The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-06-02 00:00:00, page 1

This E BENING,
(The Seco.il of June) At the Coffee-Houfe,
Will be Sold by Public Sale,
No. I. A Lot of Ground, with a
large Slone frL the and Kitchen, a Frame Stable, a
Well of good W, er and other Improvements on the
fame, in Germantown, adjoining the Friend's Meeting
Home Lot on the north fide: it is 33 f-et front and
192 fee; deep, pled.nt^y situated, a good stand for
t>ufin,fs (being the place where Moses Hall formerly
carried on the rer#i trade in a very exQ^five way)
and is now occupied as a tavern by Nicholas Weber.
No. 2. A small Seat in the Northern
Liberties, about 3 miles fom the cty, on Nice's lane,
which leads from Niretown, on G-rmntown road to
the Fads rod: it adjoins on the euft that elegant S?at
no t- : / 4 by D-&cr Bond, junr. this Place con
taint TO^Cres and one quarter of Land, h«s a (mail
'Rn^ncn* and> good Apple Orchard on it an exc:l
lent Spring of W-i^r fuffi.isnt fraMlk h ike, at a
convenient dist rce from the Dwelling-home, h.fces
h>v ng the advantage of a constant Ihem of water
running acofs t e place, which waters a piece of mea
dow ; the for is 0; a good qu it. so a 1 kindao fruit
trees, or for a ga-Lm, n;tne fiuat.on and other con
veniences for improvement, maw, 1 well adapted for
forming a Summer Retreat for t C<t zen.
No. 3. A I ot containing 9 Acres of
Land, on Shipper's : ne, arfoimns l.nde or Chrifto
phot and Ciwu> MaHh 11, JoAph Stamper and others :
fc 18 very convenient for a Haltere 05 m w'cg, -he foil
being of a ^ood quality for grate ; hs :he convenient,
of 3 Well, and a .wall P.no ex ends within it whee
cate, my writer; there is ai;uut 2 acres and a hJt
fow\ wit rye, and ribout 49 grafted, bearing apple
trees..
T<> ; ~<❖' v < v b incline to purchase may know
thz ei ^ a : ^ t -&pait ^arg, by applying to the
fubicriuer, ur th~y will be maae known at the time and
pfeof Me. OWEN BIDDLE.
Looped from my service, on the
26th infant at night,
f^WO NF .RO MLN, oth lorn in Virginia, and
/ t. b th?m .b,u 26 yts of age. They will
probably irk 10 die rout ^ V rginja (perhaps by the way
of the Eait n Sucre) er attempt to get to New-York,*
as they n?ve been iafciy het! to expr,efs their desire
of getting ^ the enemy: If this is cot their intention,
it is cotje^u rd they may endeavour to pass themfelvaa
for free^rn, and ffii, them tuemfekves on boa-d feme
vessel. Their nanut are ISAAC and KIT; the former,
ISAAC, it rather fkn<krmade, leom jolted abobt the
knees, and when hr wDks Git has a remarkable wriggle
in his gait; he is 0! ri ] r middle ftaiure, thin faced, a
small pouting s outh, and a grumbling tone of voice
when he .pt?k, Uige eyes, and addi& d to a broad
stare when :a>el witn 41y tauir, or examined with re
gard tc ^is<.. .a ;be las a teat under his left eye, on
the cheek bone, o<c freed by an impoftbume, and a
mark just over h^r^hi eye. He took with him fundr,
apparel, the principal part of which was, one or two
faits of olive colcureo linden Summer closths, a blue
cloth cloak with ^ flit m each fiuc, live or fix ihirts, tnrte
cotton, two ur^^, am one fine write lirnep, lome
flockings andfho^ nd a hat, but will probably attempt
to change his drejs: he s 3 coachman, underff^B s the
care of horses and a garden peried) wed, and is a tole
rable cook.
KIT is a flout, well made, middle fizA Negro, his
complexion rather in< neo to the n matto, piaysa
little on the fidme, is onu of wafting marches; which
he docs to great peHedLoD, is remarkably atbvr, of a
modest deportment end imoo h Ipeken, has a fc^r on
each of his legs ocan. aed by bril., s. Had on and took
with him apparel nearly fimdar to that of lEcc. He is
an excellent noufekr.%nt, and understands the cate of
horses, and driving as a poUihen.
Whoever will deriver the tor Negroes to me, or will
secure them in any oab fc trar I may recover them,
ihall have TWO GUINEAS reward for either of <kem,
or FOUR GUINEAS for both, or if they return of their
own accoid, they fhab be pud r.d ty
HEOPHILUSBLAND.
Philadelphia, May 28, 1781.
A handsome, gay, Sorrel Horse,
TOBE SO LD,
Enquire of the Printer.
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O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published every TUESDAY and SATURDAY.
To the Printer of the Pennfylvaaia Packet'.
SIR,
As the inclofed lines were written to the memory of
a gentleman, who his whole life has shewn a parti
cular regard for America; perhaps that may en
title them to a place in your paper ; though in
fhemfelves very little expressive, either of the me
rits of Dr. Fothergill, or the feelings of friendship
qf the writer, who personally knew the virtues of
the deceased ; such as they are pieafe to infect them ,
and you will oblige,
Your most humble servant, E. F.
To the memory of DoDor FOTHERGILL..
By a Friend.
IF Science' sighs when her heft sons are fled;
If Genius mourns, a darling votary dead;
Virtue triumphant dutt .rs o'er thy_ tomb,
Virtue that lives, where Science cannot bloom,
Where Genius comes, not if of Truth bereft,
For all but Truth on this fide heaven is left :
But Genius, Truth and Science, all were thine ,
Each hands a branch thy Temples to entwine.
Deeply experienced in the healing art,
Thou didst, oh Fothergill, thy aid impart !
No mean parade of pompous empy ikill
Did the w^de circle of thy knowledge fill;
A&ive, ingenious, ufefull, good -and wife,
Thou trac'd disease with penetrating eyes ;
Explor'd the source where latest evils lay,'
And check'd the venom in its deious way :
Reliev'd, if poffib ; e to be reliev'd,
And where incurable sincerely griev'd,
Griev'd for the labouring load of burthen'3 life,
And saw with sorrow the unequal ftrife.
The fine companion, and the tender frierd,
Did with thy presence on the sick attend :
Such cordial kindnefe glow'd within thy breast
As flung no heart with acid wit's keen zest :
Thou fcan'd all mankind with fraternal love,
Stamp'd with the image of their God above.
Tho' last, not meanest was thy patriot zeal;
Thy foul expanding for the common weal.
Early thou fawft the fatal day approach
When thy own Albion would our rights incroach ;
Thou fawft and figh'd to mark their haughty claims,,
Unworthy fetters and ignoble aims,
Lordly extended to co-equals here,
Thou f?wft and silent filed the ftrugling tear:
Mourn'd either empire, as decreed to bleed,
Yet wifh'd the virtuous from oppression freed ;
But left it all to heaven's deciding power,
Who guides the moments of each defin'd hour;'
Weighs in the balance, marks the page of fate.
And bounds an atom's and a kingdom's date.
Philadelphia county, May 12, 1781.
From the London Evening Post, November 18,
1780.
SURREY COMMITTEE.
Kingston, November 11, 1780,.
present,
Sir Francis Vincent, T. Wood,
Hon. Augustus Keppel,- H. Vincent,
Sir Robert Clayton, P. C. Webb,
Sir Joseph Mawbey, J. S. Budgen,
Sir Richard Hotham, O. Manning,
B. Bond Hopkins, J. Nicholls,
William Gill, P. C. Crefpigny,
James Trecothick, P. Hollingworth,
Carew Sanders, R. Hollingworth,
W. Rowles, H. S. Gill,
G. P. Towry, J. D. Garthwaite,
W. Morland, J. Leech,
J. Wilkinson, R. Hudson,
T. Day, - R. Tayler,
G. Alien, R. C. Smith, ?r.
T. Scott.
Adjutant-General's Office, June 7, 1780.
ORDER S.
In obedience to an order of the King's Council,—
" The military to a& without waiting for directions"
from the civil magistrates, and to use force for dispers
ing the illegal and tumultuous assemblies of the
people.
WILLIAM AMHERST, Adjutant-general."
Resolved unanimously, That the interference of the
military for the suppression of riots, not under the di
refbon of the civil magistrate, but at the ttiferetion of
their commanding officer, is a dangerous deviation
from the usual and constitutional practices during the
reigns of the two sirs t princes of the house of Hano
ver, which the most urgent and evident necessity alone
can render excusable.
Resolved, That however the order for the interfer
ence of the military at their diferetido, for the sup
pression of the late riots in the metropolis, may have
been unavoidable from the prefling circurnftances of
the case,, vit. from the great'nefs of the danger, the
intimidation of the magistracy from the due execution
of their office, in maintaining or restoring the public
peace; yet, without the face of disorder existing, the
extention of similar orders to the army throughout:
all England, and which had net been taken off during
the general election; is an usurpation of power, which,
while it infalts the constitution, excites the most alarms
ing sea rs iu the breads of all its friends.
Refolded, That it be recommended to the represent
atives of this county, to enquire in parliament, b,
whose advice the said order was issued ; for what time,
and by whose advice it was continued ; and to take
such fieps as shall to them bem bed suited to prevent
such unconstitutional and dangerous orders from be
ing issued in future.
Resolved, That as all public burthens must either
mediated!, or immediately affect the property of the
people, and as it hath ever been their undoubted pri
vilege to grant or to withhold supplies, so it is their
legal and constitutional right to affembic peaceably,
for the purpose of intruding their representatives,
considering the exigencies of the times, and petition
ing for a redress of grievances.
Refolded That this right, which has been always exi
ercifd by every part of the English people, is now
more necessary than ever, when the continually in
creasing expences of a ruinous and difafirous war
threaten the very annihilation of private property
and when the representatives of the people, instead
of being chosen to express the peoples sense on ever,
great political question, claim a seven years independ
ence of their electors.
Resolved, That therefore this committee, with a ge
nuine and merited contempt of those malignant ca
lumnies which tend to confound the legal and peacea
ble affembies of the English people, with the outrages
of a frantic populace, wi 1 pursue the ends of their
original inflitution, and that redress of grievances,
which was refufed them by a corrupt majority in tl.&
last parliament. -
Resolved, Thatthe voice of the commons of Eng
land is no less necessary for every legislative purpose,
than that of either the sovereign, or the lords; and
that therefore the people claim it as their just and in
herent privilege, to correct the abuses of represent
ation, whenever such abuses shall have so increased
as to rob them of their constitutional Share in their owa
government.
Resolved, That as it ill becomes men, who are en
gaged in the assert on of their own rights, to invade
the liberties of others, therefore, this committee dotri
proteQ, in the most explicit manner, against the pro
secution of the American war, which has been pro
duftive of the greater evils, and threatens defiructiom
to this kingdom by its continuance.
That fir F Vincent, baronet, J. Smith Budgen, J.
Trecothick, John Nicholls,, and Thomas Day, es
quires, be appointed deputies from tnis committee, to
meet and to confer with deputies from other counties^
either in the city of London, or in the city of West
minster, and to report to this committee.
That this committee do adjourn, fine die, subject t®'
the call of the chairman, upon application of any
three members of the committee.
L O N D O N.
Feb. 12. On Monday last the following unhappy
accident happened at Ferrybridge, in Yorkshire ; a
gentleman (said to be a son of lord V.) accompanied
by a lady, with whom he had been on a matrimonial
expedition to Scotland, flopped^at the White Swan.
After his departure it was difcevered' that he had left
a purse behind him. The boot catcher was' immedi
ately dispatched on horseback with it; he overtook
the carriage,- and rede up to one of the windows, but
his horse not flanding, he turned him round to the
other window, and- called' out to the gentleman,
“ Your purse, your purse. Sir." The gentleman sup
posing he demanded his purse, let down the window,
and inflantl, shot him dead. The Coroner's jury
brought in their verdid ' accidental death.-
February Is. The following fngularf circum
flance may be depended upon as a fat?.—A fhorf
time after the engagement commenced between Sir
George Realty and Mons. Guicben in the Weft- In
dies, a game cock that had been principally fed up®n
the mam deck, and was much caressed by the sailors;
immediately after the firing began, flew upon the quar
ter deck and took -his nation near 3ir George Rod.
ney and General Vaughan. The feathered hero seem
ed not enly to- enjoy tue conflict, but endeavoured by
every means m his power to inspire all within hearing
of him with the love of glory, for every five or fix mi
nutes he was fufe to set up a loud crow, and conti
nued to flrut the de k, and conduct hjmfelf in this
manner during the whole of the engagement. Sir
George pointing to the phenomenon; caked eut t> ^
[ NUMB. 738.