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, The America, of 74 guns, builtat Potrfmouth, and
' given by the congress to their great and good a' y, in
li'u of the Magnificent, loft in Barton harbour, Rill
Remains there: officers, and five hundred m n have
been left by the French admiral to fit her out : but it
.is imagined she will not be ready for sea before next
spring.
LONDO N, Odober 3%
There are letters in town from the continent, which
state the following as the heads of the plan now on the
tapis for a general p ace:
America to be independent, and that independence
' io be guaranteed.
France to receive from Britain a settlement of con
'feqpence in Newfoundland, not a St. Pierre, or a iVli
^urlou, ot. Lucia to be restored ; Pondicherry and o
ther feulements in the ea ft ; and from Spain to receive
'a sugar island in re om pence for the facrifice which
tbfey made in the lad war.
Bolland to receive Su Euftatius, their Eafl-Tnd a
• fetttements, and a compensation for the ravages com
emitted at St. Fuftatius.
Spain to keep Minorca.
Great-Britain to receive St. Kitts, Grenada, and
perhaps Tobago.
If the negociation which how subsists should con
clude in this manner, and it is not imagined that we
can expert better terms, this country will be the only
fufferer. We (half no longer be able to exa& from
nival Europe fubmiflion to our flag; and in fa& it may
be said, with a noble lord, '' The fun of Britain will
be set."
This morning a vessel from St. Lucia confirms the
report of the arrival at windward of admiral Hughes,
with ten fail of the line, detached by lord Howe after
the relief of Gibraltar. This flet was so fortunate as
to fall in with our French line of battle fivigs to wind
ward of Barba'does, after some afrion, in w' r ich it is
said she loft her masts, one of the fhps (the Solitarie)
flruck and was carried into Barbadofs, together with
the Speedy packet, taken by the enemy in July last, on
her passage to Jamaica, and by them converted into a
sloop of war. Our fleet were in pursuit of the reman
der, but whether with any probability of coming up
with them, we are yet in the dark.
Letters at St. Lucia from Grenada very particularly
mention an engagement between lord Howe and the
Spanish fleet. 14 leagues from Cadiz, in which t e lat
ter loft seven fail of the line. The MartiniqueiGazette
of the 6th instant, we are told, likewise notices the bat
tle, but leaves the viffory undecided.
On Monday arrived the brig George, Captain Rox
burgh, io ten days from Bermuda, loaded with mo
lasses, tea, geneva, &c. She brings accounts tnat the
privateers belonging to Bermuda, and others cruifiog
in that latitude, have met with great futcefs, and that
many prizes have lately been carried in there.
On Saturday last a parry of militia, 33 in number,
commanded by a captain William', general y known
by the name of Skinner's party, made an attempt to
carry off from his house, at Weft Clif fter, colonel De
laney, of the loyal refugees, but miffing their aim,
they plundered the house of wearing apparel, &c.
-&c. and retreated wib precipitation to Croton Hill,
near Croton bridge, where, thinking themselves fafe,
they exposed their plunder for Tale; but a party of
loyal reru ees soon surprised them, killed one hian on
the spot, wounded several, and took seven prisoners :
The prisoners were brought to town on Sunday; on~
badly wounded, was fen to the general hospital to be
taken care of, and the rest fafely lodged in the pro
vost. John Paulding one of the persons who took
major Andre prisoner, is among the number, and
slightly wounded. This design on the person of colo
nel Delancey, is said to have been planned by colonel
Drake and Mr. Van affe'l, who wfre sure of success,
asthey kept it a secret fromal but captain Williams,
and he only informed the party of it when they came
near to the colonel's house.%
On Monday arrived the rebel ship Good Hope, John
Wheelwright, mafler, from Portsmouth, New-Hamp
shire, bound for the Grenades, with two hundred
thousand feet of lumber, and a quantity of flh, prize
to his majesty's ship Ceres.
The Good Hope failed from Portsmouth the 2gt of
Dec. in company with t e brig Fellowship Daniel Hig
gins, master, loaded with spars bound to Cape Fran
Cois ;. the former was taken in lat. 48, long 63, on the
seventh day after she left Portfm uth, and the latter
next day, also by the Ceres.
By the above-mentioned prizes we I arn, that the
French (hips of war L'Auyufte, of 80 guns Le Pluton,
o( 74, and L'Amazone, of 36 guns, failed from Port
mouth on the 29th ult.
N E W-Y O R K, January 29.
By letters from England, extracts of which Were re
ceived on Monday from Bermuda, by a gentleman of
this city, we are informed, that oh the26th of Nov. a
profpet of peace was pronounced certain, which occa
sioned the merchants of London to apply to the king's
ministers on the question, whether or not they might
rrfque the fhippng of goods to this city ; they were an
fwered by 'the right honourable Mr- Townfhend, that
on the frh of December, the final determination of
parliament on the question, whether peace of war
mould be adopted ? would then be known.
Lift night arrived the ship Venus, in 18 days from
Antigua ; a person on board asserts, that admiral Pi
got had proceeded to cruize for the French fleet from
Europe, under the comte d'Estaing.
The following are copied from bje Antigua Gazette.
St. J OH N's (Antigua) Dec.iq, 1782.
Nov. to. They write from Madrid, in letters of
the 24th, th, t the re-vi^ualling of Gibraltar, the pas
sage of lord Hope's" fleet from the ocean in to the Me.
diterranean, audits easy return into the Straits, excite
murmers there amongh the people Four persons are
accused of treachery to the state, and of having main
rained a feeret cbrrefpondence with lord Grantham, to
the detriment of Spain. It is openly said there, that
the English do not carry on the war with red-hot balls
only : their blows are rendered certain by the tranf
cend^nt power of a 'purer metal.
On Monday arrived the flag of truce ship John, cap>
tain Philipfon, from Boston, which place she left the'
11th inflant. This flip landed a number of rebel priso
ners at Boflon, which she brought from Quebec, but
has produced no British prisoners in return.
The copper-bottomed ship Alexander, of 26 nine
pounders, with about ten fail of merchantmen under
their convoy, we are informed, were to fail from Bos
ton for Chefapeak bay about the middle of this month,
which, with the Gustavus, of 24 guns, that failed about
14 days ago, are intended to be loaded with tobac
c, and proceed for France.
Ey the Ceres frigate which failed from Halifax the
29th ult. and arrived here on Friday last, we learn,
that his majesty's (hips le Caton, of 64 guns, and the
Pallas of 36, wereto fail from that port for England,
about the beginning of this monh, with a fleet under
their convoy. ^ —-
The Chatham Paper ot the 29th ult. has the following
articles.
" By an express vessel from lord Hood, which ar
" rived at New York lad Friday from Jamaica, we
" learn that don Solano was at the Havanna with ten
" fail of the line ; —that count d'Estaing had arrived
'' with a fleet from Europe at Martinico.; and that a
" most vigorous attack on Jamaica was refolded on,
'' as soon as a junction of the different fleets was formeJ.
" In consequence of the above information an em
" barkatiou of (even regiments, we are told, has or
'' will take place immediately "
Fri lay last departed this life, in the 27th year of
her age, Mrs. MARGARET VAN VLECK, wife of
Mr ISAAC VAN VLECK, of this city, merchant.
She bore a very painful ^nd acute disorder, with a
truly chriftiah fortitude and patience; and resigned
her foul into the hands of her Saviour, with a becom
ing confidence of salvation through his merits. On
Sunday afternoon her remains were deposited in the
burial ground of the second Presbyterian church, to
which they were followed by her relations and friends,
and attended by a number of refpeaable citizens.
By her death, her distressed husband is bereft of the
worthy partner of his bosom. and their five young
children, of a tender and affectionate mother.
Head of Elk, January 25, 1783.
On the night df the 21st instant, the barn, Cables,
corn houses, out-houses, and stack yard, with about
fix hundred bushels of grain and forty tons of long
forage in flacks, brides Indian-corn and four horses,
of colonel Henry Hoilingfworth, were burnt to the
ground. The fire was discovered about eleven o'clock
in the evening, when all the family were in bed; but
by the seasonable and aßive exertions of the neighbours,
together with a providential fall of snow, the flames
w re prevented from communicating to the dwelling
house, though they often afeended, and by the height
of (he wind, then at north, passed over the roof It
is generally conjectured that some diabolical villain
perpetrated this horrid aft
Colonel Hollingfworth was from home during this
dreadful and distressing conflagration.
The receiver of taxes for the commonwealth of Vir
ginia has received from that state, for the use of the
united states, in the month of December last, thirty
five thousand seven hundred and ten dollars : and the
receiver for the commonwealth of Massachusetts has
received in the fame month, for the united states, for
ty thousand one hundred and nineteen dollars.
fylvania, of September Term, 1782.
RULES concerning the admission of attornies and
councilors in the supreme court:
That no person be hereafter admitted to praHife as
an attorney or counfellor in this court, unless he (hall
have fervid a regular clerkship to some praftifing at
torney or counfellor, of known abilities, for the term
of four years, and afterwards praDifed as an attorney
in some of the county courts for the term of one year ;
or served such clerkship for the term of three years,
and practiced two years: nor even then, unless it be
certified by two gentlemen of the bar (to be appointed
by the court for that purpose) that on a full and im
partial examination, such person appears to be well
grounded in the principles of the law, and acquainted
with the practice.
Provided always, That in case of a person applying
to be admitted, who shall not hive engaged in ? h. flu
dy of the law, 'til after his coming to the age of twen
ty-one years, if it shall appear that such person has
applied himfelf closely to his Rudies, urd r the directi
on of some gentleman of the bar, for the term of two
years, and afterwards pra&ifed in feme 0 the county
court#, one year, and is a person of fore arader, and
certified to be well qualified he may be admitted.
It is further ruled, That no person, now residing and
inhabiting within the unite) states of America, shall
be admitted an attorney of this court, who has not
taken the oath or affirmation of allegiance and fidelity
to some one o's the said states, within the time and in
the manner prescribed by the laws of the said states re
fpt&ively. And noforeigner, or other person (except
ing attornies at law, originally admitted, and sworn in
the states of New Jrrfey, Delaware or Maryland) com
ing into this state, from and after the firft ri y of Fe
bruary next, shall be admitted to pradife as an attor
ney within this court, until he shall have taken the oath
oraffirmation of allegiance and fidelity to this c mmon
wealth, and have also resided two years Ivithin the fame,
next before his application for admission
In the Supreme Court #the Commonwealth of Penn-
WHEREAS the Copartnership of
AARON MUSGRAVE and CO. la d> carr ed
on in Greenwich township, state of New-J rle>, by
mutual consent being diff rived : theft ure therefore to
request all petfons who have any demands ag inilfaid co
partnsrfhip, that they bring in their Accounts to those
of the Company who they made the contras with, in
order to be immediately fettled and paid. Jun. 27.
Philadelphia, Feb. 6.
PER CURIAM.
A few Hundreds of very good
Slate Pencils,
tobe sold, by
W^ilham koberts.
On the north fide of Market- street, about half way be
tween Second and Third-street?:
Who hat alio Dr S A L E, A neat Assortment of
China, Glass and Queen Ware.
AL L persons indebted by Bond, Note or Book.
Debt, to the Estate late of JONATHAN SMITH,
deceased, are desired to make immediate payment ; and
ull those that have any accounts against the deceased b
are in like manner requ&d to brine them properly
attested, in order that the, may 6. ferried, by
Philadelphia, JOSEPH TAT M, and),
F * b . 3, 1783. CHARLES BITTERS, ^Executors.
Will be exposed to Public Sale,
At the House of Thomas Mayberry, the younger,
in Upper Solford township, on WEDNESDAY,tb«
Iztb instant, at 10 o'Clock in the Forenoon,
AL L the Houfhold Goods,
plantation Utensils and Stock of the said Thomas
Mayberry: confuting of Feather Beds and Bedding,
Tables and Chais, Looking Glasses, four Waggons
and Gears, a Phaeton, Carriage, rising and draught
Horses, Cows, Sheep, Wheat, Rye, Hay, a fc t o f
Smith's Tools, &c. &c. &c. taken in Execution by
WM. WILL, she iff.
Lacaze and Mallet,
At their STORE in Water-street, between Arch and
Race-streets.
Have for Sale, an Elegant
A ffortment of Dry Goods,
Lately Imported in the last V^ffels from France:
Also, Good English Mufquets.
Use of 6 or 800 Pounds,
For Four or Six Months. A line addressed to T. B.
and left with the Printer, by any person inclined to
Loan the above Sum on the most lucrative Terms, will
be immediately attended to. Feb. 5. %
Philadelphia, Feb. § 1783.
THE MEMBERS of Lodge Ho 2 , A cient
York Masons, are particularly requested to Met
the Master and Brethren, at their Lodge-
Room in Lodge-alley, on Monday Evening, the 10 h
instant, at 6 o'Clock urecifely, on Business of import
ance. By Order of the Mrifer,
GEO. HOPES, Secretly.
A handtome Premium, with unquestionable
Security, will be given for the
Mr. L A W,
From CONNECTICUT,
%%t"° a f " w weeks p a ^ opened a SCHOOL for the
I Tuftion of Ladies and Gentlemen in VO
CAL MU^IC, has procured a convenient Room for
that pu pole, between Second and Third-streets, in an
alley near the White horse tavern in Chefnut Hreet,
whi h joins Elbow-lane, from Market street: Where
he will attend on such as favour him with the r compa
ny, five Afternoons and Evenings in a week.
Mr. LAW will furnifh to those who choose, a Col-
R&ion o' modern and approved Pieces of Divine MU
SIC ;fuch at Psalm Tunes, Hymns and Anthems, neat
ly bound, with init unions, at a moderate price.
Mr. Law may be leen at the Reverend Mr. Mar
shall's, in Fourth street, next door to the Indian-
Q een.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 178,
By virtue of sundry Writs of fieri facias, to me dfr
re&ed,
RAN-AWAY on the 26th of last month, a Negro
MAN, n mel ISAAC, a (tout, like y y<ung feR
low, about 5 feet 10 inches high, (loops much in the
Ihoulders and is very talkative: brd on and took with
him a pair of plush and a pair of leather breeches, a
pale blue coat with a red velvet collar, a scarlet waist
coat ^nd another of calf skin deffed with the h^ir on.
Whoever takes up and secures tyd N r gro, so (hat his
mafte, may have him again, shall re vive the above re
ward and reasonable charges paid, by the fubferiber,
living in Jones's-Neck. Kent counts, in the Delaware
state. WILLIAM WHITE. Feb. 3.
AS taken up by the fubferiber, in the
' t No^h rn Lb rtits,on the 15 hos January last,
a Bak HORSE, 13 hards and a half high, has one
wh (r hind foot, n rand to be hen. The own^r is
urfi.&tto come, prove property, p^v charges and take
hmaway. HENRY NAGLEE. Feb. 3.
IXTHEREAS Mary Wagerman, the supposed
woe ot the lubfcriber, has for this some time past
proved Lerfeli un ecomingot a woman, as beiieing,
abufi^g, &c. her neighbours and ^yfelf; and as both
partes re agreed to be (eparate: therefore I forworn
all perlons 0 believe, or trod her any thing upon my
account, as lam refolvad not to.,ay or answer any^
debt, of her contrasting from (A? date hereof.
Nov. to, 1782. LEONARD KESSLER, junr#
Twenty Dollars Reward.