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PROCLAMATION.
UTHEREAS the honorable Thomas M'Kean, efq.
VV chief justice, the honorable William Aoruftus
Atlee, efq. feccnd justice, the honorable John Evans,
efq. third justice, and the honorable George Bryan,
efq. fourth justice of the supreme court, and the courts
of Oyer and Terminer and general foil delivery, for
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, have issued th~ir
pacept, bearing date the fifth day of March, instant,
to me direded, for holding a court of Oyer and Ter
miner and general jcil deliver,, at the State-house,
in the citv ol Philadelphia, for the city and countv ot
Philadelphia, on Monday the feventa day of April
nex*.
NOTICE is hereby given, to all justice, of he peace,
the coroners, efcheators and constables within the said
city and counts, that they be then and there in their
own performs, with their rolh, records, indictments and
other remembrances, to do tool* things & ich to their
offices, in th-t behalf, appertain to be done : abo, z||
they who will prosecute aga. It the prisoners that are
or then Shall be in the jail of the said city ant county,
are to be then 2nd there, to prosecute against them as
(hall he just
Dated at Philadelphia, the seventh day of Mrch,
in the year of our Lord, one thousand Seven
hundred and eighty three, and in the Seventh
vear of American Independence,
WILLIAM WILL, fh # riff.
GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
^ OTICE is hereby given,
To Such of the inhabi ants of the city and
county of Philadelphia, who have not yet rendered ac
counts of damages they have Softened by the British
troops, or their adherents, that they make out such ac
count or estimate, according to law, and deliver the
fame to the AfLffbrs of tteir refpe& ve townfhps,
wards or diftrids, on or before the tenth day cf next
month. Bv order o' the board of < ommiffioners.
March 2t, 1783. GEO. HONEY, jurr. chik.
Office for Confifcated Estates
Annapolis, Jnuary 23, 1783.
PURSUANT to an aft of affemblv palled the last
Uffi^s, Til he exposed to SALE, by way of
AUCTION, at Baltimore town, on the iff day
of April next, Several ThouLnd Acres of LAND,
late the property of the Principio company. The lands
will be surveyed and laid cff in convenient farms and
feats for gentlemen ; the quality of the lands and their
contiguity that flourifh-ng iown, from which they are
defiant but a few miles, render them ex remely valuable.
One or more perlons will attend on the premife*, where
Kingsbury furnace ftinds, for three days before the day
of Sale, to (hew the different lots to any person who
may incline to view the fame. One-third cf the pur
chase money to be paid in 30 days ; another third in
two years, the rem inder in three years ; bond and se
curity will be required on the day of file.
Bz order,
J. DORSEY, clerk.
Office for Confifcated Elates.
Annapolis, February 4, 1783.
r)URSUANT to an aft cf the general afßmbiy of
, the state of Maryland, will be SOLD at PU3
LIC AUCTION, on the 14th day of April next,
at the town of Vienna, several Thousand Acres of fer
tile LANDS, beautifully Situated on the river Nanti
coke, generally known by the name of the Indian
Lands (it having been granted to a tribe now extin& )
It will be surveyed and laid off into convenient farms,
and proper persons wil l attend on the premises for Lv?-
ral days before the fa!e, to Shew the different lots to
any person who may incline to purchase. One-thid
of the purchase money to be paid in 30 days ; another
third in two years, and the remaining third in three
years; bond and security will be required.
On the Day of Sal?, at the fame Time and Place,
and on the fame Termr, will be SOLD, a Number of
valuable SLAVES; confining ol Men, Women, and
Childreni late the property of Alexander Hamilton,
By order,
• J. DORSEY, clerk.
Wanted for a term of years, a
BOY or GIRL, white or black, between the age of
ten and fifteen, capale of running errands and tend
ing young children, in a fmail family. Any person hav
ing one to dispose cf, will be generously treated with by
applying to the printer hereof.
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VOL. XII.?
TUESDAY,
GENERAL ADVERTI S E R.
Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SAIURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
An ORDINANCE,
To amend an Ordinance, entitled," An
Ordinance for establishing Courts for the
trial of Piracies and Felonies committed
on the high teas."
E it ordained by the united states in
" congress assembled, and by the autho
rity of the fame, That the justices of the
supreme or superior court of judicature,
and the judge of the admiralty or any two
or more of them including the judge of the
admiralty in the several and refpedive states,
or in case there shall be several judges of the
admiralty in a date, the justices of the su
preme or superior court of judicature, and
a judge of the admiralty to be commission
ed for that purpole by the executive power
of such flare, or any two of them including
a judge of the admiralty, are hereby con
stituted and appointed a court for hearing
and trying all offenders, who in and by an
ordinance entitled, “ An ordinance for es
tablishing courts for the trial of piracies and
felonies committed on the high teas ;" pas.
fed the fifth day of April, one thousand se
ven hundred and eighty one, are tryable
before the justices of the supreme or superi
or court of judicature, and judge of the
court of admiralty of the several and re
fpedive dates, or any two or more of them :
Provided that nothing herein contained
shall extend to prosecutions already com
menced, which shall be determined in the
fame manner as if this ordinance had never
been made.
DONE by the united flares in con
gress assembled, the fourth day of
March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and eighty
three, and of our sovereignty and
independence the seventh.
ELIAS BOUDINOT.
Charles Thomson,
Secretary.
An Office of Sale of Real Effaces,
Is kept by the fubferibers, at the lower corner of B ack
horse alley, in Front-street.
rri HEY n«v now for file, upon reasonable terms,
feveal HOUSES and LOTS in the city, PLAN
TATIONS in the country, and LOTS ol GROUND
near the city, iuitala for palnre L^: a description
of which may be fc&n at the fad Offi e.
ASSHETOV HUMPHREYS.
WILLIAM CAVENOUGH.
THE fubferiber Bill continues to tranfa€t
th? Bufuef^f a CONVEYANCER, a Icr^i
Deeds, Bcnd\ Mortgages, Letters of Attorn/v nd
Agency for priv t-ers, Wills, Memorial P,H t fc n s,
and ?ll other Inftrurnerts in Writing, upon the n-oft
moderate term., and ripen th, thorteft notice: And
as he is now appointed to tr 0f.9 h? Refiners nt ,
NOT ARV and TABELLION PUBLIC, he Th t
the Favours of al! such as oleafe co emph>7 him in that
BafinJi. ASSHETON HUMPHREYS D^. ,1.
FOR S A L F,
And Goods will be received in Payment,
A FARM about ten uiihs from the city, in a plea
sant and convenient filiation, with fame i^rror
ments thereon, containing one hundred and five acres.
Ago >d title will be given. Enquire of the Printer.
March 7, 1782.
OR, THE
THE
IT is beyond a doubt that the Spaniards at this pe
riod are tie bell disposed to pacific roeafures of
" e belligerent powers ; the grand monarch yet
persisting that the combined fleets of Vaudreuil and
don Sala no are adequate to the reduction of Jamaica,
he, therefore, it is fuppoftd, urges another cam
paign.
The letters received yefferday f r am France breathe
war ; they make mention of the m ft virgorous exer
tions being carried on at Cadiz, to equip the ships
d'ftmed for the Weft Indies ; upwards of twenty fail
of the lead disabled m<-n of war, belonging to both
nations, have been fe e^ed for this purpose, and a
large body of troops are intended to accompany them.
We doubt not but admiral Pigot will endeavour to
give them a warm reception.
The express which brought over an account of the
signing of the preliminary articles at Paris, travelled
with the greateff expedition : the arti les we r fiened
late in the evening of 30th of November and the ex
press arrived in London in the forenoon of the 3d of
December.
Swanflen tippets, which cross the moulders and
come down in front I ke the old fafhioned trimmings
called robings, form part of the present fashionable ua
drefs.
France propoftd to Great Britain, some time ago,
to introduce into the law of nations, an a& to be
eflablifhed by all the powers of Europe, for trying fu
gitives in the countries where th.y took afylm for
the crimes committed by them at In me, and fubjed
ing them, in case of conviction, to the punishment
which they would have fuffered by the laws of their
own country.
Yesterday advice was received of the arrival of com.
modore Elliot at Portsmouth, with the Romney and
Ariadne men of war. They failed on the sth of No
vember from Spi head, and escorted the Weft India
fleet as far as the latitude of Madeira, and parted
with them all well under convoy of the Refinance and
A ; cmena frigates. It is very unfortunate that these
mips Ihould have come in at this time, when so ex
cellent an opportunity presented itfelf cf retaliating on
our neighbours for the capture of the Jamaica ships, by
the interception of their Wed-India trade, however, ' we
are hap,y to find thar feme men of war are faded from
Porfmouth for that purpose.
We underhand that captain Sutton, of the royal
navy, has taken his paff^e home on board a king's
ship, for the express purpose of bringing Commodore
Johnftone to trial for his corded in p o r Praya bay.
He is accompanied by nine witnesses. He has com
municated his intention to the commodore in a letter
which was delivered to him three days ago.
Dec. 6 Yesterday his majesty went in date to the
h^ufe of Peers, and arrived.here about half past two
o'clock, and was received witn very loud and repeated
acclamations of the people.
By letter received yeflerday from Portsmouth we
learn, that tie Rombay Castle of 74 guns, the Pegafe
of 74 guns, and the Anson of 64, are expelled to fail
from thence this day. The latter is bound to Jamaica
and the others are supposed to be intended to join ad
miral Pigot.
Wednesday about 12 o'clock a'meffenger wasfent from
Shelburne house for Paris, with t e result of the coup
til held tle preceding evening at lord Grantham's of
6c°, Cleveland row.
Should parliament refufe to accede to the proposi
tions of peace made on the part of France, the minify r
muff land accused : war tnen will be the war cf the
people.
Dec. 13. Yeflerday morning an fx? r efs arrived at the
port-office from Falmouth, with advice of the Lisbon
packet being arrived there in 14 d ys. Sue brings a
confirmat on of rhe great preparations the enemy are
making at Cadiz to equip their fleet for the Weft In
dies. The homeward bound trade was to fail from
whence a few days after the packet.
At the court of direßors, held on Wednesday at the
Est India house, thirteen captains took leave, who
are ordered to be ready to fail on the firfl notice.
The convoy for the Eart-Indies is fixed to fail from
Spithead on the 20th infant.
Wednesday a very capital house in the city flopped
payment for a very capital sum. One house has
70,000! on, their books.
Lord Rawdon's regiment, is on the Trilh efhblifb
ment; bis lordliio's commission is dated March 21,
1782 ; Welbore Ellis Doyle, efqu,re is lieutenant colo
nel, and Jono Doyle, enquire, major of that corps;
Wueir commiflions dated as ab@ve
Foreign Intelligence.
L O N D O N. December s,
MARCH 25, 1783,
[NUMB. 1019,