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hM been attached to a notion ge
nerally spread in America that i*
is the design a >his ciun.tru to seize
arty opportunity offend of bring
ing buck the commerce of the Uni
ted States to us otginal situation 0?
to render it nothing mo e than a
co'cwuli wonopo'tj oj Great tiri
tain. The very measure ii»elf,
those order* in council have thi
nmt tendency to injure the fee
lings of Arm-rica. It was urged
in iheir br half that they were im
posed for the purpose of couo
t< ratting the unjust decrees of
France ; and a doctrine i# laid
down and may be teen amongst
the printed papers, that because
Fiance had been guilty of gross
injustice, we are at libtrty to
commit similar injustice to thiid
powers, and if thev have reason
to complain their complaint ought
to be alltdged against that nation
which fust obl ged us to adopt
the same measuits to counteract
the same evils of such injustice.—-
But where will this doc.rine ter
minate! What will it lead you
to?
We nil condemn the measures
lately adopted hv the ruier of
France ; he has not only violated
th« laws of nati ns, but hr has vio
lated ihe sacred principles and
laws nt nature. But upon the
doctrine of me orders in council
we might say, because Bonaparte
hasp,ac;d his brother Joseph on
he throne of Spain to counteract his
plans, we will act in a similar man
o, r towards the Sicilies and to
wa’d* Sweden, It is a novel doc
trine, first promulged at Copenlta
gen atvd which sets at defiance
every thing held sacred ;*moi g
mankind. Further my Lords, the
Winns first alleged for the issu
ing of the whmiMial, theoretical
a.iA absurd maxims of policy, no
longer exist. It was stated that
America had acquiesced u» the
decrees of our enemy she udis
ou she never did, and she tells
you more, lor whatever doubt
may have been entertained, she
was ready last August to con
vince you, tt was her intention
mu to acquiesce in the decrees of
France, but to oppose them to die
utmost of her power— even to do
>o, at the hazird of war. Would i
not this proceeding have been die I
most powerful one this country
could have entertained for the pur
pose of counteracting the decrees
of Bonaparte ? There ** not a sin
gle object, lor winch it was pro
fessed m the outset these orders I
were made, which will not Vanish I
bv agreeing t* the proposals from
America. 1 am justly alraid Ins
liujcsix’x mi ll uters will not give
due consideration to the prseut
one .tiun, for their eyes are jaun
diced, and their sight is obuiuet
ed by clouds of prejudice. Let
them consider die vast advau.
tages which have been obtained
ft o n this boasted measure of
wisdom. It appears that the
whole amount of revenue gained
from these order* in council, i*
the mighty sum of 31,00<>/. and
a great proportion of it from the
seizure of American vessels on
the seas ; which have been, vio*
Irmly and contrary to all neutral
right* bio\ into our hai burst Ihe
Ljuitou* rvsuli to this countty
h.is been alarming. Liverpool
hu» f« U it mo»t seveiel) ; tiom
the account on he üb*e it appear*
your txpun* for two years p. i -
or to tlie l»*i, wc e, upon an aver*
age, 48 miliums, but during the
last year they diminished to 22 >
million*. 1 note is also, m re
spect to impoits, in the same man
tier, a diui.no iou oi »i& uiulioti*,
aud this statemeut does not in
clude Scotland aud Ireland, there
fore to spc*k considerably wuh
in the bounds ot luoderatiou,
there hasbucu a decrease in die
couunere of ) our country, dieted
by ihesc ordo* m council, ui
fourteen million* lor the lasi
jear. In one district, tbe \ear
preceding these orders, mere were
b7 to.too mills employed, ine I
year after +2 on.y. 1 :iu north ol j
iibUnd is tugaged tu me tiuui j
manufactory, *x.aux-secc ta ot the |
Lm importance to iieany am.lbou
of people —>he) gcut iaUy use every
ycat 4a,L»uO hogsiitads, & oa,uuJ
oi dieui wt-ie nnp.itcii from A
menca. \\ rut mil oo me situa
tion ot the poor people, it no sup.
ly Hiiouiu at live before May ? j
a unwilling tu mention my #p- I
prebertions on the subject. Thi*
flaxseed was 2 or 3 pound* a quar
*er, but new it has risen to tbe tx
horbitant price ol 24/. or 26/. per
quarter —With regard to exports
ihat of cotton wa* about four mil
lions* *° wa# export of wool
len* annually ; those have been
reduced to om half.
Upwards of thirty thousand
manuf* f ure»B have been drivru
from their employment, which j
sufficiently d« menstrates the per- ;
nic ous consequence of these un-*
inst measure*.—Still ministers are
determined to persist and to try a ■
fatal experiment upon the exist f
ence of the country. \
The en« my has declared he will*
ruin our commerce, and they re-j
solve, in point of honor, that he |
shall cary hi* measue* into full
effect and then w- shall erjoy
the pleasure of this experiment
which is to find out whether he
can accomplish our destruction.
They will admit of no remedy , uo
alleviation of circumstance*; a
woul d is iffllcted, they are determ,
inrd to have no aid ol the faculty ;
for the purpose of trying, altho’
the life of a patient is at stake
whether the wound will get well of
itself —It is a subject of the most
serious moment to the interests of
* his country, at this crisis, that
we should cultivate the friendship
of America, and thereby »f
possible, the blow which has been
aimed by the greatest enemy
land ever encountered, against
otir very existence as a nation. —
(Jur YYVt India Colonies must
immediately alter ad the conse.
queiices of our going to war with
Amerita, into which both coun
tries arc stc-diously driven by
rho»e who conduct the affairs of
hi* majesty’* government. llis
Lord*! ip made several observa
tions on the conduct of ministers,
in respect to the Chesapeake af
fair which still remains in suspence
and on their fiist insisting it should
be settled separately, but after,
wards insisting it should be consi
dered conjointly with the nonmter
course act, which exhibited a
disposition on their part to in
crease the 114m c ot discord and
hast n the declaration of war.—
i He disavowed the least intention
I to give up the slightest claim we
held to our maritime rights ; for
great as the present calamities
weir, they ought all to be endur
ed rather than to m ke such a
sacrifice. Hi* Lordship, afier
I one of the most able and eloquent
| spreches we ever h-ard, to winch
the limits of our paper preventour
doing justice, coucluded by mu.
ving, Ike*
From the" old Colony Gazetted ’
Mejprs. Editors— l (end you
the following prediction which I
have cut out of an old almanac.
Its publication will be gratify
ing to me, and to many of mv
neighbours.
A remarkable letter of the re
nowned philosopher and
trologer, Jonathan Chrilto.
pher Ludeinan, pubulhed in
lu* works, in quarto, page
4',6, at Am 11 ctdam, A. D.
*757 J concerning which be
lays, that for this prediction
Ameiica will put up his alb
cs in an urn.
AMERICA! thou perfect,
yet unpeopled pan of the woild I
’ I faiuie you in the name ol
the 1 *lan ti - ', by whole circula.
tmg uuiaiion and influence you
arc at this day what )ou a e.
When buued in abyss of obli.
vion, you weie more happy
than you ate at prelect. Since
you have been difcoveied, na
tions from the icmoteft parts of
thcea th, have deligeiuiy lought
you out. Ihe fertility and a
grecabieneft of your climate
I have proved delightful and at.
j lining to your neighbours.—
j Your population and the vait
extent ol your (cnuories induce
and encourage itrangers from
the uunolt pails of the world
to vilit you* No sooner w*a
me glorious enjoymeiu of your
, happy and profitable Uiua.ton
, known, than you became the J
, v* Utl and cwvv oi me urr***, u <
monarch*, who began to makel
their court ro you, and to foli.
cit your poflefLon r,d enjoy, j
ment. The head spring of lhofe
troubles which at prclent tear
she chriltian world to pieces,
is stirred up for your fake ! You
have been the injltgaior of their
ptefent diffractions ; and you |
will probably be the medeator of
their future quarrels !
Your Independence, (Y a’lur.
ing America, (hall ho:dthebal.
ance of quarreling power for t.
ver ! This is a triumph only
becoming and reserved for
your illuHrious quarter of the
globe ! My friends, the planets
who are the silent protectors of
your dominion*, seem vigilant
for the continuation of your
prosperity and happinefsl No
other trouble or misfortune lhall
befal yop, in the common course
of lime, but that of being envi
ed by nations greedy of gain !
Be not concerned about them ;
you shall sooner lee their down
fall, than it (hall be in their
power to itijuie vou ! Remem
ber this remarkab e prognostic
of Ludkman, and vou (halt, in
time to come, find reason to rc
veie his memory.
Remarkable Funeral.— On
Sunday laU was interred in the
burial ground of St. Martin in
the Fields, the remains of Hugh
Hewfon, who died at the advan.
cedageof 85. The decealed
was a man of no mean celebrt.
ty, though no funeral cfcutch
eons adorned his hearse, of their
expectant graced his obse
quies He was no less a per
fonage than the identical Hugh
Strap, whom Dr. Smollet has
rendered so confpiciufly inter
elf ing in his life a.id adventuies
of Roderick Random, and for
upwards of forty yeais has kepi
a hair dresser’s lb op in the a.
bove parifli. The deccafed
was a very intelligent man, and
took delight in recounting the
adventuies of his early life.—
He Ipoke with pleafurc of the
time he past in the lervicc of
the doc. Sc it was his piide, as
well as boast, to fay that he had
been educated in the fame fem
irury with lo learned and dis.
tinguilhed a character. His
(hop was hung round with La
tin quotations and he would
frequently point out to his cul.
tomers arid acquaintances the
(eve*al feenes in Roderick Ran.
dom, pertaining to himfelf,
which had their foundation, not
in the doctor's inventive fancy
but in truth and reality. The
meeting in a barber’s iliop at
New Caitiie upon Tyne, the
fublequent miltake at the inn,
their a.rival together in Lon
, don, and the allilfance they ex.
I pe.tenced from Strap’s friend,
we;c all of that defeription.—
W’e undcrltand the decealed
has left behind him, an interim
tied copy of Roderick Random, 1
j poking out thele fads, fliew
mg how fa; they were indebted!
to the genius of the doctor, and
to what extent they were bot
tomed in teality. The deceas
ed could never lucceed in gain
ing more than a lelpectable iub
hltancc by his trade, but he;
polfefled an independence of
mind superior to his humble
condition. Os | atc years he
was employed as keeper of the
promenade in Vilicr s walk, A.
, deiphi, and was much noticed
,und rcfpec.cd by the mnibiitnu
who frequented that place.
Lom don March 45.
In the houie of commons
yeiicrday,the sergeant *t arms
reported, that brig gen. CLver
j i»»g was in hit cuttody, and on
, the motion o! i\ti* \v yns it wa» !
' ordered w-v- >* -/y !
** that ge». Ciavering be com j
mitted to Newgaie.” Thehoufe
j has thus lhewn the purest im
partiality by extending to two
men, offending in the fame de
gree and different only in rank,
the fame measures of puntfh.
ment. This proceeding can
not but excite the highcli Icnti*
merits of approbotion.
Another London paper fays,
gen. Clavering was commuted
to Newgate for prevaricating
and contradictory evidence, in
the case of the dukcol Yoik.
BOSTON, May 16.
/ale from Portugal.
Captain Sawyer who arrived
here yesterday from Lisbon, in
form# that when he sailed from
that city ( April 28th) the French
had not arrived there, and the
periods of their arrival were vari
ously stated, fiotn seven days to
two months j Hut the Fiench
were advancing into Portugal in 2
columns, under Marshal Cannes fc
Junot, whose united force w a s
estimated in round numbers
80,000—that they had taken O.
porto, and had advanced several
legncs beyond it ; but that their
progress was slow, owing dubt
less to the scarcity of subsistence
in the country thev were over
running—That the British troops
in Portug ;d amounted to upwards I
of 21,000; and the Portuguese
army was estimated at 50,000 -
1 hat the British were reparing the
fortifications ; but that notwith
standing thrse it was not expected
a defence of the city would be
attempted ; and that on the near
approach of the French the Bri
tish and Portuguese would embark J
on board the British fleet in tile
Tagues, which consisted of two
sail of the line, three or four fri
gates, and 300 sail of transports ;
part of which would proceed to
Brazil, the others for England.—
The intelligence from Spain was
extremely vagae and limited.
NEW-YORK May u.
By the Veltal, from Lisbon
wc have received newpapers
and letters to the tyth March.
Letters were received in LiL
bon liom the Marquis of Ro.
mana dated Inh March, ai
Rtqueijo, (Gallicia) ; he men
tions that the Fiench have not
lolt lei's than 10,coo men, in
killed and prisoners, in that pro.
vince. Kotnana was so Rationed
as to be able to cut off the com
munication with the French
with Loon Sc Galicia. Vrgowas
in polfcllion of the Spaniards.
Thtec Lngltlh frigates had en
teied that place, and iupplied
them with provtfions.
Lilbon was (till in pofleflGon
of the Portuguese, and ttoops
were dsily arriving from En
gland. Arms and cloathing for
10,000 had been (ent them :
the people were in high Ipirits,
and determined to relat the
French. The Portuguese ar„
my was divided into three di~
vilions, one of which, consist.
ing of 40,000 men, was on the
! frontiers.
File French had not entered
the frontiers of Portugal, as
lotne time lince Hated.
For the Mirror of the Timet.
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF GEORGIA
I '
j THE time has arrived fellow
citizens when your most zealous
exertions are required to preserve
inviolate and Iree that Constitu
tion which was formed for the
perpetual of these United
States. You are now called upon
bv the danger# which surround us
form w the internal com
motions which confound us within
to interpose your * c *| aiu ] acl j v j ty
between the conflicting calamities
and to repel the inroads of des ( o
tism, by opposing the daring ad
vances of the federal faction, and
gallantly supporting the republi
can administration of our country
in ali such measures as they shall
j ,h,n * to adopt, a* far as
j they are consistent with the honor |
i 4 '’•rnitv nari 00> x «... |
I 1
J notable by the determined strtoj
they have made in the commenc e ,
ment of our present
It would have been a cause of real
congratulation if the overtu r '
adjustment made by Mt. Jt *£ 01
had been accepted by the
government, at in that ev, a i~ t hat
venerable & able statesman would
have received all the honor an j
praise of his unwearied zeal
dignified conduct. But that g ov
ermneut ever deaf to the demand,
of justice, until compelled by th e
most absolute necessity, was the
■;ngagrd m a series of duplicity
and cunning, which it was uot dis
ficuit for the people of this Cou ’
» d ”- Th * party nf
G. Britain, ever opposed to the
administration of Mr. Jefferson
and entertaining the most deadly
hatred aga.nst h.m, were not igno.
rent of the time when hi, term n f
office would erpir,, and enco u
.aged by the clamours of the mas
contents to the eastward and C | s -I
where, vainly hoped that it
cou-d sustain the pressure of oor
embargo and the Joss of our co, n
merce until the Presidential ele c I
tto.i, that their lortitude and pat*
ence under these calam.ties, joinj
with their a of success m
Spam, would induce the America
people to abandon the men of their
choice, €,cCl » President favorable
to the views and interests of G.
Britain, and submit to such hu!
mibatiug terms as they in their
might and power should deign to
off:*. But fortunately for our
country the majority of the people
have remained firm and unshaken •
the republican cause has triumph!
ed, a republican and a dignified
statesman has bien summoned to
the helm ot that government which
his wisdom and counsel, have had
n<> inconsiderable share in conduct,
ing. Thus has that wicked and
decei fjl cabinet been baffled i Q
every attempt te seduce the patri.
ots of this realm Irom their native
and adopted allegiance Defeated
and disgraced tu Spain, and sur
rounded on all sides by difficulties
and dangers ready to consume and
forever to strike it off from the
black catalogue of kingdoms, that
government has at length cama
forward not in the pure spirit of
conciliation, as we are so vaunting.
Jy told by the federal editors, but
forced by necessity, its ministers
have come forward, degraded and
disappointed, justly sensible of
their injustice, the dependence of
G. Britain upon the U. States, and
of the impartiality of this govern
ment towards bo'h belligerent*.—
Under these circumstances have
they now come forward and pro
posed in substance the same term*
tothe present administrator which
they refused to accept when offered
by Mr. Jefferson in August last.
But at that time their view, were
exalted beyond the stale demands
of justice and of right, and the li.
beral and honest propositions of
an administration which proposed
an adjustment in the mildest terms,
and with the most ardent zeal for
peace were rejected with “ royal
disdain, with lordly contempt.”—
I his conduct ot the British minis
try the federal faction would in
duce the honest unsuspecting plan
ter was dictated by the pure spirit
of conciliation ; but thauk Heaven
we live in a land where the gloom
of superstition and ignorance never
entered, where liberty and science
dispense their blessings with a
bounteous hand, 8t where, by the
aid ofthose literary establishments,
which will confer immortality on
tne names of Franklin and Wash
ington, united with the pure ze
phyrs of liberty, every man is able
to acquire a correct knowledge of
and no unprejudiced thinking man
can be ig lorent of the cause of our
complaints and the justice of our
demands.
In order to form sotns idea of
he conciliatory spirit of the Bri
tish government and of the hostile
disposition of ours, it may not be
unnecessary to take a retrospect of
the affair of the Chesapeake. At
the time this wanton and unparsb \
>eutd act of ctueliy was pr.-,* 1 '
' ted, the feelings of the citizen* of
'hi# country were exasperated be
yond forbearance. This act if au
thorised by the British govern
ment was certainly tantamount to
a declaration and an act ot war on
I the part of that government, a; d if
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