him, if any misfortune should happen, (which God avert,) he will be pleased to have the Captain and his company removed to a vessel of better fame for sailing. We have for this purpose hired a schooner from Mr. Stevens, of Marblehead. She is noted for her good qualities, and will be ready to take in the Hannah’s company and stores in twelve or fourteen days; the extra sails, &c., on board the latter will serve for her. She is taken up on the same terms with the other two—four shillings per ton per month, or five shillings four pence, lawful money.

Your Excellency may be assured we have used our best diligence in transacting this business, which we will continue to do in fitting them out, appointing agents, and in every command you may please to honour us with.

We have the honour to be, with due respect, your Excellency’s most obedient and humble servants,

STEPHEN MOYLAN,
JOHN GLOVER.

P S. Yesterday afternoon, about five o’clock, were seen coming out of Boston harbour, and this morning about six o’clock, off Marblehead, two large ships of war, a schooner, and a sloop, steering a N. N. E. course. It is apprehended they are going to Portsmouth. Mr. Moylan will set out for that place to-morrow.

PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND.

Dublin Castle, October 10, 1775.

This day, the Parliament having met, according to the prorogation, his Excellency Simon, Earl of Harcourt, the Lord Lieutenant General and General Governour of Ire land, went in state to the House of Peers, and being seated on the Throne, with the usual solemnity, the gentleman Usher of the Black-Rod was sent with a message from his Excellency to the House of Commons, signifying his pleasure that they should immediately attend his Excellency in the House of Peers; the Commons being come thither accordingly, his Excellency made the following speech to both Houses:

My Lords and Gentlemen:

Your distinguished loyalty to the King, your just attention to the honour and dignity of his Government, and your well regulated zeal for the peace and happiness of your Country, have made so sensible an impression on my mind, during a three years' residence amongst you, that, encouraged by the experience of what 1 have seen, it is with the most sincere satisfaction I meet you again in Parliament.

I am persuaded that you entertain a grateful sense of the blessings you enjoy under the mild and firm Government of the best of Sovereigns; and His Majesty relies on the known zeal and loyalty of his subjects of Ireland, that, whilst his Government is disturbed by a rebellion existing in a part of his American Dominions, you will be ready to show your inviolable attachment to his person and Government, in the assertion of his just rights, and in the support of his legal authority.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons:

I have ordered the proper accounts and estimates to be laid before you, that you may be enabled to judge of the provisions necessary to be made for the ordinary expenses of His Majesty’s establishments, and for discharging an arrear which has been unavoidably incurred.

My Lords and Gentlemen:

I am happy to inform you, that, since your last meeting, His Majesty’s tender concern for the welfare of this Kingdom hath induced him to pass several laws in the British Parliament, highly beneficial to your commerce, your manufactures, and your agriculture.

By the act which extends the great advantages of British fisheries to Ireland, a source of industry and wealth is opened to you, which has made other Nations great and flourishing: let me, therefore, recommend to your earnest attention the improvement of advantages tending so obviously to promote your navigation and trade, in the pursuit of which you may depend upon my warmest assistance and support.

The act which allows the clothing and accoutrements necessary for His Majesty’s forces, paid from the revenues of this Kingdom, to be exported from Ireland, is a particular mark of the royal favour; and even that which allows the importation of rape-seed into Great Britain, from this Kingdom, under certain regulations, connected with those salutary laws passed in your last session, form such a system of agriculture and improvement as will, I trust, secure riches and plenty to the people of Ireland.

A bounty granted by Great Britain upon the importation of flax-seed is so marked a recommendation of the linen manufacture, that it becomes needless for me to urge the most persevering application to that staple of your Country.

The Protestant Charter Schools, an institution established on the principles of wisdom and humanity, and so peculiarly adapted to the present state and circumstances of this Kingdom, are eminently entitled to your consideration and care.

On my part, you may be assured that I shall continue faithfully to represent your loyalty and zeal to His Majesty; and that I shall cheerfully co-operate with you in whatever may tend to advance the prosperity and happiness of this Kingdom.

Sir Charles Bingham enlarged on His Majesty’s goodness to Ireland, and the grateful sense his subjects ought to entertain of the same, which demanded a stronger expression of zeal and duty than ordinarily; adding, that these acts had been principally obtained by the attention of Lord Harcourt, and the assiduity of Sir John Blaquiere. He thought, if the House were cold on the affair of America, it would make the Americans persist longer in their rebellion; but if unanimous in their loyalty, it would bring it soon to an end, and prevent other Nations from assisting them. He then moved for an address to His Majesty, which he read; and it was, as usual, a repetition of the speech in every point, with thanks for continuing Lord Harcourt as Lord Lieutenant.

The address was seconded by Mr. Townley Balfour.

Mr. Ponsonby rose to oppose agreeing to that part of the address relative to the Americans, which he was sorry was brought into question there, as it was highly imprudent to do, since the House could not decide upon it, as no man there was master of the subject, for want of proper materials and proper evidence; nay, even if they had both, it was a subject too nice, too delicate, and too high, for the Commons of Ireland; nay, it was also premature, as the British Parliament would meet in a few days, and they ought to wait for their determination. Besides, they might, by intermeddling, make themselves subject to requisitions for assistance not in their power to give; that taking notice of American affairs was like embarking on the wide Atlantick Ocean, without a compass to steer by, or provisions for the voyage. He instanced the social war of the Romans, which was forced to be compromised, to avoid destruction to the Empire. He then moved, as an amendment, in lieu of the paragraph in the address, to say, “the Commons were concerned to see differences arise between His Majesty’s Parliament of Great Britain and his Colonies; that they relied on his paternal care to heal this breach; and though they had hitherto been silent on this affair, they should now be wanting in their duty, if they did not express their hopes of a reconciliation; and if, after the offer of conciliatory measures, the Americans should still stand out, his faithful subjects of Ireland would do their utmost to support him.”

Mr. Conolly seconded this amendment, and said he had, in the British Parliament, opposed every act against the Americans; that they ought not to promise any thing on that head, as it would tend to a demand for a supply, to enable Britain to subdue the Colonies, and the next step would be to tax Ireland in the British Parliament; for it had been already asserted there, that they had an absolute right to do so, without their consent.

Mr. George Ogle urged it was wrong to bring even the idea of America into the House—for if you take the part of the Americans, you irritate England; and if you assist Britain, you thereby vote away your own liberties—that they ought not too hastily fix the stain of rebellion on two millions of fellow-subjects; that the English longed for the Risk-lands, and if you vote the Americans to be rebels for resisting a taxation where they are riot represented, what can you say when the English will tax you?