Counties. Wilts 313 Worcefter Town 721 The other part of the county 11445 12166 Anglesea 4104 Brecon 3610 Cardigan 3147 Carmarthen 7130 Carnarvon 3960 Denbigh 6639 Flint 3356 Glamorgan Merioneth Monmouth Montgomery Pembroke 5234 3705 4433 7961 3408 Radnor DAN. BULL, GEORGE BLOUNT. N. B. The number of houses oppofite the towns in the first column of this account, contains only the number of inhabited houses, in each, chargeable to the window duties. The laft column contains the total number of houfes and cottages in each county. VOL. XVIII. Sf Το - Counties. Oxford Places. City and university The other part of the county Ludlow Number of Houfes. Toul 2316 11338 Rutland Salop 430 Shrewsbury 904 The other part of the county 16879 after the party attacked fhall require it, yet two years have paffed, without the least affiftance given to us, without. a fingle fyllable in answer to our repeated demands. "So totally regardless have the States been of their treaties with us, that they readily promised our enemies to observe a neutrality, in direct contradiction to thofe engagements, and whilft they have witheld from us the fuccours they were bound to furnish, every fecret affiftance has been given the enemy; and inland duties have been taken off, for the fole purpose of facilitating the carriage of naval ftores to France. "In direct and open violation of treaty, they fuffered an American pirate to remain several weeks in one of their ports; and even permitted a part of his crew to mount guard in a fort in the Texel. "In the Eaft Indies, the subjects of the States General, in concert with France, have endeavoured to raise up enemies against us. "In the Weft Indies, particularly at St. Euftatius, every protection and affistance has been given to our rebellious fubjects. Their privateers are openly received into the Dutch harbours; allowed to refit there; fupplied with arms and ammunition; their crews recruited; their prizes brought in and fold; and all this in direct violation of as clear and folemn ftipulations as can be made. "This conduct, fo inconfiftent with all good faith, fo repugnant to the fenfe of the wifeft part of the Dutch nation, is chiefly to be ascribed to, the prevalence of the leading magiftrates of Amfterdam, whofe fecret correfpondence with our rebellious fubjects was fufpected, long before it was made known by the fortunate difcovery of a treaty, the first article of which is, There fhall be a firm, inviolable and univerfai peace, and fincere friendship, between their High Might ineffes, the eftates of the feven United Provinces of Holland, and the United States of North America, and the fubjects and people of the faid parties; and between the countries, iflands, cities and towns, fituated under the ⚫ jurifdiction of the faid United States of Holland, and the said United States of America, and the people and inhabitants thereof, of every degree, without exception of perfons or places." This treaty was figned in September 1778, by the express order of the penfionary of Amfterdam, and other principal magiftrates of that city. They now not only avow the whole tranfaction, but glory in it, and exprefly fay, even to the States General, that what they did was what their indispenfable duty required.' "In the mean time, the States General declined to give any anfwer to the memorial prefented by our ambaffador; and this refufal was aggravated by their proceeding upon other bufinefs, nay upon the confideration of this very fubject to internal purposes; and while they found it impoffible to approve the conduct of their fubjects, they ftill induftriously avoided to give us the fatisfaction fo manifeftly due. "We had every right to expect, that such a discovery would have roused them to a juft indignation at the infult offered to us, and to themfelves; and that they would have been eager to give us full and ample fatisfaction for the offence, and to inflict the fevereft punishment upon the offenders. The urgency of the bufinefs made an inftant anfwer effential to the honour and fafety of this country. The demand was accordingly preffed by our ambaffador in repeated conferences with the minifters, and in a fecond memorial: it was preffed with all the earneftnefs which could proceed from our ancient friendship, and the fenfe of recent injuries; and the answer now given to a memorial on fuch a fubject, delivered about fiveweeks ago, is, That the States have taken it ad ferendum.' Such an anfwer upon fuch an occafion, could only be dictated by the fixed purpofe of hoftility meditated, and already refolved, by the States, induced by the offenfive council of Amfterdam, thus to countenance the hoftile aggreffion, which the magiftrates of that city have made in the name of the Republic. There is an end of the faith of all treaties with them, if Amfterdam may ufurp the fovereign power, may violate thofe treaties with impunity, by pledging the States to engagements directly contrary, and leaguing the Republic with the rebels of a fovereign to whom fhe is bound by the clofeft ties. An infraction of the law of nations, by the meaneft member of any country, gives the injured ftate a right to demand fatisfaction and punishment: how much more fo, when the injury complained of is a flagrant violation of public faith, committed by leading and predominant members in the ftate! Since then the fatisfaction we have demanded is not given, we muft, though most reluctantly, do ourselves that juftice which we cannot otherwife obtain: we muft confider the States General as parties in the injury, which they will not repair, as fharers in the aggreffion which they refufe to punish, and muft a&t accordingly. We have therefore ordered our ambaffador to withdraw from the Hague, and shall immediately pursue fuch vigorous mea 4 fures |