100 ftrongly recommend the matter to your Lordship's attention, and am confident, from your known activity, that you will not omit any legal exertion of the Civil Power which may contribute upon this occafion to preserve the public peace.

I have the honour to be, my Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,

humble fervant,

STORMONT.

The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London.'

(COPY.)

St. James's, June 4, 1780, My Lord, 25 M. p. ten, P. M. Information which I have juft received makes me think it my indifpenfable duty to recommend the contents of the letter which I had the honour to write to your Lordship yesterday to your moft ferious confideration. I cannot but hope and truft, from your Lordship's known zeal and activity, that every effectual, legal method will be ufed by you to preferve the public peace, by guarding againft thofe dangers to which it stands exposed.

I am, with great respect, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient, humble fervant, STORMONT. Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.'

Wednesday, July 5.

Mr. David Hartley moved an address to his Majefty, that he would be graciously pleased to call in his proclamation for ordering the military to act, independent of the civil Magiftrates. The motion was feconded by Sir George Saville.

mond upon

Mr. Hartley, in his fpeech upon this occafion, exactly followed the line of argument made use of by the Duke of Richhis laft motion in the Lords on Lord Ambert's letters, and infifted that military government is ttill in force, and will fo remain till these orders are called in. He wished to fee the civil Magiftrates re-inftated in their functions, and fupported when requifite by the military power; but he thought it unconftitutional and very alarming to have fuch large bodies of the military difperfed in all parts of the metropolis, and almoft furrounding it, invested with a difcretionary power to ufe violence against his Majefty's fubjects, before the civil Magiftrate has declared that they are offenders deferving fuch exertions, and too powerful in point of numbers to be brought to justice by the proper Peace-Officers.

He was anfwered by the Solicitor General, who maintained, that the civil Ma

giftrates are at this hour re-inftated in their functions, and that the military are now only protecting them in their duty. He applied to the honourable Member himself, whether this is not the cafe at prefent at the Seffions-house in the Old-Bailey; the avenues to which are strongly guarded by conftables, and the military are only ftationed there to protect them, as a proper precaution after the late unparalleled infurrection and unexampled outrages of a daring and furious mob.

Lord North denied, that the leaft idea of a military Government fubfifting in this kingdom at prefent could be entertained by any cool difpaffionate men. Could it be fuppofed, that the orders iffued to the military, upon the late extraordinary occafion, were ever meant to be put in execution upon any other emergency but that of a mob overpowering the civil poffe, and fubverting Magiftracy itself? Surely no no man would think it prudent in Government to raise fuch another scene of wild uproar, havoc, and devastation; and, as it was impoffible for any one to take upon him to infure the public safety, if the troops were withdrawn before any circumftance concurred to demonftrate that the public tranquillity is perfectly and permanently restored, he could not fee the wifdom of the motion at the prefent moment A very fhort time would make it expedient to draw off the military; and in the mean time they certainly would not act independent of the orders of the civil power, unlefs compelled to it by the fuperior violence of a mob, which God forbid should ever happen again in this city, in the very feat of Government.

Sir Philip Jennings Clerke and Mr. Dempfter fpoke in favour of the motion. Upon a divifion the motion was rejected by 50 votes against 6. Adjourned.

Saturday, July 8.

His Majefty came to the House of Lords, and being in his royal robes feated on the Throne with the ufual folemnity, Sir Francis Molyneux, Knight, Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod, was fent with a melage from his Majefty to the House of Commons, commanding their attendance in the House of Peers. The Commons being come thither accordingly, his Majesty was pleafed to give the royal affent

to

An act to prevent any mischief or inconvenience which may arife to the Sheriffs, gaolers, fuitors, prifoners, or others, by the prifoners in the feveral gaols in the counties of Middlefex and Surry, and the

ty of London, having been fet at liberty during the late tumults and infurrections, After which his Majefty was pleased to make the following moft gracious Speech

My Lords and Gentlemen,

IT gives me great fatisfaction to find myfelf able to determine this long feffion of Parliament, that you may be at liberty to return to your several countries, and attend to your private affairs, after fo laborious a discharge of your duty in the public fervice; and I take this occafion to exprefs my fincere acknowledgment for the freth proofs you have given me of your affectionate zeal for the fupport of my Government, and of your juft eftimation of the real and permanent interefts of your country.

Your magnanimity and perfeverance in the profecution of this juft and neceffary war have enabled me to make fuch exertions as will, I truft, by the affiftance of Divine Providence, difappoint the violent and unjust defigns of my enemies, and bring them to liften to equitable and honourable terms of peace.

Thefe exertions have already been attended with fuccefs by fea and land; and the late important and profperous turn of affairs in North-America affords the faireft profpect of the returning loyalty and affection of my fubjects in the colonies, and of their happy re-union with their parentcountry.

• Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, I feel myself under particular obliga

tions to thank you for the large and ample fupplies you have fo chearfully granted, and for the confidence you repofe in me. No attention fhall be wanting on my part to render them effectual, and to fee them faithfully applied.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

Let me earnestly recommend to you to affift me, by your influence and authority in your feveral counties, as you have by your unanimous fupport in Parliament, in guarding the peace of the kingdom from future difturbances, and watching over the prefervation of the public fafety. Make my people fenfible of the happiness they enjoy, and the diftinguished advan tages they derive, from our excellent conftitution in Church and State. Warh them of the hazard of innovation-Point out to them the fatal confequences of fuch commotions as have lately been excited; and let it belyour care to imprefs on their minds this important truth, That rebellious infurrections to refift or to reform the laws muft end either in the destruction of the perfons who make the attempt, or in the fubverfion of our free and happy conftitution.'

HOME CIRCUIT.
Lord Mansfield and Baron Eyre.

Hertfordshire, Monday, July 31, at Effex, Wednesday, Auguft 2, at Chelmfford.

Kent, Monday 7, at Maidstone.
Suffex, Friday 11, at Horsham.
Surry, Monday 14, at Guildford.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Lord Loughborough, and Mr. Baron Ho ham.

City of York, and county of the fame, Saturday, July 29, at the Guildhall of the faid city.

York fhire, the fame day, at the castle of York.

Durham, Tuesday, Auguft 8, at the caftle of Durham.

Town of Newcastle upon Tyne and county of the fame, Saturday, August 12, at

the Guildhall of the faid town. Northumberland, the fame day, at the caftle of Newcastle upon Tyne. Cumberland, Friday 18, at Carlisle. Weftmoreland, Wednesday 23, at Appleby.

Lancashire, Saturday 16, at the caftle of Lancaster.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Lord Chief Baron Skynner, and Mr. Juftice Willes.

Bucks, Monday, July 24, at Buckingham. Bedfordshire, Thursday 27, at Bedford. Huntingdon hire, Saturday 29, at Huntingdon.

Cambridgeshire, Monday 31, at Cambridge.

Suffolk, Thursday, August 3, at Bury St. Edmund's.

Norfolk, Monday:7, at the castle of Norwich.

City of Norwich, the fame day, at the Guildhall of the fame city.

OXFORD CIRCUIT. Mr. Baron Perryn and Mr. Juftice Buller. Berk hire, Monday, July 24, at Abing.

don.

Oxford hire, Wednesday z6, at Oxford. Worcester faire, Saturday 29, at Worce

ter.

City of Worcester, the fame day at the city of Worcester.

City of Exeter, the fame day, at the Guild hall of the faid city.

Cornwall, Monday, August 14, at Bodmn.

Somerset, Monday 21, at the city of Wells.

City of Bristol, Tuesday 29, at the Guild hall of the faid city.

CHESTER CIRCUIT.

Gloucester.

Northamptonshire, Tuesday, July 25, at Northampton.

Rutland, Friday 28, at Okeham. Lincolnshire, Saturday 29, at the castle of Lincoln.

City of Lincoln, the fame day at the city of Lincoln.

Nottinghamshire, Thursday; August 3, at Nottingham.

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Town of Nottingham, the fame day at the town of Nottinghaṁ. Derbyshire, Saturday 5, at Derby. Leicestershire, Wednesday 9, at the caftle of Leicester.

Borough of Leicester, the fame day at the borough of Leicester. City of Coventry, Saturday 12, at the city of Coventry. Warwickshire, the fame day at Warwick.

WESTERN CIRCUIT, Mr. Juftice Nares, and Mr. Juftice Heath. Southampton, July 25, at the castle of Winchester.

Wilts, Saturday 29, at New Sarum. Dorfet, Thursday Auguft 3, at Dorchef

ter.

Hon. Daines Barrington.

Montgomeryshire, Thursday, August 3; at Poole.

Denbighshire, Wednesday 9, at Wrex ham.

Flintshire, Tuesday 15, at Mold.
Cheshire, Monday 21, at Chester.

NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.

James Hayes, Efq; and T. Potter, Esq.

Merionethfhire, Tuesday, August 8, at Dolgelley.

Caernarvonshire, Monday 14, at Caernar

von.

Anglefey, Saturday 19, at Beaumaris.

CAERMARTHEN CIRCUIT. William Beard, Efq. Caermarthenshire, Wednesday, August 2, at Caermarthen.

County of the Borough of Caermarthen, fame day.

Pembrokeshire, Tuesday, Auguft 8, at
Haverfordwest.

Town and county of Haverfordwest, same
day.
Cardiganfhire, Monday, August 14, at
Cardigan.

BRECON CIRCUIT.
The Hon. J. Williams, and Abel
Moyfey, Efqrs.
Glamorganshire, Tuesday, August az, at
Cowbridge.

Breconshire, Tuesday 29, at Brecon. Radnorfhire, Monday, September 4, at Prefteign.

L

ORD George Gordon is the third fon of the late Cofmo-George Duke of Gordon, by Lady Catharine Gordon, daughter of William Earl of Aberdeen. He was born in London about the year #748, and, after he had finished his educa

tion, entered into the navy at an early age. His Lordship was remarkable from his infancy for the qualities of a chearful and boon companion. He did not difplay that enterprising fpirit, which, diftinguishing the boy above his fellows, afterwards Bbb

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characterizes the hero among men. His genius was purely focial: he was a facetious, good-humoured being, who made ll his companions love him; and his temper was tinctured with thofe qualities which ferve to make a man rather amiable than great, rather happy than famous. Good nature is his predominant feature; and he is poffelled of fo large a portion of this endearing virtue, that he never was known in any one moment of vivacity or exhilaration to facrifice it to a joke, or fufpend it for the exercife of his wit. Through life he has difplayed a remarkable alacrity in infinuating himself into the good graces of thofe with whom he converfed. His perfon greatly affifted him in this refpect. His features are delicate 19 foft, and poffefs fuch openness and affa bility, that they court the confidence and efteem of the beholder.-Nor do they deceive. The qualities of the heart realize the impreffion which his appearance gives; and no man has been bleft with more friends or fewer enemies than his Lordship.

A very remarkable inftance of this fuccefs was feen at the last general election. Two years hefore the time of the election, his Lordship went to refide in Invernessfhire, with the purpose of standing candi date for the county, in oppofition to General Frafer. He employed thofe two years in a canvafs; and he was fo fuccessful in his application, that, without the adventitious aids of bribery and corruption, he fecured a majority of votes. He vifited every part of the county, and particularly the ifles. He played on the bag-pipes and violin to thofe who loved mufic. He fpoke Gaelic, and wore the tartan-plaid and fillibeg, in places where they were national. He made love to the young Ladies, and liftened with the utmoft patience while the old gave him an account of their clans; and to crown his fuccefs, he gave the Gentry a ball at Invernels, to which he not only invited, but actually brought, the young and the old from every part of the county. For this purpofe he hired a ship, and brought from the ifle of Sky the beautiful family of the Macleods, confifting of 15 young Ladies, who are the pride and admiration of the north.

General Frafer was very much grieved to fee his intereft thus overturned by a mere lad. He had reprefented the county for three fucceffive Parliaments and was more hurt that the Lovat intereft should be dellroyed in the county, than at the

fum which he must expend to retrieve. He went to Lord George's brother, the Duke, and, by a compromife, agreed to purchase an English borough for him, if he would relinquish the thire of Inverness. This agreement being made, General Frafer purchased from Lord M-I-h-ne a feat for his Lordship, in the borough of Luggerfhall; and he alfo made several other efforts to oblige the family.

Being thus introduced into the House of Commons, the noble Lord, for fome time, voted with the Miniftry. He did this, however, very much against his inclination; for the Duchefs, his fifter inlaw, by her wit and facetious reafoning, had made him a convert to the principles of Oppofition, which the particularly favoured, though his Grace, from motives of policy, voted like all the reft of the Elective Peers. Lord George placed himself beneath the political tutelage of Governor Johnstone and Mr. Burke. The firft of thefe Gentlemen, who was then in his meridian of anti minifterial fame, was his principal director, and it was through his management that he entirely broke with the Miniftry. The manner was this :-His Lordship had, by this time, attained to the rank of Lieutenant in the Navy. The Governor advised him, there fore, to apply to Lord Sandwich for a fhip. His Lordship had feveral interviews on the fubject, in which Lord Sandwich informed him, that he was a very young Lieutenant in the fervice, and there were many before him, whom he could not difoblige. But not willing to give his Lordhip any coufe for diffatisfaction, he told him with the fame breath, that there were many frigates and hips building, and as foon as he could, with any decen cy, give his Lordship an appointment, he certainly would, as much from inclination as intereft. The Governor perfuaded him that this was, in the fea phrafe,

mere palaver;' and that he threw out a falle fignal to deceive the chace.-To this Mr. B-e added an affurance, and it was probably confirmed to his Lord hip by the Marquis of Rockingham, that if he should, through his conduct in Parliament, come to a difagreement with his family, he fhould be returned for fome borough in the Rockingham intereft at the next election. On this ground his Lordship went again to the firft Lord of the Admiralty, and told him, that he defired to have a specific anfwer whether he would give him a fhip or not. Lord Sandwich repeated the affu rances which he had before given, when

his Lordship told him, that he could not be any longer deceived by empty, unmean ing promiles; and with the utmolt deli beration he took his commiffion out of his pocket, and returned it Lord Sandwich, telling him he might do with it what he pleafed.

From that time he entered warmly into the Oppofition; and the American affairs coming on the carpet, he took a decided part against every measure that was adopted. His Lordship had been in America fome years before, in the ftation of a Midshipman; and, induced by that focial quality which has always diftinguished him, he mixed a good deal with the inhabitants, and difcerned, that though they were full of refentment against the authors of the measures which had been taken to opprefs them, they were bound by every tie of love and loyalty to the people and the Government of this country. Lord George, therefore, gave his vote regularly, without ftanding forth as a fpeaker, against

all the American measures.

The first time of his public appearance was two feffions ago, when in a very manly, though not very prudent fpeech, he charged the oftenfible Minister with being guilty of an infamous' attempt to bribe him to relinquish the intereft of his conftituents, with a place of a thousand a year. The manner in which he publifhed this anecdote ferved to make it very remarkable, though undoubtedly there was nothing fo very fingular or extraordinary in the circumstance itself. Lord N-h felt himself fo borne down in the Houfe by the overpowering eloquence of Charles Fox, that he determined to bring in the famous Irish orator Henry Flood, to fet in oppofition to him. With this view an emiflary was employed to apply to Lord George Gordon, as to a needy man, and offer him, if he would give up his feat in Parliament, the place of Vice-Admiral of Scotland, which was then vacant by the refignation of the Earl of March, now Duke of Queensbury.-Lord George rejected the offer with the utmost contempt: though a poor man, he was far from being a needy man. His fortune originally was 5000l. with pool. a year for life chargeable on the eftate-A confiderable part of the 5oool. ftill remains in the funds, fo that his income has always been near 700l. a year. With this fum, it is very true, as his Lordship faid in the House,

that though one of the poorest he was one of the most independent men in Parlia medt. Like the celebrated Andrew Mar vel, his economy kept pace with his finances; and while he confined himself to a fingle joint, he defied all the arts and all the power of Ministers.

He did not oppofe the paffing the act in favour of the Papilts, which has given rife to fo much disturbance fince. He has ac counted for his filence on that occafior, by faying that he had not then become a fpeaker. The part he has taken through the whole of this bufinefs is too well known to require our attention: but we are well affured, that his Lordthip was very far from thinking that confequences so dreadful and calami ous would have arifen from the meafures which he took,

His Lordship has been confidered in Parliament as a witty and facetious fpeaker; and, for this feffion at least, no man has been more attended to. He stood be tween the Adminiftration and Opposition, and darted his fatire at both. He faid he belonged to none of the factions in the Houfe he belonged to the party of the people, and he felt it to be his duty to ex pofe the fecret machinations of both fides. In his prefent fituation, therefore, he is confidered as an enemy by both; and thus abandoned by parliamentary friends, he trufts alone to that confcious innocence of intention, which guided him in all the measures which he adopted. His natural volatility of temper, his youth, and thoughtleffness, gave charms to popularity that were irrefiftible -The reception he met with in Scotland, after he had taken a decided part against the bill, was indeed fufficient to infatuate any man. Thofe, who are acquainted with the character of that country, and know to what a height they carry their religious zeal, may conceive in fome fort the adoration that was, paid to Lord George. He was considered, as the champion of the Kirk, and they venerated this as the highest character of hu man exaltation. Thus, courted and ap-. plauded, it is not to be wondered at that, he became ambitious of fuccefs. He entered fully into their defigns, and tranf formed himself into the habit and appear ance of a Prefbyterian. He became the Prefident of all the religious affociations and took an avowed and active part in all` their measures.