ance cannot with prudence be continued without extraordinary aid. "This prospect of distress to the manufacturers, in his opinion, arises, not so much from a failure of the usual markets for the goods, as from the difficulty in discounting in London and in Scotland the long dated bills received for those goods. "Great quantities of manufactured goods belonging to manufacturers in Scotland are now in London, for which, when sold, bills are granted for a small part at three months, and the remainder from six to fourteen months, the greatest part of which goods have been formerly sold for long-dated bills, but are not so now from the difficulty of obtaining discounts; and he has heard manufacturers say, they were willing to sell their goods with a considerable loss to obtain relief, by sales, for ready money. "Manufacturers frequently borrow money for the purposes of their trade, on personal bonds; but great part of that money has been called for at Whitsunday next (15th May) and from the state of credit in Scotland, he has reason to think the manufacturers will not be able to answer these demands, by borrowing on the former securities. "The manufacturers keep as little stock in their warehouses as they can, and as fashion varies, he should think the mercantile interest would be more benefited by depositing the raw materials on pledge, than the manufacturer, who however might indirectly be benefited by the ad vance. "He certainly thinks, that paper issued on government security, and advanced upon the deposit of goods, or other unquestionable private security, would, when properly understood, be a material relief in the present distress of Scotland; and he has no doubt but several persons might be found to concur in giving a joint security for the support of co-partnerships, with perfect safety to the public. "He believes the quantity of paper circulated by the country banks has of late been considerably diminished, and their discounts on bills of exchange greatly so, since these troubles began. With regard to the royal bank, the circulation is nearly the same, and the assistance given to the country greatly superior to what it has afforded at any former period. "In addition to these statements, your committee, when they were on the point of concluding their report, had the opportunity of receiving farther information from Mr. Macdowall, a member of this House, who stated, that he is representative in parliament, for the city of Glasgow, from whence he had this morning returned, and that he had there found all the commercial houses and manufacturers in the greatest distress, from the late stagnation of commercial credit, and total want of private confidence. "The present distress does not appear to him to arise from a want of property or funds, but from the stop which has been lately put to discounting bills at any of the Glasgow, Paisley, or Greenock banks; who have not for some time past discounted to any extent, from their notes being poured in upon them for gold, and from the alarm which the present situation of credit in London has occasioned. "The "The manufacturers have plenty of goods on hand in London and in Glasgow, which they cannot sell but at so reduced a price, as renders it perfectly absurd for them to think of disposing of their goods, in order to obtain immediate relief. The manufacturers, and those who have cotton mills, have begun to discharge the workmen employed by them during the last fortnight; and by a letter received from the lord Provost of Glasgow, by him this morning, he learns that the manufacturers have discharged a very great number of workmen. There are employed in Glasgow, Paisley, and their dependencies, in different parts of Scotland, about 160,000 men, women, and children. Any relief to be administered, must be given immediately to render it effectual." On Friday the 3d of May, Mr. Pitt moved the order of the day, for the House to resolve itself into a committee of the whole House, on the bill to direct the issue of exchequer bills for five millions, to aid the commercial credit of this country. Much discussion accordingly took place on the various provisions of the bill, after which the committee passed through the whole of it. The commissioners, under whose direction the whole plan was ordered to be carried on, were Lord Sheffield, Sir Grey Cooper, bart. Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Chiswell, Sir John Sinclair, bart. Mr. Alderman Anderson, Mr. R. Smith, Mr. Bosanquet, Mr. T. Boddington, Mr. Manning, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Baring, Mr. Hartley, Mr. Raikes, Mr. Forster, Mr. Darrel, Mr. C. Grant, Mr. G. Innes, Mr. Harman, and Mr. Brogden. The places where the goods were to be deposited, as a security under this bill, for the aid to be given, were London, Bristol, Hull, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Leith. On the sixth of May the bill passed the Commons; and on the eighth it passed the House of Lords without a division, and received the royal assent by commission. Mr. Sheridan having, on the 18th of April, moved for a copy of the memorial, dated the 5th of April, and presented to the statesgeneral by the British and Imperial ministers, he rose on Thursday, the 25th instant, to make a motion on the subject. After some general observations on the war, he came to the immediate object of his attention, lord Auckland, his majesty's minister at the Hague; when he declared his disapprobation of every memorial to which that noble lord had subscribed his name, from the first disturbances in France, to that on which his intended motion would be founded. With regard to the particular paper of the 5th of April, he objected to it not only on account of its indecency, but also, as it disclosed new principles for carrying on the war. It stated, "that some of the detestable regicides (meaning those men who were concerned in the death of the king of France) were now in such a situation, that they may be subjected to the sword of the law." The war was declared on the 21st of January, and there the matter rested till the 5th of April, when, by the treachery of Dumourier, the commissioners sent by the convention to the army commanded by him, had been taken into custody. It was then only necessary to say, that these regicides should should be subjected to the sword of the law, which was, in other words, that they should be put to death. The noble lord proceeded to state, in his memorial, that the divine vengeance seemed not to have been tardy. Upon this, Mr. Sheridan said, he had only to ob serve, that we were engaged in a war, which, for our safety, we had pursued to the accomplishment of its avowed object; and with respect to the divine vengeance, from motives of respect, decorum, and piety, we ought to be silent *. Were Memorial presented on the 5th of this month by the British and Imperial ministers to the States-general. Hauts et Puissans Seigneurs, Il est connu que, vers la fin du mois de Septembre de l'année dernier S. M. Brétannique, & V. H. P. ont donné de concert l'assurance solennelle, que dans le cas, ou le danger imminent qui menaçoit dès-lors les jours de L. M. Très-Chrétiennes et de leur famille se réalisat, S. Majesté, & L. H. P. ne manqueroient pas de prendre les mesures les plus efficaces, pour empêcher que les personnes qui se seroient rendues coupables d'une crime aussi atroce, ne trouvassent aucun asyle dans leurs états respectifs. Cet évènement, q'on pressentoient avec horreur, a eu lieu; & la vengeance Divine paroft ne s'être pas long-tems fait attendre. Quelques uns de ces détestables régicides sont déja dans le cas de pouvoir être soumis au glaive de la loi. Les autres sont encore au milieu du peuple, qu'ils ont plongé dans un abîme de maux, & auquel le famine, l'anarchie & la guerre civile préparent de nouvelles calamités. Enfin, tout ce que nous voyons arriver, concourt à nous faire regarder comme prochaine la fin de ces malheureux, dont la démence & les atrocités ont pénétré d'épouvante & d'indignation tous ceux qui tiennent aux principes de religion, de morale & d'humanité. En conséquence, les Soussignés soumettent au jugement éclairé & à la sagesse de Vos Hautes-Puissances, si elles ne trouveroient pas convenable d'employer tous les moyens qui sont en leur pouvoir, pour défendre l'entrée de leurs Etats en Europe, ou de leurs Colonies, à tous ceux des membres de la soi-disante convention nationale, ou du prétendu Conseil Exécutif, qui ont pris part, directement ou indirectement, au dit crime, & s'ils étoient découverts & arrêtés, de les faire livrer entre les mains de la justice pour servir de leçon & d'exemple au genre humain. It is known, that, towards the end of the month of September, last year, his Britannic majesty and your high mightinesses gave, in concert, a solemn assurance, that, in case the imminent danger which then threatened the lives of their most Christian majesties, and their family, should be realised, his majesty and 'your high mightinesses would not fail to take the most efficacious measures to prevent the persons who might render themselves guilty of so atrocious a crime from finding any asylum in their respective dominions. This event, which was foreseen with horror, has taken place, and the divine vengeance seems not to have been tardy. Some of these detestable regicides are already in such a situation that they may be subjected to the sword of the law. The rest are still in the midst of a people whom they have plunged into an abyss of evils, and for whom famine, anarchy, Were we, he asked, at war with the French nation at this moment? If the principle on which we proceeded to the war was followed, he would say, that we were not at war with the French nation. The object we professed to have in view was accomplished, and we should negotiate with those who had the direction of the public force. But if we countenanced the memorial of lord Auckland, we should say, that the whole national convention, all the members of the districts, in short, about eight or nine millions of people, must be put to death, before we can negotiate for peace. Mr. Sheridan then proceeded to examine the late partition of Poland, nor did he omit to deal out his invectives against the empress of Russia, the king of Prussia, and the emperor of Germany, for their conduct in it: nor did he think that any robbery had been committed by the most desperate of the French, or that any of their acts had exceeded in infamy the injustice and tyranny of those sovereigns. After observing on the situation and disposition of the French nation, and supporting his opinion, that their opinions could not be extirpated by the sword, he returned to the memorial of lord Auckland, and recommended the most solemn disavowal of the views and dispositions it appeared to announce. He then represented, that the state of the country was such as to trade, revenues, and general resources, that it became the most urgent duty of the minister to avail himself of every fortunate occurrence, to extricate Great Britain from the alarming evils of war. He concluded his speech with moving, "That an humble address be presented to his majesty, to express to his majesty the displeasure of this House at a certain memorial dated the 5th of April, 1793, presented to the states-general of the United Provinces, signed by the right honourable lord Auckland, his majesty's minister at the Hague; the said memorial containing a declaration of the following tenor Some of these detestable regicides (meaning by this expression, the commissioners of the national convention of France, delivered to Prince Coburgh by General Dumourier) are now in such a situation, that they can be subjected to the sword of the law; the rest are anarchy, and civil war, are preparing new calamities. In short, every thing that we see happen, induces us to consider as at hand the end of these wretches, whose madness and atrocities have filled with terror and indignation all those who respect the principles of religion, morality, and humanity. The undersigned, therefore, submit to the enlightened judgment and wisdom of your high mightinesses, whether it would not be proper to employ all the means in your power to prohibit from entering your states in Europe, or your colonies, all those members of the self-titled national convention, or of the pretended executive council, who have, directly or indirectly, participated in the sad crime; and if they should be discovered and arrested, to deliver them up to justice, that they may serve as a lesson and example to mankind. Done at the Hague, this 5th of April, 1793. (Signed) AUCKLAND, still in the midst of a people, whom they have plunged into an abyss of evils, and for whom famine, anarchy, and civil war are about to prepare new calamities. In short every thing that we see happen induces us to consider as not far distant the end of those wretches, whose madness and atrocity have filled with horror and indignation all those who respect the principles of religion, morality, and humanity, &c. To acquaint his majesty with the sense of this House, that the said minister, in making this declaration, has departed from the principles upon which this House was induced to concur in the measures necessary for the support of the war, in which the British nation is at present unfortunately engaged, and has announced an intention, on his part, inconsistent with the repeated assurances given by his majesty, that he would not interfere in the internal affairs of France and for which declaration this House cannot easily be brought to believe that the said minister derived any authority from his majesty's instructions. "Humbly to beseech his majesty, that so much of the said memorial, as contains the declaration above recited, may be publicly disavowed by his majesty, as containing matter inconsistent with the wisdom and humanity which at all times have distinguished the British nation, and derogatory to the dignity of the crown of this realm, by avowing an intention to interpose in the internal affairs of France, which his majesty has, in so many declarations, disclaimed; and mingling purposes of vengeance with those objects of defence and secu rity to ourselves and our allies, which his majesty's ministers have so often declared to be the sole object of the present war. "To represnt to his majesty, that this House has already expressed its sense of the acts spoken of in the above declaration; but that as neither this, nor any other foreign state can possess any cognizance or jurisdiction respecting them, the only tendency of menaces against their perpetrators is, to compel this country either unjustifiably to carry on war for the subversion of the present government of France, or disgracefully to seek peace by an ignominious negotiation with the very government whom we have thus insulted and stigmatised in our public acts. "That these threats must tend to give to the hostilities with which Europe is now afflicted a peculiar barbarism and ferocity, by provoking and reviving a system of retaliation and bloodshed, which experience of its destructive tendency, honour, humanity, and religion, have combined to banish from the practice of civilised war. "And finally, to represent to his majesty how deeply the reputation of his majesty's counsels is interested in disclaiming these unjustifiable, and, we trust, unauthorised denunciations of vengeance, so destructive of all respect for the consistency, and of ail confidence in the sincerity in the public acts of his ministers, and so manifestly tending at once to render the principle of the war unjust, the conduct of hostilities barbarous, and the attainment of honourable peace hope. less." Mr. Pitt expressed his astonishment, that the motion of the honour able |