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We are informed that fir George Rodney is appoin
ted to succeed the late lord Hawke in the rank of vice
admiral of England; amidral Darby, rear admiral of
Eengland, vice fir George. Sir James Wallace was at
court, Oflober 28th, and kifled his majePy's hand on
being appointed to the command of the Warior, a new
74 gun ship.
Ou fir George Rodney's meeting w°th an attack in
the house of commons refpeamg the capture of St.
Euflatius, the admiral said be wished an enquiry into
his conduct might be brought on immediately, as his
flay in England would be very short, he being ordered
for foreign feryice, and certain it is that his flag as
vice admiral of Great Britain was hoisted on board his
majefly's ship Conqueror, one of a powerful fleet debi
ted, as we apprehend, for the Weft: Indies ; the For
midable of 90 guns, was intended for his flag, but as
it could not be got ready under ten days, was left be
hind ; and 'tis supposed the fleet faded about the time
of the Narciffus' departure for New-York.
A letter is received from Mahon, which fays,
" General Murray has made another fatly with 250
of his best troops, in which they killed many Spaniards,
and set fire to a magazine, which in a short time blew
up and killed several more, and made a retreat with
the loss of only one man killed and three slightly woun
ded."
We can assure the publics from undoubted autho
rity, that his excellency John Earl of Dunmore, ar
rived at Charleflown the twentieth of December last,
from England, with a number of other refugees from
Virginia. His excellency was ordered out by his Bri
tannick Majesty, to take possession of his former pa
lace in Wiiliamfburg, and resume the government of
thiscolony. He came out in the Aftrea frigate of 32
guns, wih a fleet of 42 fail of victuallers, convoyed by
the Rotterdam of 50 guns, the Aftrea, and two twenty
gun mips, and brought out with lim, his chariot
and horses, servants, and large pack of hounds,
in order to enjoy ad the pleasures that the conquer
ed Bate of Virginia could afford him.
Our lateh and bed accounts from the Southward,
contradia t^e arrival of a reinforcement at Charlef
town. A provision fleet h ! d arrived, but b ought
few or no m p n. General Greene dill maintained nis
position at Ronndo, while his light parties often in
falted the enemy, almost at the gates of Charleflown.
It is said that I u # d Dunmore, feeing no profpe& of
being soon re-eflabhfhed in bis government, has re
turned to Europe, and taken with him colonel Bal
four, the late commandant at Charleßow\i, who has
never been perfectly at ease since the ex cution of co
lonel Haynes, and teems unwilling to traft himfelf to
the risk of retaliation.
On Sunday night lafi, a desperate gang of ruffians,
(composed principally of intoxicated fcamen) on a fri
volous pretext, assaulted the dwelling-house of Abra
ham Vanbibber, efq ; at Fell's-Point, brokehis door,
and windows, and did other damage, besides endanger
ing the lives of many refpeflable inhabitants. Fur
ther outrages were prevented, by the commendable
adivity of the magifiracy of this town, aided by fe
deral captains of vessels, and other good citizens, by
whose rtfolute and public spirited exertions, this fla
gitious mob was not only suppressed, but the ringlea
ders properly secured in Mr, John Rofs's " Lockers."
The fame night the flore of capt. Godman, in Mar
k&t-flreet, was broke open and robbed of goods to
the amount of 5001. confining of broadcloths, linen,
loaf sugar, tea, &c. &c.
Extract of alette, from Thomas Hudson, mate of the
Terror Bomb, along with commodore Johnston, to his
friends at Bradford, dated St. Helena Aug. 23. 178:.
" After mentioning the capture of the Dutch East-
Indiamen, he fays, capt. Wood (of Bowling Hall, near
Bradford) was on the 25th ult. promoted from the
Terror Bomb to the command of the Hero of 74 guns,
which Blips along with the Monmouth and [fis, and
Adive frigate, with all the armed transports and troops,
are gone to the East-Indies. We arrived fafe with the
prizes at St. Helena the 13th of August. We expert
to come home with the prizes along with the next In
dia (hips; if they arrive fafe, my prize money will a
mount to several hundred pounds."
On Wednesday a merchant in the city received a let
ter from Leghorn, which has the following articles,
" An advice boat is just arrived here from Mahon,
and brought an account that general Murray made a
third sally on the Spaniards with 300 of his best troops,
which he could depend on for their courage and bra
very, in which he killed 150 men, took 50 prisoners, and
threw the Spaniards into such confufion that they had
fired very little for three days before the account came
away.
RICHMO N D, (Virginia,) Feb. 9.
The brig Hope, captain Frazer, and the brig Polly,
captain Kean, on their passage from France, of the
capes off Delaware, fell in with four frigates, which
chafed them to cape Charles, where the former was ta
keh, and the latter ft and°d.
Czptin Thomas in a brig from Sal'm, bound for
Akxan 'ria, loadel with upwards of 70 puncheons of
rhm, wine, d<y goods, &c. was also chafed ashore at
the capes and bi ! g<d ; only two puncheons of rum were
saved.
Lieutenant general Williamson died lately, at the
advanced age of eighty and upwards, an excellent
artillery officer, and possessed of all the good qualities
•f the human heart. His battalion devolves to general
Cleaveland.
The following are collected from the English papers
brought by hie majefly's ship Natciffus, which left
Plymouth on the Bth of December.
It was lord Southampton, not lord Grantham, (as
mentioned in our lafi paper) that moved the address
on is majesty's speech from the throne.
General Monkton goes out to command in chief in
the East-Indies A part of the reinforcements to be
feot to t is country, is a body of four thousand Hano
verian troops.---The Lively sloop of war, from New-
BALTIMOR E, February 12.
N R W-Y O R K, Feb. 16.
The court, after maturely considering the charges,
evidences and defence, find general Howe not guilty
of the firft charge; they find that general Howe cross
ed the Savannah river and ordered the evacuation of
Sunbury and Augusta, but are of opinion that those
measures were neceffiry and military, arid therefore do
acquit him of both charges with the highest honour.
STEUBEN, major general and pr*fident.
UNITED STATES in Congress affmbled,
January 24, 1782.
A letter of thezgd from general Wifhington was read,
accompanied with the proceedings of a general court
martial upon major general Howe. The said proceed
ings being read :
Resolved, That the fentene of the general Court
martial, acquitting major general R. Howe with the
highest honour, of the charges exhibited againff him,
be and he.eby is approved and confirmed.
Extraft from the minutes.
Published by special order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, secreta r y.
PW^,^o^@%^^^
If Timotty Downing will
apply to the Printer of thia Paper, he will hear of
something to his Advantage. January 15, 1782.
Brigadier general Knox,
Colonel Moylan,
Humpton,
Lamb,
Stewart,
Major Clarkfon,
The following charges were exhibited againff him
by the delegates of the Bate of Georgia in Congress, by
order of the general assembly of the said state:
2 ly For crossing the Savannah river, the day fuc
ceediug the 29th of D cember, 1778, with the troops
that had escaped from Savannah, and ordering those
at Sunbury and Augusta to do the ft me, leaving the
Bate at the mercy of the enemy, without any conti
nental troops, indeed of retreating to the back coun
try and gathering the inhabitants, whereby the good
people of the state were further difeouraged, and the
country thus abandoned, became an easy p r ey to the
British troops, they marching up and taking pod at
Augusta, and fending detachments to every part of
state.
November 24'h, died at Chelfen, Martin Howard,
efq ; he was chief ju slice of North Carolina.
A draught of 1500 men, 'tis said, will be made out
of the guard, which with several regiments appointed
for the ensuing American campaign, will make up a
b dy of twelve thousand men.
One thousand Hanoverians are gone to the East-Indies
with fir Richard Bickerton's fleet: and another body
of troops from the Electorate are in readiness for em
barkarion, for North-America.
On the royal family's appearance on Wednesday e
vening at Covent Garden theater,his majesty was dress
ed in a full suit of moreen cloth, trimmed with bread
silver lace, the queen wore a dove coloured fi'k, with
mulberry bread and sleeve knots, edged with diamond
chain, her majesty's head and stomacher were also rich
ly ornamented with diamonds; she wore no handker
chief, but a gauze tippet.
The princeffe^ wore gowns of the fame colour with
the queen, their bread and sleeve knots plain whiie rib
bons, their heads ornamented with artificial flowers
and diamonds, and their bufoms covered with close
plain gauze handkerchiefs, they wore but one curl on
each fide, and their hair was dressed with white pow
der.
To the firft charge major general Howe plead, not
guilty.
To the second charge—he acknowledged that he
Crossed the Savannah river, after he retreated, as soon
as circumdances would admit, and that he ordered
the garrison at Sunbury to evacuate that pod and join
him wherever he might be ; but did not recoiled that
he ordered the evacuation of Augufla.
Bya dig from Antigua M learn, that on the 25th
of January an action had happened between the French
and Britifli fleets: that the Brrtifh flet confided of 22
fail of th* line and several frigates: that the count de
Graffe with the French fleer, continued off Sandy
Point, covering the fige of Brimi'bne hill: that
fir Samuel Hood had put into Bafetterre road: that
nothing d*cifivi had happened between the two fleets,
but it is said, rhe Torbay a British 74, had blown up,
and one British frigate run on shore and burnt by the
enemy. It is not even pretended that rhe French have
fuffered any loss.
AT a General Court Martii!, held at Philadelphia,
by order of his excellency the Commander in Chief,
for the Trial of Major General HOWE.
, December 7, 1781.
Major general bron Steuben, President.
MEMBERS:
id. For facrificing, by his condud, the capital of
the state of (Georgia, and the troops of that state, on
the 29th of December, 17 8 ; which was the firft cause
of the difretfes and confeq fences which infued.
By the Kitty and Folly, captain , (formerly the
Shark privateer) from the Chefapeak, which the left
last monday morning, we are informed that two French
frigates, about nine days ago, failed from thence,
without any ships under their convoy for Old France :
they left the Romulus behind as a guardship. All the
French cavalry had departed from York-Town, taking
th^ rout for Charleftown, South Carolina.
Captain took a schooner, with 50 hogsheads of
tobacco, drove on shore two others, and recommends
the Chefapeak as a special cruising ground.
It is (aid lieutenant general fir William Howe is ap
pointed commander in chief of his majefly's forces in
Ireland.
York, wa? fafe arrived at3Plymouth, about the 17th
of November.
Philadelphia, Feb. 23.
Major Burned
Muirman,
B tuman,
Moore,
M'Pherfon,
Galvan.
BY virtue of a writ of fieri facias de bonis et tern's;
to me directed and delivered, will be Sold at Pub
lic Vendue, on MONDAY, the 35th day of March
next, at the Court-house in Salem, 435 acres and 64
perches of LAND, late the property o f Joshua Cope
land, deceased. It it part of Vining's tra&, adjoins
lands of John Mountain, Abner Penten and others,
les in the townships of Manington and of Up es Allo
way's creek, in the count, of S^km arid state of New-
Jersey, is within a few miles of the town cf Salem, and
very near to several landings. The foil is exceeding
rich, and all the land is woodland, and well timbered,
except about 50 acres, from which the wood has been
cut off. It will be fold in seventeen Lots, containing
f>om , to 120 acres; a draught of the lots may be
fan at the house of JOHN INSKIP, in Salem, and
at the Coffee-houfe, in Philadelphia. A Lot of a han
dled and twenty acies is divided off to make a small
farm, it contains the aforefaid 50 acres from which the
wood has been cut off, and about 15 acres of swamp,
which may make very good meadow. s4e to begin at
id o'clock in the forenoon of fame day, and to conti
nue from day to day tll all the lots are fold. Seized
taken in execution, and to be fold by
J,n. ar, 1782. JOHN SMITH, sheriff.
To be exposed to Sale by Public Vendue,
on the 20th day of next month,
A valuable Plantation,
containing about 1,0 acres, situate in Buckingh^
township, Bucks county, being the real estate of Alex
ander Browb, junr. deceased, (well known by the name
of Brown's tavern.) It is a good foil, well timbered,
and a Sufficient quantity of meadow; the filiation
pleafent, and web accommodated with excellent build
ings for public bufin:fs,or perhaps may suit a gentleman,
being about 27 miles from Philadelphia. Any person
being d.firous to vew the premises, or of further in
formation, before the day of file, may apply to either
of the fubcriberr, who live contiguous thereto. The
tei ms of file is to I e made known at the time and place,
where due attendance is expedited to be given, by
JONATHAN SHAW,
ROBERT KIRKBRIDE,) Executes.
The 20th of 2d Month, 1782,
Also, to be Sold at said Time and Place,
A certain Meffuage, Tenement
and Lot of Ground, situate on the south fide of Farm
er-street, leading out of Sixth-street into Seventh street,
in the city of Philadelphia aforefaid, containing in
breadth 15 feet, and in depth 4.4 feet, bounded eaff
ward by (he laid John Rich's other mefluage and
ground, southward by Mary Norris's ground, weft,
ward by Waitehead Jones's meffiiage and ground, and
northward by Farmer-street atoiefaid; together with
the free life, liberty and priviledge of said Farmer
ftreet, and fuhj a to a ground-rent of 27 (hillings and
sixpence per annum, payable to David Normah, late
the estate of John Rich, deceased, and to be fold by
WM. WILL, Iheriff.
Also, to be Sold at said Time and Place,
A certain two story Brick Meffu
age. Tenement and Lot of Ground, situate on the
south tide of Farmer's alley, otherwise called Sugar
alley, leading out of S xth street into Seventh street, id
the city of Philadelphia, containing in breadth 15 feet,
and in depth 44 feet, bounded eastward by William
Honeycomb's meffuage and lot of ground, and south
ward by ground of Mary Norris, & c . fubjaa to a ground
ren' of 27 shillings and sixpence, per annum, payable
to David Norman, late tie estate of John Rich, de
ceased.
AL L pe sons indebted to toe estate of PE [ER
TURNER, the younger, late of this city, merci*
ant, deceased, by bona, mortgage, book debt, or other
way% are requested to make immediate payment; and
those who have any demands on the find estate are de
fied to bring their accompts, properly proved, to
REBECCA TURNER, Executri*.
ternoon, at the Coffre-Houfe, viz.
One Brick House and Lot of
GROUND, 14 feet front and 60 feet deep, fiturfe id
Southwark, bounded east cn Second.ftreet, south by
ground now or late of Thomas Robinfen, weft by a five
feet allyy, left open forever, and north by ground of
George Emlen, fubjed to a ground-rent of 32 Spanifli
milled dollars per annum, and allo to ground-rent due
thereon since the day of 17 payable to said
George Emlen. Taken in execution as the estate of
Patrick Cain, by WM. WILL, Iheriff.
On SATURDAY,
The 2d Day of March next, at 6 o'C ock in the As-
City, for the Redemption of the B lie of Credit of thie
State, dated April the zgih, t;8o will b, he:d at the
Coffee-Houie, on MONDAY the 25th InffarT,
at TEN o'clock in the Po eto<f>. A PLAN
of the LOTS may le seen at tie Coffee.Hrtif-, and ,t
the Surveyor. General's Ossie. The CONDITIONS
the fame as the latt SALES, February 9.
A FURTHER,SALB ~?
Of the Public Lots of this
Philadelphia, February 1782.
By virtue of sundry WRITS to roe titrated,
Will be Sold by Public Vendue,
WM. WILL, fheriff.