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Philadelphia; and to emend and alter the charters there*
of, conformably to the revolution, and the constitution
of this Commonwealth ; and to ere& the fame into an
University ;" the word College was, through mistake,
inserted in the Sixteenth fe&ion thereof, instead of the
word Univdifity, by reason whereof the authority in
tended to be veiled in two Justices of the Peace by laid
A& to proceed in a Summary way against persons re
futing to deliver up to the Truftces of die said Univer
sity, upon demand, the library, apparatus, mortgages,
Specialties, deeds or instruments, or other papers, or
books of record, or real eftste of the said Univeifity, in
custody or poffeifion of fucb perlons io refuting, may be
disputed, and prove insufficient for the purposes design
ed by the Legislature ; For remedy whereof,
Be it shaded, and it is hereby ena&ed by the Repre
sentatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Penn,
fylvania in General Assembly met, and by the authority
of the fame, That the said A& Shall be construed and
taken for the benefit and relief of the laid Trustees, as
fully as if the Said University were named in the said
sixteenth paragraph, in the fttad and place of the word
College, and the said Justices Shall proceed accordingly.
“ Twelve fail of the line, belonging to Sir Charles
Hardy's fleet are coming here; Seven of them are to be
fitted out, victualled, and fiored, after which they are to
proceed to sea as Soon as ready, and an Admiral is expected
here daily to command them,their destination is not known.
There are many conjectures, but as I dont believe aay of
them, I Shall not trouble you with the^,"
LONDO N, Odober z 6,
ADMINISTRATION have presented a memorial to
all the foreign Ambassadors, within these few days, in
answer to one delivered by the French at the different
Courts of Europe. They have also given the Dutch a full
and just answer to all their repeated complaints, refpeaing
the Seizure of their Shipping carrying on a contraband
trade with our enemies.
A new battalion is to be railed by way of addition to
the royal regiment of artillery, on account of thenumbtr
now engaged abroad.
Oft 23. The Nabob of Arcot has agreed to pay the
Eaft.lndia Company two hundred thousand pounds for the
expences of the siege at Pondicherry.
Nov. 3. Advice is said to be received, that his Ma
jesty's Ship the Janas, and the Jamaica brig, had taken
eight Doted veffela off Surinam, with American property
on board, after an engagement of three glasses, with a
Dutch man es war that convoyed them; which they 0
bligechto Sheer off, and carried their prizes to Pert Royal
Extras of a letter from Penryn, October 30.
“ Last Friday morning the Revenge privateer, belong
ing to this place, fell in with a French privateer on our
coast, when a Smart and bloody engagement ensued, which
lasted three glasses, bu fr , at length, a nine pound ball from
the Revenge entered the French privateer, close to the Sur
face of the water, and She immediately filled, and funk in
ten minutes, and all the crew were drowned. The Re
venge's people gave them three cheers as they went down.
Several men were wounded on board the Revenge, but
none killed, but her rigging was much Shattered.”
The Marquis of Carmarthen is going to raise goo more
men in Yorkshire, for the Service of government, having
railed the like number a few months ago,
A considerable number of artificers io the efferent
branches of building are to go over o Quebec and Hali
fax by + re next Ships bound to those ports, in order to
raise some ne wworks of firength in the above places.
Nov. 13. Certain advice is received by the last Dutch
mail, that Russia, Denmark, and Sweden, are making
the greatest preparations for war. and that the artificers
of those powers at their sea-ports absolutely work night
and day in fitting out every Ship of war belonging to those
Monarchs.
Admiral Campbell, who was Admiral Kepple's Cap
tain, is certainly to have a command ; the fleet is to con
sist of five fail of the line and three frigates, and is togo
out immediately after Sir Charles Hardy's return.
Nov. 15. The following Ships, itis said, will fail with
Sir George Rodney to the Weft-Jndies, viz°
Ships. Guns. Commanders.
^^ of ~ { S^T#'
Ajax —— 74 ~ Uvedale.
Montague — 74 Houlton.
Shrewsbury — 74 Robinson.
Phoenix —— 44 Sir H. Parker.
Greyhound 28 Dixon.
Cyclops —— 28 Robertson.
Unicorn —— 20 Frederick.
Hornet —— 16 Hafwell.
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, November 17.
" Yesterday in ths afternoon arrived at Spithead the
Northington Eaft-Indiaman, Capt. Durand, from the
East Indies, but last from Limerick. This Ship parted
with the others on Sunday evening, off Guernsey, having
Split most ofher fails:
" Also arrived the Arrogant man of war, of 74 guns,
Capt Cole, with tick men from Sir Charles Hardy's fleet.
" Yesterday mowing failed from St. Helen's the Hydra,
of 20 guns, Captain Garner, with a number of transports,
for America ; and the Duke of Kin^fton, Eaft-Indiaman,
Capt Nurt; and the York Acre-Ship, Capt. Bechinoe,
for the Weft-Indies. They are to be joined at Ply
mouth by the Isis of 44 guns, Capt. H wkner."
N0v.26.0n Saturday at half past 11 o'clock at night, died
at his house, at Pitt Place, near Epsom, the Right Hon.
George L >rd Lyttleton. His Lordship left town in perfed
health ou Saturday morning, and continued so till within
an hour of his death. His Lordship, was Seized on Sud
den, complained ofa violent pain in his head, and expi
red before any assistance could be given him. His Lord
fliip dying without issue, the title is extinft.
Nov. 30. Sir George Collier and Colonel Stuart are
arrived from New-York in the Daphne frigate, and it is
said have brought over accounts of the flat# of America,
and the dispositions of the people, that are very a
greeable to Adminifiration. The Daphne left New-York
the 4th of Nov. and it was reported that the troops had
been ordered to evacuate Rhode-Ifland, and to embark
for Long-Inland: This order was supposed to be given
in consequence of the expected visit of M@nf. D'ERaing.
Extract of a letter from Plymouth, Nov. 23.
GEORGIA.
To His Honour George Walton, Esquire, Governor and
Commander in Chief of the said State.
WE, the Representatives of the Freemen of Georgia,
in Assembly met, beg leave to inform your Ho
nour of your unanimous election to the office of Governor
of this State.
The firm confidence we repose in your abilities, and
steady attachment to the independence of our country,
give us full affuraace that, under year adminift ration, a
perfeverence in those exertions which have hitherto cha
raderized the faithful councils of this country, will take
piece. Sir, We have consigned to your care a sacred trust,
the government of a people who have bled freely in the
cause of the confederal alliance, and are determined to
Seal the attempt of redeeming this country with the blood
of all, rather than Submit to the detested and abominable
yoke of British rule.
William Glascock, Speaker.
To the Honorable the Speaker, and the rest of the Mem
bers of the Assembly of the State of Georgia.
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,
I AM thankful for the honor of your appointment,
and polite address of yesterday: But I had been hopeful,
from the late afflictions with which it has pleased Heaven
to visit me, that I Should not have been required, at this
time, to take an active station in your affairs : Nor would
any thing but the situation of the State, calling for the al
fiflance of every man, induce me to accept it. Relying
upon your faithful Support, I Shall use my best efforts to
enforce the laws for the Safety and welfare of the people.
On your part much may be done.— The confutation,
and the laws, call for a vigorous Support, to prevent
otherwise unavoidable anarchy. A representation at Con
gress is most essentially neceffaty : The well-being of our
State; the exigence of its independency ; and the balance
of Suffers,e upon questions determinable by inevitable in
terest— all depend upon it: Noris the restoration of cre
dit to our paper circulation less important. The enemy,
exhausted by great exertions, may chufe to rfk all in one
concluding effort the ensuing winter; and therefore it is
incumbent to make the most speedy and effectual prepara
tions for the Safety of the State. A corps of korfemen
to watch the motions of the enemy and the Indians, and
fofficient to keep out the thieves from both, Should imme
diately be railed. Decisive measures Should be pursued
against the unhappy but dangerous few, who will live
amongst us—and yL love our enemies ! My late situa
tion gave me an opportunity of feeing, that, by persons
of this description, the councils of the States are betrayed;
By our laws, it is already criminal to correspond wuh or
fend intelligence to the enemy; but some certain and ef
fedual mode of deteaion might be pointed out and author
rized. GEORGE WALTON.
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,
I have learned a lesson in captivity—The enemy keep
no terms with those they Rile rebels ; let us profit by the
example, and hold none with those who publicly or Secret
ly adhere to the cause of the tyrant. Artful and insidi
ous as they are, let us be no longer imposed upon, but
effectually put difaffedion out of countenance. For the
attainment of the great object of the war our citizens have
bled freely, and Sacrificed every case and comfort. Your
enemies confefs them to have been brave, and to have
contended for their country like freemen ; end we know,
that all our councils have been uniformly leading to pre
sent fifety and permanent independency. Hitherto sus
tained by your own virtue, there is ne doubt but that, in
your present diftreffet, Congress will Support you. Let
us not, therefore, difpair ; but chearfully bear every pre
feut ill, rather than admit an idea of a partial accom
modation with the enemy. Real Services from our illus
trious and most friendly ally, are complete proofs of the
Sincerity of his intentions; and the junction of Spain and
Sweden in the war are new pillars to the independency of
America, which no earthly powers, in my judgment, can
Shake.
BALTIMORE, February 29.
Late Englifti papers, received by the way of S.atia,
further advise, that there never was a time Since the glo
rious revolution, when the affairs of Britain were in a
more critical and alarming situation. That the Ministry
es that leeramgly devoted country, were Submitting to
^ ndgociaticn for peace, under the petty influence es the
Court of Turin. That Te Deum had been sung in the
Churches of the Diocese of Paris, and there were mag
nificent illuminations in the palace and city of Versailles,
ou account of the successes of the Count D'EShing in
the Weft-Indie#=That the toast of the day in the cabi
net of Versailles, about the last of October, .vas "a
continuance of the present English Mmi&'' —That
one London merchant had in the island of Grenada,
when it was taken by the French, no iris a property
thin 150,0001. —That the annual produceof D minica,
Grenada and St. Vincents will make a sum of 2,c,6,0001.
Sterling—That the records of history cannot Shew an in
stance of greater intrepidity, or of more pet fed discipline,
than the Americans displayed in their attack on Stoney-
Point-—That the London Gazette gives a melancholy
pia»re of conquering America ! To persevere, there
fore, surely is madness : and if it is further proiecuted,
the Motto may well be applied to the British Ministers,
" Qfof Dtus cult perderc, prius dementat J" —That the
Prince of Wales being at Court, and in conversation
with the ArchbiShop of Canterbury, his Highness took
occafi n to ask his Grace of what country Paul Jones
wa# ? " Sir, (replied the Archbishop) by his firname he
Should be a Welshman, and by his Christian name a
Saint, but by his anions, the very Devil himfelf" —
That Governor Johnftone was getting his Squadron rea
dy for the L.fbon Ration, to cruize for prizes, to iacreafe
his fortune, but not " to die in the last Ditch"--That
when Paul Jones appeared on the 'Change of Amsterdam
(tho' there is not a less attentive body of people in the
world, than a colh&ion of Dutch merchants) all busi
ness seemed for a while Suspended, in order to gaze at
and follow him. He was dressed in a blue frock coat,
metal buttons, white cloth waistcoat and breeches, with
a broad sword under his arm. When he quitted the
'Change, the crowd followed him to his lodgings, huz
zaing him all the way—That the distance (when the last
accounts came awav) from the Spanish intrenchments
to Gibraltar, was only about geo fathoms—That from
I Whom the Deity abandons, he firft infatuates.
Ths true State of Ireland, extra&ed from a late Lon
don paper. Tae manufa&urt§ almost at a Stand —the
Plebeians ftatvieg —th, tenants usable to pay their rents
—the demands on th# Treasury exceeding its receipts
by two thirds at leatt —the meat of prop^i yat the head
of an illegal aim/ of nea< 30,000 men, regularly disci
plined—their petition f^r a free trade the only hope of
comfort—and if raj-fled, the confedusnces —
A Resolution of the Irith House of Lords.
Die 'Jovis, oa 14, ¥779.
Resolved, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, That tbs thanks of this House be
given to the different Volunteer Corps in this kingdon,
for their Spirited (and at this time ngetyto)) exertions
in its defence.
PHI LADELPHI A, March 9.
The prize Sloop Two Brothers, from Tortola for St.
Euftatia, is arrived at Wilmington, Sent in by the Holker,
Capt. Lollar.
LOTTERY-OFFICE, March 2, r/'o.
HE Managers of the Lottery of the United States
£ acquaint the Public, That the drawing of the
Third Cials bepri yesterday, agreeable to relolve of
Congrets, and will continue from day to day until
finished.
Tickets may be had, for a few dfy, at the Lottery-
Office only, from Nine o'clock till Twelve in the morn
ing, and from Three to Five in the afternoon.
STATE of the LOTTERY, March
PRIZES DRAWN.
6 of sooo dollars;
10 of 500
334 Of 40
REM,A IN in the WHEELS.
I of 30,000 dollars.
1 Of 20,000
a of 15 00©
a of 10,cod
to of 5000
194 of 1006
990 of 500
19,666 of 40
PAUL FOOKS, Check Clerk.
N. B. The Adventurers may be informed of the fate
of their Tickets by applying to the Ch^k Clerk, morn
ing and evening at ths Lottery-Office.
the Land Cate the English have, betide many mortars,
95 pieces of heavy artillery, by which they have fre
quently greatly retarded the Spanish operations—That it
is Scarcely pofli^e that the northern maritime powers
Should not be involved in the present war—That Col.
Archibald Campbell was to be appointed Governor of
Jamaica, in the place of Governor Dalling, who was to
be recalled, and war also to hav-a regiment of two bat
talions, to be railed for the defence of that island.
Philadelphia, March 6, 1789.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED lait week, from the Subscriber in
Third Street, near St. Paul's Church, a Small black
C O W, with a bro^n back, about 3 years old, the
nea, ear half cropped, and the other wholly cropped.
Whoever brings her home, Shall have the abovv re
ward, paid by
JOHN EWING.
m —ram OHtfeztec wro+Q—_=— — c^^. —r^_ —— —
Philadelphia, March 7, i;8o.
To be SOLD at Public Auction,
On Saturday ths ißih infant, at Twelve o'clock, at
the Ctffae-houfe,
A VALUABLE PLANTATION Situate in
Greenwich township, Gloucester county, Weft
New Jersey, containing one hundred and eleven acres
of excellent land, on which are a good dwelling.houfe
and a young bearing orchard, about four acres of clear
ed meadow and a considerable quantity more may be
made, about twenty acres of the upland cleared and un
der good fence, the land well timbered with oik and
pine fit for sawing, some cedar swamp, and an excellent
Stream of water runhing near the house. This place
will probably hecofae very valuable, a Giafs-hopfe hav
ing been lately erased within a mile of it. It is conve
nient to Several saw and grist-mils, and within about
fix miles of a good landing on Mantua Creek. The
above trad is clear of all incumbrances, an^ binds on
land of John Jeffors, Be<j&min Lodge and J;cob Parks,
The terms will be made kno^n on the day of ale.
WILLIAM BROWN, Auftieneer.
Io be SOL D very cheap,
AVERY large bay HORSE fi,g ye«rs oh.;, just
broke to the Saddle; he is found, and if properly
taken care of will be extremely valuable ; the price
only Five Thousand Dollars. No perlon n^d apply
who will not give the money. To be Seen at the Conti
nental Stables in this city. Enquire for the owner of
the Printer.
TO BE SOL D,
fr W O tracts of LAN D, lying contiguous to each
4 other, containing five thousand acres each, on the
main branch of Delaware River, in the State of New.
York. The foil is good and well watered, and the river
navigable for flats in the Spring and fall to Pr.ihaelphia.
Continental Money or Losn-Office Certificates will be
taken in payment. Enquire 01 ths Printer.
Philadelphia, March 6, 1780.
AL L perfans indebted to the estate of Eli
zabeth Keates, deceased, on bond, note or
book debt, are hereby desired to make payment on or
before the 12th of April, to prevent further trouble :
And all performs having any demands on & a^ainft the
said estate, are requested to bring in their accounts, pro
perly proved, to the fubferiber, at, Mr. Bernard's in
Third-street, near the Dock.
MICHAEL LEONARD, Administrator.