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GENERAL'
pa,* ^^HE Printer of the Pennsyl
g /IC* ,$ VANIA Packet has hitherto en
# ",; T (f: * deavoured to render his News
^''%%' '^ Paper agreeable to the impartial
C^ ^<% , Public: His most sanguine Hopes
have been exceeded, and his warmest Gratitude
is excited by the Encouragement given to his ar
duous Undertaking. —Being desirous to commu
nicate the earliest Intelligence concerning the Ope
rations of the American Arms in the northern and
southern States, he hereby informs the Public,
That after this Week the Pennsylvania
Packet will be regularly published on every
Tuesday Morning—the Posts from New-York
and Virginia arrive in this City every Monday,
and the Intelligence they bring will be a Means
of rendering the Pennsylvania Packet still
more agreeable to o&r Readers.
09,90 ->o*o @-ssooso<,,4,
From the London (er lying) Gazette, May 3, 1776-
Whitehall, May 3.
GENERAL HO W E, Commander in Chief of
us Maj fty's forces in North America, having ta
k^u a resolution on the 7th of March to remove from
B (ton to Hallitax with the troops under his command,
and such of the inhabitants, with their efte&s, as were
d:foous to continue under the protection of his Maj'ef
ty's forces; the embarkation was effected on the 17th of
'that month, with the greatest order and regularity, and
.without the least interruption from the REBELS.
W<erithe packet cAw away, the firtt division of the
transports was under fail, and the remainder were pre
paring to follow in a few days, the Admiral leaving be
hind as many of the flops of war, as could be (pared
from the convoy, for the security and protection of such
Yeffe's as might be bound to Bolton.
Whitehall, May 5. Th" King has been pleased to order
fetters patent to be puffed under the Great Seal of Great-
Britain, constituting and appointing Richard Lord Vif
cmit Howe, of the kingdom of I eland, and the Hon.
William Howe, Eq, M-pr General of his Majesty's
forces, and General of his Majesty's forces in North-
Arnrica only, to be his Majesty's Commissioners for
restoring peace to his Mjefty's Colonies and Planta
tions in Noth America; and for granting PARDONS
to inch of his Majesty's fubjeas there, now in rebellion,
as th d deserve the royal mercy, fibis is the miniflerial
idea]
LONDO N, May 3.
Upon an average, the (hips of war now equipping for
America have not more than fix seamen to ninety others
in their complements.
Lord Howe isinvefted with unlimited military powers,
which, it is laid, he positively demanded previous to his
-(cepting V echief command of the King's forces in A
nierica.
Extrafl of a letter from Spitbead, Ma, 2.
" It d expected we (hall Ail to morrow for Boston, un
der the command of Commodore William Hotham,
who is to hold his bread pendant on board of the Pref
tor , aSO gun ship. The flops which go under his com
mand are the Jerlky hospital ihip; the Emerald,'oL32
guns;.the Brane, of 32 guns ; the Strombolo fire ship;
the Create bomb, and all the transports which are rea
dy. There are upwards of one hundred fail of tranf
p>rts now here, all of which have foreign troops on
third. We have on board five small calks, and 30
chairs of bpmdh dollars, amounting to 35,0001. for pafl
ink the marine troops at Boston.
M^ 4. The charge made by the Lord Mayor agai^ft
L rd North and the Lords of the Admiralty, for licen
cing (hips to trade to any part of America, is no less
than a breach of an a& of parliament; it is in its nature
a very important and a very serious charge ; it is a breach
ofthe laws in the most glaring and audacious manner;
it is encouraging the most illicit pridices, under a most
violent, abandoned, and, daring contempt of the confti
turion of this country, and the three great branches of
the legislature.<
The house began to debate on this fiihjea about half
palffour, which continued till njne, without calling ina
witness The debase was expired to lad long, and that
the gentlemen of the Custom House would be ordered to
attend again this day.
l As the gallery doors werelocked, and no person what
r^r admitted, all we can fay is, that notwithstanding the
Ka^rascy of this act, it is not to be exposed from the com
plexion of the members,that such detigning *nd detectable
,radices Ihould meet witn an adequate punishment. Our
opinion is the better founded,' on the Shritlbury and Hin
ton Incapacit ring Bills being REJECTED, and new
writs itiued, by which the fame corrupt practices may
L? excelled again, and p^fe with impunity.
V 0 L. V.
MONDA Y, AUGUST sth, 1776.
D U NLA P's
May 6. The Friendship, Holmes, from London to
Bolton, which failed in Oflober last, after being out 16
weeks, and being blown off the coast several times, was
driven on the banks of Newfoundland, where flie beat to
pieces ; the Captain and crew were saved.
Extrafl of a letter from Portfmvutb, May 3. ^
" Yesterday Commodore Hotham, in the Pretton; with
the rest of the men of war, transports with the Heffiins,
Guards, and Train of Artillery, dropped down to St.
Helen's, but cannot proceed on their voyage, the wind
blowing strong westerly.
" Lord Howe is expected down this evening so
" Sir Hugh Pallifer, a Lord of the Admiralty, is come
down here, and yesterday he went on board several of the
men of war bound to America, to fee they were proper
ly victualled and fitted."
The following is the message from his M+jefty to the
House of Commons, delivered by Lord North, on Thurs
day.
GEORGE R.
" His Majifty relying on the experienced zeal and af
fe&ion of his faithtul Commons, and considering, that,
daring the prefant troubles in North-America, emergen
cies may arise which may be of the utmost importance,
and be attended with the most dangerous con^quences,
if proper means ffiould not be immediately applied t> pre
vent or defeat them, is desirous that this House will ena
ble him to defray any extraordinary expences incurred,
or to be incurred, on account of military services for the
year 1776, aid as the exigencies of affairs may require.'
And hi> Mjrity having judged it expedient to irfue his
proclamation, in pursuance of an aft of parliament, pas
fed in the fourteenth year of his reign, for calling in the
remainder of the deficient gold coin, doubts not but that
his faithful Commons will enable him to to make good
the charges which (hall be incurred in this service, and
which cannot at this time be afeertained. G. R."
By the mail which arrived on Friday, it appears, that
the Court of Naples, betides the two ships of war long;
since engaged by them in his Catholic Majesty's service,
and which they have been called upon to fend off imme
diately to jtin the Spmifh fl»et the moment it (hall appear
in the Mediteranean, are bkewife to transfer over their
whole naval forces, into the service of <hat crown, which
they are to fit out as foo 1 as possible.
In the mean time the Eugene, S. Michael and L'Ori
ent, of 70 guns each, failed from Cadiz on the 20th of
February, as pretended tocruife off the Cape of St. Vin
cent. These were followed the next day by two frigates,
the S. Gertrude and S. Catharine. The Princess of 70
guns, with the Ponderofo es the feme force, failed after
them on ihe sth of March, but in getting out of thtfbay
the Princess ran on some rocks and received considerable
damage in her rudder and upper works, which obliged
her to return. On the 14th of March the regiment of
Brussels embarked at Cadiz, which with that of Spain,
failed some few days before, is not to open its orders, till
it arrives in a certain latitude. Such are the armaments
already made on the fide of the Spaniards, net to mention
much greater nearly ready in the port of Cadiz.
On the French fide, besides the Toulon fleet, 17 fail
are fitted out at Brest, among which is one of 70 guns,
and two of 64, the rest frigates ; and on board these
which were readv to fail on the 20th ult. the Duke de
Chartres, aft r joining the Toulon fleet, was to proceed
to Cadiz, to join both these to the Spaniards.
WILLIAMSBURG, (Virginia,) Jul, 1,.
From Hampton we learn, that advice was brought
there from the cittern shore, of a tender mounting two
carriage .and twelve swivel guns, being drove ashore in a
fquill of wind five or fix days ago, with eighteen pirates
on board, among them Mr. James Parker, late of Nor
folk, merchant; who immediately surrendered them,
selves to a party of our troops and begged for quarters.
A boat from another tender, her consort, at empted to
cut her out from the creek where (he was secured ; but
our people, perceiving their design, lay in ambush for
them, and, when nigh enough, rushed into the water and
fired upon them, killing five of the crew, it was supposed,
as three were seen to fall overboard, and two to drop
down in the boat, upon which the pirates tacked about
and rowed, fata than they came, to their tender.
Benjimin Woodward, against whom an information
was lodged for attempting to counterfeit the paper cur
rency of the American States, was brought to town lift
Wednesday, with four other persons, fufpeaed to be ac
complices, and lodged in the public gaol. They were
tsken in Putfylvania county, with types and other imple
ments to carry on their wicked and deftru&ive fehemes.
N E W P O R T, July 22.
Yesterday arrived here, from a cruise of about a moath,
the brig Andrew Doria, Capt. Biddle, who about ten
days ago took the Grip Nathaniel and Elizabeth, Captain
Hoar, from Jamaica to London, loaden with 300 ho~-
fheads of sugar, 100 hogsheads of rum, &c. Capt. Ph lip
Brown, of this : plaee, was put in orize-mafter, and or
dered to the firftiport lie could make. Capt. Biddle saw
two frigates undbr an easy fail near Bieck-Eland yeßer
day morning.
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AD VEr"tI SER.
'" VV -Y0 RK, July 29.
The &11-pox is now so brief in and about Boston,
that there is no less than 10,000 persons in and about iliac
place down with that disorder; to pievent the spreading
of which no more news-papers will be printed there for
some time; but the port has favoured us with the follow
ing agreeable advices—
fhat a iliip from Ireland with 1700 barrels pork, 400
firkins butter, ico calks of oats, and 100 calks of oatmeal,
was taken and tarried into Boston lalt week.
A letter of Marque from Salem to<k a sh pand a sloop
from Jamaica: The (hip bound to Europe, vih 370 hog
(heads of sugar, 140 puncheons rum, 55 pipes Madeira,
wine, 27 cannon 9 and 6 pounders, and a large quantity
of wrought plate The sloop loaded with diy goods and
salt, bound to Halifax.—They were carried into Shee^-
fcut.'
Capt. Goodrich cf Virginia, in a sloop of 8 guns, was
taken at the eastward by a sloop of 10 guns, belonging to
this date, after an obstinate engagement, a d earned in
to Salem. Capt. Goodrich, his Lteutenan, and seven
men were killed. We bad one m^ n killed.
• PHILADELPHIA, ^^s.
By a letter from New-York we have the ch^greeable
news of Capt Biddle's loomi^ his prize, (mentioned un
der the New-PoTt head) at F.flier's Illand Reef, where
(h^ ran upon the rocks.
la the HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES
Jor the Gueits v/New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex
°" ,p A M ARE ’ "' "" '"'''° s "'" r ^> ^ u ^ 2 7>
TH E Houle taking into corfideration the R t solution
of Congress of the 15th of May lift, for suppressing
all authority derived from the Crown of Great Britain,
and for ettablifhing a government upon the authority of
the people, and the Refojutmn of this House of the 15th
of June last in consequence of the said R^folution of Con
g^efs, directing all persons holding offices civil or mili
tary to execute the fame in the name of this government,
until a new one mould be formed, and al(o the Dccla
°-' " e United States of America absolving from
a" allegiance to the British Crorn, and diffdving all po
etical connection between them and G eat Britain, late
ly published and adopted by this government as one of
, o 'e States, are of opinion that tome speedy measures
should be taken to farm a regular mode of civil polity,
aiid this House, not thinking thbmfelves authorized by
their constituents to execute this important work,
g^Do Refold, That it be recommended to the good peo
ple of the several counties in this government to choose
'"'"" e number of Deputies to meet in Convention,
there to ordain and declare the future form of govern
ment for this date.
Refolded alfa, That is the opinion of this House, that
the bid Convention consist of the number of thirty per
sons, that is to lay, ten for the County of N-w-Castle,
,%'° r ^ County of Kent, and ten for the County of
Suffix; and that the freemen of the said Counties ref
pe&ively do meet on Monday the 19th day of August
n °^''" '" "'"' Places of election tor the said county,
and then and there proceed to el«& the number of De
puties aforefaid, according to the dire&io^s of the seve
ral laws of this government for regulating elections of
the members of Afl<mbly, except as to the choice of in
foeftors, which (hail be made on the morning of the day
of election by the electors, inhabitants of the lefpcaive
hundreds in each County.
Refolded, 1 bat every elector (hall (if required by oh©
or more of the judges of the ele&ion) take the following;
oath or affirmation, to quit, I, A. B. will, to the utmost
of my power, support and maintain the Independence of
this Government, as declared by the Honorable Conti
nental Congress.
Refolded alfe, That it is the opinion @f this House, that
the Deputies, when Chosen as aforefaid, ffiall meet in
Convention in the town of New-Castle, on Tuesday the
27th day of the fame month cf Augutt, and immediately
proceed to form a government on the authority of the
people of this state, in such fort as may be best adapted
to their preservation and happiness.
Extras from the Minutes. Published by order,
JAMES BOOTH, Clerk of A&mbly.
§,•,,§,§46^ti+^ty^gg^^^
AS the Boarding School at Burlington, in
the province of New Jersey, has for many years
been kept by the fiibfcriber (and which, he flatters him
felf, from the proficiency of the pupils committed to his
care, has acquired the esteem and attention cf his friends
and the public) may be thought to be inteirupted by the
death of Mrs. Powell, the subscriber thinks proper t%
give this public information, that he has engaged an el
derly Gentlewoman, whose experience and character will
enable him to continue it in the fame genteel manner;
and his friends and the public may depend on the ftri&- :
est attention being paid both to the improvement and
morals of the y^ung Gentlemen committed to his charge,
by t THOMAS POWELL.
NUMB. 25^