The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-08-05 00:00:00, page 1

From the St. JAMES's CHRONICLE.
To'the PRINTER of the St. James's Chronicle,
Paris, February 15.
S I R,
THE many important overtures of lord Shelburne
and his young, though ingenious minister here,
it seems has created much diffatisfadion with you, and,
I can assure you, no less triumph at Paris. Mr. Fitz
herbert is a man of talents, and, for bis age, a well
informed man ; but there is one kind of knowledge
which Mr. Fitzherbert cannot yet possess, i. e. that
fort of knowledge which length of days alone can give.
The truth is, lord Shelburne could not meet parlia
ment without a peace in his pocket, and he has bought
it dearly, at the expence of private mens property!
When the secret articles appear, you will find more
than thirteen stripes under which Great-Britain must
{mart. Lord North, contrary to his own opinion, (up
ported the American war till England could nolonger
support herfelf, and then flipped his own head out of
toe collar, and put a worse into it, to negociatea peace
for him ; for it is no peace for England, take my word
for it, but a fore Ikinned over only to break out a
frefh with double violence. It is high time, therefore,
for Eoglifhmen, not placemen, to think seriously ; they
have bad proofs enough what fort of men patriots real
ly are. Lord Shelburne would have joined the late
miniflry ; but getting the lead has got them to join
him. You have heard the great patriot, Burke, dur
ing his late short-lived power, declare his loyalty in
terms never to be forgotten; and even the duke of
Richmond, while in office, is cunning as a fox. In
Ihort, fir, nothing but a thorough reformation and a
fair and equal representation of the people, in short
parliaments, can save you. Nor can any thing be a
more convincing proof of the superiority that this nati
on ftels over our's, than that I find them now (for the
firft time in my life, and after a long residence among
them) not only polite but friendly.
It is not true that doctor Franklin desired the com
missioners to wait a little before he signed the treaty,
.that he might retire to change his coat; for the treaty
was signed at Mr. Oswald's, not dodor Franklin's ho.
tel, but it is most certainly true, that the doAor put
on his Wederburne buffit on that memorable day—that
fatal day to Britain; for it was that day, and that
man, which brought the cat of thirteen tails into the
river Thames. " You ask me," said the present lord
chancellor, in a letter to his friend at Bath (some y ears
since) " what news?—l will tell you the worst news
Britain has known these forty years—doctor Franklin
is gone to America." The abuser and the abused
have both been rewarded; but who pays cost ?
U and I.
P. S. On your fide you wonder lord North affix
ed the new miniflry— here we know that if Charles
Fox had been firft midfler he durfl not have done
otherwise. When the reins of government are let loose,
it becomes every man's interim, who is a passenger in
the vehicle, to save it from perdition.
Laws to be observed in the Honourable the So
ciety of
S O AK E R S.
AT a general meeting of the Soakers, held at the
Crown on January 1, 1782, it was fully resolved,
that no member of this refpedable society be allowed
to move from his feat until he be not able to walk.
Resolved, That the committee do upon no occasion
fit—until they are not able to stand.
Resolved, That fir Alexander Sixpennyworth, of the
parish of St. John's, Westminster, be elected chancellor,
and toast matter-general, and that bis secretary be
captain John Neverflinch, and that they be invefled
with full powers to fee the laws of this society carried
into execution, for the more effectual prohibition of
sobriety.
Resolved, That no man be admitted a member
of this society who cannot prove his having been
once completely done over, so as either to mistake
his way knock down a watchman, or roll in the ken
nel.
Resolved, That Peter Pufhabout be elected mem
ber of this society, he having one night walked from
the Strand to his house in the Adelphi, by the way of
Marybone.
Resolved, That no man perfume to take out his
watch, under the penalty of a pint of wine in a bump
er.
Resolved, That the following toasts be drank firft in
every meeting.
Confufion to sobriety, with three times three.
Oceans of punch, and settlements in the kennel, with
three times three.
Prosperity to the rum trade*
TUESDAY,
AUGUSTAS
^WOWOI^
O R, THE
GENERAL Advertiser.
VOL. xn.i
TO BE SO L D,
A Quantity of excellent
New-England RUM
in barrels. Enquire of the Printer. Aug. 2.
TAKEN up, treffpaffing in a lot in the Nerthern
liberties, some time since, and has bean hereto
fore adverted and publicly cryed on market days,
a Black HORSE, fuppofrd to be 8 or 9 years old, has
one saddle mark on each fide, also some appearance of
a brand on his ner buttock. The owner is requested
to apply to HENRY HAINES, in Third-street, be
tween Race and Vine streets, on or before 12 o'clock
on Saturday the rgh instant, ctherwlfe he will be fold
for the cost and damages. Aug. 3.
Onfray Painniere,
At hit Store in Water-street, below Walnut-ftreet,hai
just received a Vari), of
GO O D S,
Which he will fell on the most reasonable terms.
B, the Snow L'Elizabeth,
from Rochelle.
Silks,
Prunellas,
Calicoes and Chintzes,
D bh,
Daek,
Cordage,
Twine,
Tea,
Hats,
Los Sugar,
Pepper,
Snanifli Iron,
Shot,
Sal'petre,
Soap,
Nails,
Writing Paper,
White Vinegar,
Taffia and Rum,
Perpetual drunkenness to every honest man.
The reader who fees double.
The eyes which require a glass.
, '° aki " g '° the friends of Old England:
' uch n loyal and Patriotic toasts 4#
'i c ^ a ?, lo r> or toast-master shall devise.
P re ' ent m > readers with the journal of
J ty .extracted for the year 1782.
each ni^hr"^ ^ year / ° ne hundred times, the society
c ° n fifl IQ g o f five members.
? that L time one thousand and feventy-fe
‘ ° P ufl ch, and two hundred bottles of wine.
were ' to each member eighty-four
? T, te l n committments to the watch-house ;
b poun | ds 2°' and nine suits of c| oaths spoiled
of, at b^kfafi ''" *"" f °"° wed by tii e consumption
and"' h " ndred Pounds weight of gunpowder tea,
wh^yea'r '"" "''" ° f bread a ° d butter durin g the
Forty curtain lectures from our wives, and thirty-se
ven swingeing oaths in answer.
Sixty.fou r quarrels with our landladies, and feven
complaints from the neighbourhood of
knocking hard at the st r eet door at midnight.
° ^ u ° dre d and fifty-nine pockets picked, the one
,?; °° h " majesty's birth-night, and the other half on
the news of the capture of de Graffe.
Thirteen minutes of sober reflexion, and five hundred
and seventy five resolutions broke through -All for
° f ° ur L ° rd > one thousand fevea hundred and
Extracted by me,
HEZEKIAH HICCOUGH,
Secretary to the society.
Lisbon Salt
Of the firft QU ALI TY,
TO BE SOLD BY
The single Bushel or Quantity, by
J^/liam yackfon.
On board the Snow Da Cabo, at Stamper's wharf,
or at h's Store the south salt corner of Walnut and
Water- streets.
By the Snow Good Friends,
from Brest.
QENUINE Coniacßran-
Claret in hogsheads,
Madeira Wine in bottles,
Sweet Oil,
Liquors,
Olives,
Anchovies,
Capers,
Mustard,
English Cloth,
Linens,
Crear,
Britannias,
Calicoes and Chintzes,
Takings,
Wax Candles,
So±p,
Salt, &c. &c.
At the City Au&ion, on
FRIDAY Next,
A , The Bth of August, 1783.
rxrV REE "' Cl ° ck in th * AFTERNOON,
Will Commence the SALE
Of a Large and very General ASS 0 RTMENTc f
MERCHAND I Z E,
(Particulars of which will be published by the Bell on
the Morning of the Day of Sale)
' QUANTITY of
Houfhold Goods, Kitchen Furniture
WEARING APPAREL, &'c.
JOHN BAYARD, Außioneer.
For Bristol, in fourteen Days,
THE Ship Brothers, Captain HAYTHORNE a
' ?ft ' a ''° r ' " ith ^°° d arcommodari.
^MTTH F1 ™ ht e r p ^ fla i e a PP'y t 0 BROOKE
at M "° Sword's, Ledge. Alley, or to the
Archft°° b °,V he Shi P> ^^ at tbe touth-fide
Arch-street wharf. July 29 .
For NEW-YORK
THE Sloop NEW.YORK PACKET, John h'ydq
r O ", Veffri, lying at Mifflin's Wharfl.
will fail on Tuesday or Wednesday next. For Freight
or Passage apply to the Master on board, cr at his
house in Water-ft reet, opposite the wharff, between
Race and Vine ftreet#. Aug. 1.
For Sale by Public Vendue
Four lots of ground on Fifih-ft m t,
Arch ftreet.'
One 20 feet front and 48 feet deep, on which is e
re&ed a good Frame Tenement, two stories high, that
now rents for 100 dollars per annum; fubfea to a
ground-rent of 21. 43. currency, per annum.
One adjoining, 20 feet front by 48 feet d% under
al^fe for 5 years, also fubj^l t o a ground-rent of 2!.
41. currency, per annum.
One adjoining, 20 feet front by 100 feet deep, on
which is ere&ed a Frame Tenement. And
One adjoining, 20 feet front by 100 set deep, oa
which is also ere&ed a Frame Tenement, and adjoins
louthward, the house and Lot of Samuel Clarke. Toe
two last mentioned Lots are free from ground-rent.
The Sale to be held at Twelve o'clock, on WED
NESDAY, the 6th of August, at the Coffee house.
N. B. The fate was advertised to have been on Wed
nesday last, but the weather proving ftcrmy,the (ale wig
adjourned to the time above mentioned.
Philadelphia, July 31.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
On SATURDAY the 9th of August, between the
hours of Twelve and Five o'Clock, at William
Cooper's Ferry,
A N ESTATE for Life, determinable upon the
death of Drill Cuzenr, in the noted TOLL
BRIDGE over Newton-creek, upon the road between
Gloucester and Cooper's Ferries, with the Premises ap
purtenant, and rents at present for 130 J. per annum,
free of taxes, fold in consequence of sundry writs of
venditioni exponas, issued against the estate of William
Harrison of Gloucester, county.
July 28. THOMAS DENNY, (her ff.
No B. The lale of the above Premises having been
repeatedly postponed, upon the day appointed they will
be put up, and peremptorily fold to the highest bidder.
THE Creditors of William Harrison, of Glou
cester county, are requetted to meet at William
Cooper's Ferry, upon SATURDAY the 9 th of Au
gnft, in the Afternoon, to take under their considerati
on, the expediency ot taking an Assignment of hi#
Eluate, for the purpose of difch.rging his Debts.
Six Dollars Reward.
WAS LOST last Tuesday, on the road lending
from Gray 's ferry to the Lancaster road, a Silver
WATCH with a Steel Chain and a Cornelian
Seal. Whoever has found the fame, and wall deliver
her to the Printer hereof, (ball receive the above
reward. July so.
[NUMB. 1076;