ourfelves, on a comparison between the old Watch and the modern Police, which has proved moft useless for every purpofe of defence, I think it is a doubtful conteft-but, on a comparifon, which has been molt mitchievous, which has moft infulted the perfons, violated the property, and encroached on the liberty of the citizensthe modern Police, furely, carries the victory. It appeared from the witneffes examined, that it was the common practice of the Police to infult and abuse the citizens-to put them into the Watch-houfe, without any pretence whatever, and to detain them there the whole night, and then difmifs them, because they had no colour or pretence, whatever, to have confined them for a moment-it appeared that the citizens had been in the courfe of fuffering these infults from a body of men, who had been ftated, in debate, to be the refuse of the community, and who were taken from the road to be the guard of the city it had appeared that the infolence of the Police was only equalled by the negligence of fome of the Juftices; one of them was charged with having retufed to difcharge, on bail, a boy, the nephew of a refpectable citizen-who was committed for throwing a stone, and the reafon given by the Magiftrate for refufing bail, was, that fuch an offence was felony without benefit of clergy. If fuch things happened in the city of London, the sufferer would have made the Magiftracy tremble, and if the Magiftracy had taken fhelter under the Court, the injured citizen would have Laken the State-but in Ireland we have the British conflitution, but we have not its maxims, and we want spirit to reftrain the infolence of office.

I need not go at large into particulars, which prove abundantly the infolence and outrage of the Police guard, and the great and criminal reluctance of the Divifional Juftices to punish them as they deferve, when a right hon. Gentleman mentioned, that on his application against fome of the Police, one of the Juftices immediately took the molt active measures.-I cannot avoid, and with fome concern, comparing the different effect of application coming from a poor citizen and a right hon. Member; and when I fee the fupinenels in littening to the one, and the courtly promptitude in attending to the other, I condemn and hate that partial diftribution of juftice which pays respect to rank, and does not pay equal relped to injury.

On this part of the fubject, without going further into what is known and felt, and confining debate merely to the evidence, I am fupported in faying, that the modern Police, tho' not, perhaps, more ufe'efs, are much more mifchievous than the old watch, have committed more outrages, infulted more citizens, and trefpaffed more on the liberty of the fubject But when you compare the expence of the two establishments, when you find, as appears from the account, that the Police in a year and quarter has colt you 23,000l. befides about 2000l. for falaries not fet forth in the account, but exifting notwithstanding, then indeed it must occur to every man, that the old wa.ch, though no delence, was not fo great a noifance—the citizens were robbed on cheaper terms than the inhabitants and the public nos pay enormously for

dragooning the city. You have heard a melancholy detail of citizens infulted, women imprifoned, and a total contempt of law by the offi cers of justice.

You have heard the charges which those offi cers of justice have made for the services they have tendered-23,000l. or rather 25,000 l. in a year and a half; of which 11,000 1. are for the Police men on the guard, and the remainder for falaries and incidental charges, which contribute to the hours of pleasure, when a magiftrate is not to be difturbed by the importunity of jul tice. Conceive this city paying such a fum as appears from your paper, and receiving fuch treatment as appears from the evidence.

A right hon. Gentleman bas faid, that the evidence was only EX PARTE; 'tis true, and if the refolution went for the profecution of that juftice who refused to discharge a boy on bailon a fuppofition, that throwing a tone was felony, without benefit of clergy, I certainly for one, fhould have wished to have heard the Alderman explain that matter. But when the motion before you is not perfonal, and only goes to condemn the Police-and when a propolal has been made by one of the reprefentatives of the city, to poftpone the question until the Divifional Justices fhall be heard, and that propofal declined-will any man call this EX PARTE evidence? The right hon. Member lays, you cannot from particular inftances of abule condemn an efftablishment generally-there is fomething of logic in his idea, but nothing of politics; how could the cit prove the infufficiency of the Police in general, but by producing particular inftances of citizens neglected and outraged; but the Member forgets, that it is not merely the evidence of as many as you would liften ço, but it is the petition of 7000, who all protest against the Police, as a meafure prodigal and oppreffive, and prove their general allegation by particular inftances of outrage on oath, but these inftances do not prove fo little as that the citizens are neglected-no, they prove, that they are abufed by their guard-they convict the Police of committing thofe outrages which they are enormously paid to prevent or punish.

When first this establishment was propofed, in the shape of a bill, I opposed it-1 foretold, at that time, that the Policemen would be bad foldiers and bad citizens-I did not, but might have added, that they would be bad watchmen I added, that the bill, inadequate, I apprehended, to cftablith the peace of the city, would totally deftroy the freedom of the corporation, that, in fact, the Court was taking it into its own hands, the regulation of the city, for you can confider the magiltrates of the Police, in no other light than the fervants of the Crown, and the Police as a regulation under the Court, instead of what before took place, a regulation under the corporation-What has been the effect of this change?- -you have filenced the corporation, you have fecured the Minitter's peace in the city, but you have not fecured the peace of the city itfelf-the bill has not been inadequate to all its objects, it has destroyed the independence of the corporation-it has done to by an immenfe patronage. I therefore, originally, objected to this bill, formed to fecure the number of votes

lives, and to extinguifh, in the city, not robbery, but public fpirit.

That a bill could be framed in a few days, as the representative of the city has mentionedfree from the objections, and expence of the prefent Police is indubitable-there is nothing in way of fuch a measure, except a defire to preferve the patronage which the prefent Police bill contains it is that patronage which protects the prefent bill, and alfo protects the fcandalous abuse of authority, which have taken place under this bill, and to which a number of relpectable witnesses have borne teftimony, and one of them an old friend and Tchool-fellow, who has been alluded to in this debate, and without reas, ion-Mr. Miller, a fcholar, a man of zeal in the public caufe, and a clergyman of worth, against whom nothing can be advanced, except that, with all his diligence, he has gotten, as yet, no adequate provifion in the church. The Houfe divided, For the motion, Against it,

MINORITY.

Mr. Hartley
Rt. Hon. Mr. Grattan

Mr. Forbes

Mr. Corry

Mr. M. Smith
Mr. Griffith

Rt. Hon. Mr. Brownlow

Rt. Hon. Mr. O'Neill

Mr. Js. Stewart
Mr. Hardy

Mr. Parfyns
Sir F. Hutchinson
Mr. Alexander, jun.
Mr. Alcock
Sir F. Aylmer
Mr. Blackwood
Mr. A. Brown, College
Mr. Brown

Sir A, Stewart
Mr. J. Stewart, Ennifk.
Mr. Chas. Leflie

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Sir Richard St. George
Mr. Kearney
Mr. Price

Mr. Alex. Montgomery
Sir J. Freke

Mr. Lowther
Mr. Usher

Mr. Lloyd
Lord Headford
Mr. Wm. Ruxton
Mr. J. Preiton
Mr. Jas. Prefton
Mr. J. Montgomery
Sir E. Crofton
Mr. Step. Moore

Mr. Montgomery Moore
Mr. Hayes, Drumboe
Mr. Leigh
Mr. J. Stratford
Mr. Neville

Sir E. Newenham

was modified, and a claufe was referred to the Committee, which was afterwards adopted in the Committee, and ftands part of the bill.

"That every Divifional Juftice fhall attend at his office every morning, at or before nine o'clock, under the penalty of 20 fhillings."

Mr. Holmes moved, that the bill for the relief of infolvent perfons, with respect to the imprifonment of their perfons, (and which was read a fecond time last night, but no order made for its committal) be committed.

Mr. Moore, though he was willing to bear every teftimony to the humanity and good inteations of the hon. Member, who had introduced this bill, yet he could not help obferving, that it was against every idea of public juft.ce, to force the creditor, by compulfory laws, to accept whatever the debtor might think proper to give him he thought that the principle of infolvent bills militated against public credit, and in a commercial country, the frequency of them might be very injurious; and he was of opinion, that there was oftentimes as much humanity in guarding the rights of the creditor, as in liberating the prifoner, and the paffing of infolvent bills, in fome cafes brought the creditor into the fituation of the perfon who was difcharged; and not unfrequently, unworthy and undeferving pertons had become objects of infolvent bills. He did not by any means rife to oppofe the measure propofed by the hon. gentleman, of whose good intentions he was well convinced; but he merely rofe to give his opinion, what appeared to him to be the principle of infolvent bills in general.

Mr. Holmes affured the Hon. gentleman that the bill was guarded as much as poffible against fraud, and that it was an exact tranfcript of the bill that paffed in 1785, which was drawn up under the fanction of the Lord Chancellor, and the Judges of the land. He went into a detail of the bill, which obliged every perfon claiming relief under it to give up his property on oath, that he was to be in actual cuftody for fome time previous to a certain day to be named in the bill, (iuppoled ft Jan. laft) that he was to give notice, ia writing to his creditor, and also a public notice in the Gazette.

Sir F. Flood followed Mr. Holmes, and declared himfelt a Warm friend to the bill, as being a meature of humanity, found policy, and abfolute neceffity-peculiarly fo at this time, when our free trade, arts and manufactures, required active liberty, and not ufelefs confinement of many perlons.

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(To be continued)

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ADVICE.

O more, lov'd partner of my foul,
At disappointment grieve,
Can flowing tears our fate controul,
Or fighs our woes relieve?

Adversity is Virtue's school

To those who right difcern,
Let us obferve each painful rule,
And each hard leffon learn.
When wintry clouds obfcure the sky,
And heaven and earth deform,
If fix'd the ftrong foundation's eye,
The cattle braves the ftorm:
Thus fix'd on Faith's unfailing rock,
Let us endure a while
Misfortune's rude impetuou, fhock,
And glory in our toil.

Jil fortune cannot always last,

Or if it should remain,
Believe each pa n'ul moment caft,
A better lite to gain.

Where Calumny no more fhall wound,
Nor faithlefs friend destroy,
Where Innocence and Truth are crown'd
With never fading joy.

BALLA D.

YOUNG Phillis was the brighteft lafs,

YOUNG

Ah, who fo fprightly fair as the! None tripp'd fo light the verdant grafs ; None carrol'd with fo fweet a glee. But mark the dire reverfe of fate,

Each rural nymph and shepherd gay, Young Colin came, a youth complete, Like April fmiling, fresh as May. His cheek diffus'd the peach's bloom, His lip the ripen'd ftrawb'rries glow; And when his ruftic voice he'd tune, Like wood-larks liquid notes would flow, Now Phillis feels a lambent flame

Encrease with every ardent gaze; She fighs, the breathes, young Colin's name, And fans her paffion to a blaze. And now full heavy droops her bead;

How chang'd, how pale; ah, well-a-day, Now ev'ry youthful charm is fled,

And, like the fpring, all pafs'd away.
In rears the left the sportive plain,
With grief the fought the willow grove,
Where friendly death foon eas'd her pain,
And dying, the confefs'd her love.

To a Country Friend, on the Approach of Winter.

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TAY, fylvan friend, with plenty bleft, Who fcorn'it the niggard's icy breast; And, as alone, at early moro,

You brush the thicket, trace the lawn,
Lift to what fings Aminton;

To thee the friendly hine is fent,
Where more than meets the ear is meant ;
The while, with dog and gun, you roam,
Think on your townfman, far from home,
Deny'd the sports of Winter.

When Eafter chicks begin to crow,
And azure decks the mountain flye;
When foreft-trees wear fickly hues,
Aad agues wait on evening dews,

Lay up for health, nor tint her:
Prepare the ham, the fowl, the chine,
Nor ipare the produce of the vine;
Fill, fill thy ftores with glowing coal,
And fomething for the Chriftmas bowl,
To cheer thy friend in Winter.

The reaper's moon and harvest past,
Rude blows the equinoctial blaft;
Ah! now, my rural friend, beware,
This feafon claims thy utmost care;

Health bids thee ftore, not ftint her:
Survey thy cot, fecure thy roof,
Soon make it rain and tempeft proof;
So when the fable clouds fal. low,
Thy hearth fhall yield the pleasing glow,
That foothes the rage of Winter.
Refurbh up thy warm furtout,
The doekin glove and friendly boot;
And let the hat that shields thy head
Around in ample cover spread;

This do for health, nor ftint her:
Above the rest, be this your care,
Ufe exercife and morning air;
And this you'll find of luch avail,
While city fops look thin and pale,

You'll wear the rofe in Winter.
And now farewell, till Flora fpreads
Her vernal mantle o'er our heads;
May peace o'er Britain ftill prefide,
And Justice fword and balance guide,

Nor partial pow'r e'er itint her:
And may you midit your stock of cheer,
When old and dreary finks the year,
Think on thy Poet's friendly wish,
Nor hold thole comforts from his dish,
Which imooth the frowns of Winter.

Each in filent fadnefs worn,

Loft in ftraits, or funk in fand:

Each their murmurs never knew,
Pining Grief and waning Hope,
Abject Sympathy renew,

Courting Fortune as they droop.
There fits Sorrow, flowly fad;

There the Sifter Fates appear;
Wild Defpair, and Fury mad:
There Misfortune in the rear.
Here in torture Sickness trays,
Varies not, nor doom'd to die;
Here Care all her hopes delays;
Here moody Melancholy.
All,"how oppofite is Fate !"
In diftateful fighs lament:
All in expectation wait,

Meet no change, but to releat.

Look not here, thou conftant fiend, Frown no more on my repofe; Ne'er to me thy power extend, Ne'er on me thy ftings impofe. Far away content recline,

Diftant far from thy domain; Give me not worth only thine,

Teach me never to complain. When from thee I'm launch'd away, Follow not, nor call me back; Ne'er to dread thee while I fay, Nor, when gone, my joys attack.

Nor could a richer joy be thine,
Did all Potofi yield her mine.
Thy tiny cup of filver brings
A fweeter draught than cups of Kinge.
The doll for whom thy love prepares
These emblems of maternal cares,
For whom this little board is fpread,
For whom thou deck'st this liule bed,
Obedient to thy magic wand,

Still eats or fleeps at thy command;
And tho' thou play'ft the mother's part,
No mother's pang corrodes thy heart.

O ever might thy future years
Be thus exempt from hopes and fears:
Thus with imooth current glide away,
While beams of joy thus round thee play,
But thou a blended lot must share,
And with the bleffing take the care,

Then, lovely Mary, hug the toys, Unfullied fource of infant joys; And while thou can't, the pleasure keep, To lull thy waxen babe asleep.

"Oh what a charming thing's a dinner {"

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HEAR up, Gluttons, fill your bellier, Gormandize whole pounds of meat; Never piddle o'er your jellies,

But fubftantial viands eat.

Ev'ry waistcoat quick unbutton,

See the enemies advance!

Charge the turtle, beef, and mutton,
Point the culinary lance.
Brandish, boys, your knives and forks all,
As you would in war the fpear,
Bloat your paunches like a foot-ball,
Eat in greafe from ear to ear.
Still let us abhor the motto,

"Pauca vefco,"-damping words !
But good roaft-beef, piping hot, oh
Spread in plenty o'er your boards !
See the firloin richly fmosking,

Mark the gravy, how it fprings;
Mal-contents, forbear your croaking,
Feaft like Aldermen or Kings.
Come, dexterity exert now,

Wipe your chops, look quite alert now,
Deep incifions make with speed;
Whilft on fuch ftrong fare you feed.
Lord! how hot the battle rages!
Conqueft defolates the plain t
What our appetite afforge-

Let us drink, and eat again.

From the florehouse,-brifk and mellow,
Quick, the Port and Claret bring;
Through our fpacious hall we'll bellow,
"Here's a health to GEORGE our King."

Whilft we're gorging without measure,
Hear our greafy chairman cry,-
"Eating is fublimeft pleasure,
"While we eat,-we'll never die !"

FOREIGN

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Rome, August 25, 1788.

OR fome years paft, fuch has been the fcarcity of grain, and of vegetables in general, in the papal-dominions, that it was found expedient to prohibit the exportation of them. This year, however, our crops of all forts have been fo abundant, that his holiness has taken off the faid prohibition, but with this reftriction, that no exportation of them should take place tiil fufficient quantities of grain, &c. fhall be lodg ed in the different granaries for the ufe of the inhabitants.

Vienna, Auguft 27. Two couriers extraordi nary have arrived here from Paris within thefe eight days, who alighted at the French ambal fador's, and immediately after their arrival, that ambassador had fome long conterences with his Imperial majefty's master of flate. These expeditions, and the movements in the cab nets of Versailles, have certainly only in view the top ping of the flame of war from Ipreading through out Europe, by a timely reconciliation between the three belligerent powers, and to fecure the tranquillity of this part of the globe by a folid and durable peace. We ardently with the efforts of France may fucceed, but we cannot conceal our well founded fears that the Grand Vizier, elated by the many advantages his troops have obtained over the different corps detached from the Imperial army, will not now drop bis favourite plan of humbling the enemies of the Ottoman power, and thus prove as averfe to any accommodation as ever.

Elfineur, Sept. 2. The Ruffians have cruizers in the Cattegat and above Faifte born, which renders it almoft impoffible for any Swedish property to pass them unnoticed; every day they are fending prizes into thefe roads.

Copenhagen, Sept. 2. The Oldenburg, one of our prime fhips of the line, has received orders to cruize in the Sound, as has the GrandBelt, one of our most powerful frigates, in the Baltick.

The day before yesterday, a battalion of gre. nadiers marched for Fredericfwark, where our cannon foundery and powder-rhills are establish ed. Another battalion has marched for the ifle of Amack; and in fact, it feems to be the intention of government, to cover the whole coaft of Zealand with troops. In the mean time,, the Zealand regiment of infantry has received orders to proceed for Elfineur and Cronenburgh; and the two corps of chaffeurs are to be confiderably augmented.

Warsaw, Sept. 3. The day before yesterday, a courier arrived here with the important intelligence, that Baron Elmpt has defeated, and totally difperfed, the grand corps belonging to the Chan of the Tartars that the Count de Romanzow-Sadunay ky has at length obtained poffeffion of Jaffy; and that every hour news was expected to arrive there of the formal furrender of Choczim.

Lifhon, Sept. 5. A new royal junto, or more properly to exprefs it, a new royal board of commerce, agriculture, manufactures and navigation, is eftablished in this city. The memNovember, 1788.

bers are already appointed; and viscount Villa

nova de Cerveira has had the honour to be named Prefident.

Genoa, Sept. 6. Since the taking of the Algerine chebec, brought into this port, the government have ordered all our galleys to go out and cruife, in order to protect our trade. This precaution is more neceffary, as we learn that nineteen corfairs have failed from Algiers, who, no doubt will seek to take their revenge.

Leghorn, Sept. 7. The last letters from Bar bay inform us, that the Emperor of Morocco is at prefent at Fez, with 20,000 cavalry, and 14,000 infantry. They fay he is affembling a greater number of troops on the Eastern frontiers of his empire. The e'deft fon of the Pacha of Tangiers has likewile affembled 10,000 men, by the Emperor's order, near Tetuan.

Hague, Sept. 9. Tew people believed the reports that the patriots were forming new plans, and had enrolled a body of people to begin a new play, or rather their old one; but fince Friday last the whole has been publicly proved; and at Haarlemn two of the principals concerned have been arrefted. They have found in their houfes papers which discover the whole plan. One thousand horses had been already purchased to mount a corps of huffars. The council committee affembled the fame day, on the arrival of the two pritoners. Orders were given for feizing their horfes immediately, many of which were at Breda.

Stockholm, Sept. 16. A ceffation of hoftilities having been agreed upon between the empress of Ruffia and the Swed fh troop. in Finland, the latter, in compliance with the ftipulations, retired within their own frontiers, except a battalion of the Queen Dowager's regiment, and another of the regiment of Oftrogothia, who, not having acceded to the convention, kept poffeffion of their pofts. Between these and a corps of Ruffians a skirmish happened on the first inftant, in which about fourteen of the enemy were killed, and only two Swedes wounded.It is hitherto uncertain whether or not this af fair will lead to a renewal of hoftilities between the two armies.

Florence, Sept. 26. His Royal Highness our mott gracious Sovereign has published an edict, dated the 20th init. which entirely fuppreffes the Nunciature in Tuscany, and gives to Arch bishops and Bishops the care of the caufes and affairs which the Tribunal of the Nunciature formerly enjoyed; all the privileges of that Tribunal are to cease, and the nuncios only to be

confidered as Ambaffadors from the Pontiff.

By another edict of the 23d inft. bis Highaefe has fuppreffed the Tribunal of Confultation, as not conforming to the new laws. This edict contains 25 articles, and gives to the Prefident of the Tribunal of Good Government great part of the privileges which belonged to the fuppreffed Tribunal; amongst others, that of granting the lawyers liberty to exercife their function, and to admit civil and criminal notaries.

Naples, Oct. 4. The measures which have been concerted with the maritime of Italy, &c. bordering on the Mediterranean, for protecting Hhhh