fentatives in parliament, for their attendance upon this occafion, and for their affurances of fupport in a caufe fo highly interefting to their conftituents. 12th, That the thanks of this meeting be returned to the right honourable the lord mayor, for his grant of the ufe of Guildhall, for the purpose of a general afiembly of the fhopkeepers, and for the difpofition he has fhewn to affitt their endeavours to obtain relief. The chairman having quitted the chair, and Mr. Deputy Birch being placed therein, Mr. Gould moved the following refolutions: 13th, That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr. Alderman Skinner and the committee, for the unremitting zeal, perfeverance, and attention, which they have difplayed in the courfe of two years endeavours to ferve the thopkeepers of the metropolis. 14th, That the thanks of this meeting be given to the chairman for his prudent, candid, and attentive conduct of the bufinefs of this day. Mr. Jennings then refuming the chair, it was refolved, 15th, That the refolutions of this meeting be advertised in the morning and evening papers, figned by the chairman. command was at an end from the 20th to the 24th of May, the day on which the was wrecked. The mutinous difpofition of the Hartwell's crew manifefted itself very foon after they failed from England, and is faid to have been occafioned by a piratical inclination to poflefs themfelves of a very large quantity of fpecie that was on board, for the purpose of purchafing teas at the place of destination. The captain and the greater part of the thip's company had the good fortune to fave themfelves on a reef of rocks, three leagues north-eaft of Bona Vifta. Mr. Jackion, and one of the mates, with the remainder of the crew, arrived, after beating about for fixteen days, much fatigued, in a ftate approaching famine, at St. Vin cent's. Captain Fiott arrived in town on Saturday the 11th, in a Portuguese veffel, which he had hired for the purpose of coming to England, with his purfer, fome other officers, and a part of the crew. Mr. Crifh the third mate, and the fixth mate, remain at Bona Vifta, where the mutineers are kept in fafe cuftody by the Portuguefe, till an opportunity offers of conveying them to England. The value of the property on board the Hartwell was very large. On the first beginning of the mutiny, the chief mate, Mr. Charles Chriftie, went forward for the purpote of fecuring one of the ringleaders, who initantly drew a knife from his pocket, and attempted to ftab him; luckily, through the activity of the mate, he avoided the blow, or he must inevitably have been killed, as the knife went through his waiftcoat; in this fitu ation finding the mutiny ftill increafe, Captain Fiott faw there was no other remedy than for him to rifk every thing; and with that fpirit and refolution worthy the high charge entrusted to his care, he went forward himself among all the mutineers with a brace of piftols in his hands, and brought the culprit aft, who had fo daringly attempted the life of his chief officer, and, with the affiftance of his officers, put him inftantly in irons; during which the villain drew another knite that he had concealed, and made a fecond attempt to ftab the chief mate, and nearly accomplished his bloody fcheme on the boatfwain, who was helping to fecure him. A letter was after this prefented to Captain Fiott, figned with above fixty names, couched in the most abufive language, infitting on the difcharge of the man in irons; and threatening the captain, if he did not inftantly comply with their requeft, that they would releafe him by force. Captain Fiott and his officers were unanimous in their opinion not to release him; the mutiny ftill increased, and for three days and nights before the lofs they were under the neceflity conftantly to remain armed upon deck; and even then, in order to keep the mutineers from coming aft, two of the quarter deck guns were obliged to be loaded with grape fhot, and pointed forwards. Fortunately for the captain, all his officers, and fome few others to whom he had entrufted fire arms, ftood by him with a spirit which merits every encomium, and from their perfeverance and unanimity only was his life, with many of their own, preferved. Since the lofs, it has been difcover ed it was the intention of the mutineers to have murdered the captain, and have thrown him, with about eight-and-twenty more, overboard, that they might make themselves mafters of the fhip, and rob her of the fpecie she had on board; which attempt was to have been made the night after, had the not been loft in the morning! Thus ended the fate of one of the fineft fhips that was ever built for the company's fervice,; and a lofs to the public of near 150,000l. occafioned by the want of fubordination and difcipline, fo very neceffary in fhips of that magnitude and confequence. Letter from the Duke of Brunswick, delivered to the four Commiffaries of the Torun of Amfterdam, whe were fent to his Highness to agree on the Satisfaction to be given to the Princefs of Orange. THE fatisfaction which his Pruflian majefty demands as his right, as you muft underftand, gentlemen, is entirely conformable to the articles announced in the laft memorial of M. de Thulemeyer. "All the other members, ftates of the province, are ready to give this fatisfaction, and are in expectation, of your concurrence. The moment that you have confented, by your deputies to the fiates, I fhall confider my commiffion as terminated, and the king's troops will immediately quit the neighbourhood of your town, and the adjacent places. You know too well, gentlemen, the fentiments of her royal highnefs the princefs of Orange, to doubt that the would rather pafs over many things, than • See the State Papers for this year. expofe expofe your town to troublesome inconveniences. CHARLES, reigning duke of Brunfwick Lunenburgh." Leumuyden, Sept. 27, 1787. After the Return of the four CommifJaries, the Tour. Council fent tro Magiftrates to the Hague, to offer to give her Royal Highness a particular Satisfaction, fuch as the four Commiffaries had propofed in a Plan to the Duke of Brunswick; but it appears by the following Note, Jent to the Town Council, that the Duke only granted an Armistice of twenty· four Hours. "I regard the truce as expired this evening between feven and eight o'clock, the time when meffieurs the deputies will be returned 'to Amfterdam. I am firmly refolved to proceed in the execution of my orders, unlets I receive a letter from her royal highnefs the princefs of Orange, by which the denotes, that the defires no farther fatisfaction, and intercedes to recal the troops. CHARLES, reigning duke of Sept. 30, 1787. 2. Two battalions with chaffeurs fhall be pofted at Overtoom. 3. In order to avoid giving oc cafion for any disturbances, none of the king's troops fhall enter the city without the previous concur rence of the magiftrate. 4. The burgomafters and city council fhall take the most effectual measures for fecuring the fluices at the Haerlem and Muyden gates. given daily to his ferene highness 5. Legal information fhall be of the progrefs made in carrying into execution the refolutions of the ftates, to which the town of Amfterdam has already acceded. 6. Monf. de Haaren, the Pruffian commifary, fhall be informed of every thing relative to the difarming, in order to report an exa& account of it. Done at Overtoom, the 10th of October, 1787. (Signed) DEDel, B. ELIAS ARNOLDE, BEIKER. CHARLES, W. F. Duke of Brunswick. Letter from her Royal Highness the HE moment your highness enters the province of Hoiland at the head of the body of troops the king my brother has entrusted to you, permit me to recommend again to you the interests of that nation which is fo dear to me, and to whofe profperity I fhall always glory in contributing as much as in my power. I could not forefee that fo fimple an intention as that of my going to the Hague would have had fuch fuch serious effects, and fo entirely oppofite to the falutary views which determined me to undertake that journey. I expected great obftacles before I fucceeded in my endeavours to reftore peace and tranquillity; but the only difficulty for which I was unprepared, because it was the leaft probable, was unfortunately that which deprived me of every means of attaining my end, by topping my journey by violent means. But if the unheard-of proceeding used towards me in Holland, a proceeding, the impreffion of which has only been modified by my inward knowledge of not having merited it if this proceeding, I fay, has been difapproved by all the courts, and every man of honour and good breeding, what must be thought of those who compofe the prefent plurality of the ftates of Holland, to fee them mifconftrue and facrifice the interefts of their country to little perfonal views, and oblige the king to take a fatis faction they have obftinately refufed to his friendly exhortations. The king, by declaring he confidered the offence as against himfelf, penetrated my heart with gratitude, but after the manner they dared to answer him, and the injuftice which this pretended majority did not ceafe committing, that declaration would have railed my greatest fears for that country, which for twenty years I have confidered as my own, and whofe interefts are infeparable from thofe of my houfe, if I had not been made eafy by the declaration of the states general, that of the principal members of the affembly of the ftates of Holland, and of the greatest part of the nation, as well as by the mag nanimous fentiments which charac. terize his majesty. The king could not give a ftronger proof of thofe fentiments than by charging your highnefs with the execution of his orders; and the fentiments, Sir, you have defired to thew towards me, and which your highness has manifefted in your declaration to the ftates of :olland, do not permit me to doubt of the wifdom and equity of your intentions; but your highness muft pardon me if I dare to implore your clemency towards that part of the inhabitants who are blinded and led aftray by paffion, and to affure you I fhall confider your behaviour towards them, and the protection you fhew to the wife part of the nation, as fo many favours done to myfelf. In the mean time I do folemnly declare here, that, perfectly agreeable to the moderate principle fhewn by the prince in his laft declaration, I will never profit from any circumftances whatever to procure my family a greater authority than the conftitution and true liberty of the provinces grant it; and that for myself I fhall always be ready to employ my good offices for the welfare of this country, and thofe of my houfe, without fear of trouble or difputes. I have no ambition for any influence, and I will only accept that which I owe to the confidence and friendship I have merited. It is with thefe fentiments, and the warmest grati tude, I fhall all my life remain, with the highest confideration, Sir, your ferene highnefs's moft devoted fervant and coufin, "WILHELMINA.” From covered the eminent qualities which From the Same to the Same; Nov. 3, characterize your highnefs. The ་་ "SIB, "TH 1787. HE ftates of Holland having defired me to request the king my brother to permit, 3000 or 4000 of his troops to remain fome time in this province, I haften to inform your highnefs of this refolution of their noble and great mightineffes, a copy of which is annexed, befeeching your highnefs to fupport this demand with your good offices: the fignal marks of kindness and protection of his majefty make me hope he will not refuse them. "I leave it to your highness's confideration, if, after the arrangement taken to difarm the unconftitutional citizens of Amfterdam, you may not regard the conditions of the fatisfaction required by the king as entirely fulfilled, and withdraw the troops, except the number the ftates of Holland have demanded, which will be both a relief to this country, and to the troops themselves, on account of the bad feafon. Your highnefs will at the fame time permit me to intercede for the inhabitants of thefe provinces who are prifoners of war at Wezel: I request your highnefs to release them, and flatter myfelf you will not disapprove the fhare I take in their unfortunate fituation. When you were on the point of entering Holland at the head of the Pruflian troops, you deigned to receive the inftances I addreffed to you in favour of this nation, whofe welfare and interefts in general are the object of my conftant wishes accept then at prefent the expreffions of my gratitude, and thofe of this nation, who have daily dif remembrance of our obligations to you will always remain deeply engraven in our hearts, and we shall never forget that your highness has not only glorioufly fulfilled the object of your commiflion, but that the moft happy revolution has likewife refulted from it, which has restored this country to its liberty and independence, by ftrengthening the conftitution, and re-establithing the prince my confort in his juft rights and privileges. I have the honour to remain, with fentiments of an inviolable attachment, and the most diftinguished confideration, "MADAM, YOUR royal highness has Y notified to me the request which the ftates of Holland have made, at the fame time defiring to obtain permiffion from the king for a body of 3000 or 4000 men to remain for fome time in this province. Perfuaded as I am of the fincere defire the king has to oblige your royal highnets, and to concur towards the welfare of the republic and the province of Holland, I think his majefty will not refuse that requeft. I will immediately make my moft humble report to the king of the contents of your letter of the 3d inft. and I think, by leaving a body of 4000 men in this province, until the arrival of his majetty's orders, |