of Reprefematives granted a tax of fixly-fa e ihoujand pounds, to he levied is. upon each and every poll from 16 years old and upwards to 20, inclusive; and 3s. upon each and every poll from 21 to 70 years old, inclusive; the residue to be assessed on the estates of the in habitants who are by law liable to pay taxes agreeably to the principles of the old valua tion. Last Tuefday evening the Honorable Senate negatived the bill for continuing the Tender Law, fo'called— 13 voting for and i6agaij;ft it. The coup degrace to this bill was a mea sure most ardently wiftied by all good men, as it will tend gradually to prepare the public mind for the operation of that fyftcra which effectually {huts the door against every scheme of fraud and injustice. The law passed at the hit Session of the Le gifiature for continuing the Tender Aft ex pired last Wednesday. The Honorable Senate have passed a bill, which was on Friday read a second time in the House of Representatives, to prevent the ini quitous and inhuman prafticc of the Slave Trade, and for affording relief to the families of those persons who may be kidnapped or decoyed from this (late. PROVIdTncTeT March 8. The Honorable Feleg Arnold, aud the Ho norable Jonathan Hazard, Efquuei, two of 1 th£ delegates of this state, Were direffed proceed and take their feats in Congress, and grants made to defray their expeqees. A number of the Continental invalids ap« -peared before the House, and after'a fentation of their wretched condition, instead of being obliged, as heretofore, to receive the paper bills of credit of this state at their nominal value, in discharge of their several pensions, liberal grants were made to each of them for prefect relief, in hills of.fredit on account, to be hereafter adjusted. CHAR LEST ON, April 23. At four o’clock on Monday afternoon, 4 fire was difeovered in the front cellar of Mrs. Mary Edwards’s house, South Bay; it had made considerable progress in the interior part of the house, prior to its difeovefy By some carpenters at work for Mr. R. Izard, and by whose indefatigable exertions it was extinguished. The fire proceeded from place where no person had been for fix weeks, and it evidentlyijppears to have been defigned lyfetonfire. , ■- •- - SAVANNAH, May 8, On or about the night of the 25th ult. Mr. Burnet, mentioned to be wounded, and then remaining at his fort on Turtle River, having 1 his two lons, a Dr. Wicham, another white , man, and two Negroes, with him, was sud denly attacked by a numerous body of Indians, who took possession of the fort, and compel led Burnet’s party to retire to the block house, after fealping one of the Negroes. A smart aftion then commenced, which ended with the of the Indians, after wounding onfc of the young Burners, and several balls brush ing the clothes and hat of the Doftor. Last Sunday fe’nnight some negro men were carried off from Col. Maybank’s plantation, in Liberty county, by the Indians. Col. Max well has since been over the Alatamaha with a party ot men, and returned without being able to come up with any of the savages. A letter from Sunbury, dated yesterday, mentions, that a. few days ago at Sapelo, a man was fired at while milking hie cow ; the cow was killed, but the owner fortunately < elcaped unhurt. A U G U S T A, May 24. HOUSE of ASSEMBLY, Friday, January 18, 1788. Mr. Joseph Haberftiam from the Committee on Finance brought in a report, which being amended, was agreed to by the House, and is as follows Your Committee find tnemfelves at a loss to get an accurate statement of the amount of the general tax for the year lygtf, owing in a great meafuie to the Clerks of the counties (except thole of Waftiington and Effingham) not having made their general returns agree ably to law, and lodged them in the Trea fury.' The following fuins appear to have been paid into the Treasury by the refpeftive Col- Jeftors of the tax : For Chatham, - , 2,598 18 o 1-4 i Effingham, - 335 18 9 Liberty, - - 1,060 1 2 Burke, . - 561 14 9 Richmond, - 1,506 15 7 Wilkes, - - 2,027' 12 7 i-;j Greene, - - 15 8 Add to the money received from the Sheriff of Rich mond, by Mr. John We reat, and not included in any return, - - 23 0 9 1-4 £•s>s77 3 4 _» VV afiiington and Franklin paid nothing for 1786. That in addition to the above-mentioned sum of eight thousand three hundred and fief— venty-feven pounds three {hillings and four pence received for taxes, there appears to have been received two thousand five hundred arid • sixty-two pounds seventeen {hillings and three pence one farthing for duties on tonnage and tax on vendues amounting in the whole to ten thousand nine hundred and forty pounds and seven pence three farthings, which make the whole receipt on account of public revenue for the year 1786. That the following sums have been received l>y the late and present Treasurer on account of the general tax for the year 1787 1