The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-09-13 00:00:00, page 2

LONDO N.
May 25. Sir James Wallace, in the late action with
the Languedoc, was wounded in the thigh by the bone
of a man that was killd: It was impossible to conti
nue tire aftion any longer, because every officer in the
ihip, except the second lieutenant was wounded.
The king of Prussia has augmented his army 17,000
men within four months. But he does not yet come up
to the number kept on foot by the house of Austria.
The emperor has so great an army in readiness for the
field, that some blow mud soon be struck to find them
employment; all his neighbours are in anxious ex
pe&ation where the blow will fall. Silesia calls bio a
gainst Prussia; Lorraine and Alsace, against France;
jealousy against Russia; and easy conquers against
Turkey.
The earl of Carlifle has written several times to ad
ministration, that upon founding the fentimetits of all
the leading men of all parties in Ireland, he expels
there will no essential difficulty in converting the asso
ciated troops into a militia under the king's commission,
with regular pay ; provided, that in consequence of
such an arrangement, there does not arise a necessity of
of laying heavy taxes, further than the intended land
tax on absentees.
Foe the last five years, opposition have every session
paragraphed lord North's resignation ; but the public
now, no longer to be deceived, look upon the noble
commoner as the fir ft, the greatest and the bed minister
England ever knew, and they fee him more firmly fix
ed -n his place than ever.
May 26. One of the private letters brought with
the public dispatches from India, gave some descrip
tion of the army of the famous Heyder Afi, on its ap
pearance in tee field of battle, previous to the flight of
the Nabob of Arc t The conqueror himfelf was drawn
in a superb Palanquin, from which alighting, he
mounted a beautiful horse, and was remarkably active
during the whole battle, greatly animating the soldiery
by his own personal example. After the conflie, he
confered honours on several Europian officers who had
signalized themselves.
Near the Palanquin from which Heyder Ali,
alighted, flood fix Rate elephants most splendidly
cloathed with houdars, and also bearing flags and ket
tie drums. Near these were seated, in their Palanquins,
four khans of the presence.
Some days after the engagement, Heyder Ali had a
public levee of his officers of date and other persons of
diftinftion. They approached, bowing, to the mufnud,
were the vidor was seated, with a brilliant star of
diamonds hanging at his left bread. The Khans then
presented him with golden mohurs; and a kind of song
or poem, panegyrifing the virtues of the hero, was
then chanted, attended by a band of music.
May 31. According to government accounts, the
number of prisoners exchanged by cartel with France
since the commencement of the prefect war, is 44,000,
and upwards.
So eager is the emperor to eflablifh commerce in
his dominions, that Austrian agents have bargained
with our mioiflers to supply the garrison of Minorca
with provisions from the port of Triefle, under cover
of the imperial flag. It was before chiefly (applied from
Leghorn and Sardinia.
His majesty has been pleased to appoint colonel
Mufgrave to the lieutenant-governourfhip of Stirling
cattle, for his services in America.
June 2. The new fort between Brampton and Gil
lingham is fuppoft d to be the best planned one in Eng
land, and will command land and water. The store
houses are all bomb proof, as are the magazines, ela
boratory, &c. The barracks will contain 2000 infantry
a ud3oo artillery, with every conven ent office. The num
ber of cannon that will be mounted will exceed 140,
moflly new, from Woolwich-
June 4. Prince Edward, the king's fourth son, will
certainly follow the fortunes of his brother in the naval
line, he being now in a course of studies particularly
adapted to pe r sons intended for nautical employments.
June 5. Yesterday, being the annivefary ot his majef.
ty's birth-day, there w. s a very brilliant appearance
of the nobility, foreign ministers, and other persons of
di flinaion at court, to compliment their majesties up
on the occasion. The guns in the Park and the Tower
were fired st one 0 clock.
The only attempt at an exped tion, which the Dutch
have made this war, they were foiled in. The Texel
fleet, which really was seen off Loweftoffe, was there in
expectation of intercepting the transports which were
at Embden, with 3 500 German recruits on board,
bound for America.—The Dut< h were deceived by the
commodore feigning to set fail, but coming up and
calling anchor again.—An express instantly went off
to Holland, and in consequence, their fleet put to sea
—but they are now fafe in the Texel again, and our
German transports wait for a larger convoy.
Ipswich, May 19* One day this week, as two la
bourers were digging in a sand pit at Fye in this coun
ty, they struck their spades against a case covered with
lead, within two feet of the furface, which gave way,
and difeovered upwards of 600 Roman gold medals, in
value from 11s. to 12s. each. They are of the purest
virgin gold, as frefh as if just coined; yet, from the
impressions, they must have been struck from 13 to
1500 years. We hear Mr. Pitt, the proprietor of the
foil, has put in his claim.
CHARLESTOWN, August 1.
Last Monday morning died here, in the 57th year
of his age, after a long and painful illness, which he
bore with uncommon patience and truly chriftian re
signation, the reverend John Joachim Zubly, D.
1). minister of an English and German congregation
in this town. His public and private conduct are so
well known, that it is needless to enlarge upon them.
Jn his last moments he earneflly prayed for his king
and country, and that it would please the Divine Ru
ler of all things soon to put an end to this unnatural
rebellion. His great abilities and indefatigable atten
tion to the punctual difeharge of the duties of his sa
cred office, for the space ot upwards of 36 year*, in
tins and the next province, occasion his death ac
-10 be regretted by all his hearers. His friends and
quaintance feel their loss, but bear it the more pati
ently, being well assured that their loss is his exceed
ing great gain.
Extract of a letter from Bermuda, dated June 25.
" Since the capture of Charleflown, and St. Eufiati
us, the leaders of faction appear much difeoncerted?
these Arokes have not given a more fevrre dab to re
bellion on the continent, than to the abbettors there
of here: the great mart for vending the numerous fine
vessels they sent to the latter, by which they acquired
large sums, and principally centered there, is now loft
and at an end, and the mechanics are at perfect leifwre
to amuse themselves with filhing: their dejefted coun
tenances scarce rece ve one ray of cons Ration, unlels
by a solitary vessel sent to the island of So Thomas,
which they with to adopt as a second St. Euftatius ; and
yet would seemingly endeavour to lend their feeble aid
to support that rebellion, which they are in duty and
interest bound to crush ; and for all the affifiance they
have hitherto given, have received no other reward
than an ordinance of congress, fubj'efting their flips
and property to capture and confifcation: flrangein
fatuation 1 that ioftead of being even at the door of
bankruptcy, they might have been as opulent a peo
ple, as &lmofl any on the Atlantic--their conduft in
these difficult times has been pretty well underwood ;
but a more perfect illustration will appear from the fol
lowing fp ech of the lieutenant governor to theaffem
bly on the 19 h inflant. His strenuous endeavours, as
well to reprobate past condu& as to reclaim, and
point out their true interefis, cannot be too much ap
plauded."
It is too well known the leading people here manifef
ted a predilection in favour of the rebel colonies, by
causing delegates to be chosen from the several pardhes,
and when that illegal assembly was met, addressing that
other illegal assembly the American Congress; and it
is a fad of public notoriety that the king's magazine
of these inlands was broke open in the night, and one
hundred barrels of gun powder conveyed from thence
to the rebels, there being the strongest presumption,
from circumflances attending, that it was not effected
without the affiflance and privity of many of the inha
bitants. Has not sophistry almost generally elablifh
ed here the doHrine, that (applying the enemy with
salt, corefponding and trading with rebels, are not
treasons or treasonable? To what Rate have wicked de
signing men brought these Ides? Instead of fittingout
armed vessels, enriching themselves, and perhaps even
being inftrumentsin (hortning a cruel, bloody civil war,
they have caused a misguided and deluded people “to
do all they could to serve the Americans ," have net
those who dare to oppose their diabolical fyflem, been
threatned, abused, oppressed, associated against; and
has not the law even been perverted to aid those ends?
woat in return have the Americans done ? what hiflory
(hews has ever been the return of rebels; they loved
the treason, but when the supplies fell short they cho ( e
to cenfifeate the monies in their hands, and it served
the additional purpose of chearing their drooping pi
rates, by the chance of plundering your unarmed ves
sels.
Gentlemen of the council,
Mr. Ipeake, and gentlemen of the assembly,
BORN and educated in the freed empire the world
eer knew, I never conceived the lea ft taxed and
oppressed part of it, could have wished to change such
happnefa for any other fyflem. We have lived tore
the machinations of the artful, reliefs, wicked and
ambitious, prevail so far on a credulous infatuated peo
ple, as to take up arms against the best of sovereigns
and the mildest government, though could it be suppo
sed that the leaders might prevail in their mad attempts,
the multitude had nothing to expect but tyranny,
wounds and death.
Here indeed those who had influence chose t& and
did assist rebellion, more effectually than they could
by open force or personal prowess; the retrofped is
necessary, as our lituation requires every individual to
think. The delusion exposed, I trud rhe delayers wid
meet with the just resentment of their much injured
country ; that the honed and loyal will have honour
infteid of being pointed out as the enemies of Eer
imuda.
Was I to enumerate the illegal meetings and riling
in force to compel British privateers to give up their
legally captured Bermuda vessels, or to oblige crown
officers to relmquifh. their duty, I should take up time
I with employed in providing for defence and our ma
ny other defers, particularly the ruinous condition of
the government-house and offices, not fit for his ma
jefly's representative. The laws want to be inforced,
new enacted, which I with may be such as are conso
nant to my duty and inftru&ions to pass. Every one
cries out againftthe wretchedness of our police, the in
dustrious are difeouraged by the depredations of the
idle, who prefer theft to labour.
The revenue fuffers, and has long fuffered by the al
most general eftablilhed pradice of smuggling; and
though St. Euftatius is no longer a medium, St. Tho
mas's and other neutral ports are become repositories
for the rebels, their confederates and secret friends here
and ellewhere.
There never was yet any place where order, good
government and the general weal flourifhad, that pur
sued illicit trade. A nest of smugglers is a disgrace to
a country, an abuse of a high nature that requires to
be remedied; the clipping and falfly milling half jo
hannefes, must infallibly nurt the fair and honefl tra
der. Is there a man who can maintain that it is not
fraudulent to fell any commodity as of more weight
than it actually is; and if so, is not a flandard of coin
to be kept up? it is in every well regulated commu
nity.
I must observe, that however willing and intereded
in getting forward your fortifications, thole chosen from
your joint committees are not (efficiently assiduous
and public spirited in forwarding them ; there are more
difficulties in carrying on public works here, than I
ever observed elsewhere.
At the requett of your speaker, the committee of
council and assembly, that were to have met the firfl
Wednesday in May, was put off to the firft Wednes
day in June, at which time the speaker and committee
St. PIERR E, (Martinique) June go.
The Enghfh relied so much on the vigilance and acti
vity of their admiral, that it was a long time before they
could be brought to believe the capture of Tobago.
We are informed that when it was confirmed, the in
ha^ itants of Barbados refufed to bear arms In vain
did the governor fire the alarm guns to call them toge
th: r, for no person appeared. There has commenced a
very (harp dispute between the governor and the inha
bitants, who refufed, in very spirited terms, to defray
the exp.-nee of repairing the fortifications destroyed by
the lafthurricane. The inhabitants give as a reason
for this refufal, that the duty of four and an half
per cent, which was paid by than, ought to have been
appropriated for this service. T 1 lad advices which
the English have received from St. Croix, announce
that the eifpofition of the court of Denmark is rather
unfavourable to Great Britain.
SALE M, August 28.
The privateer th, Harliquin, captain Needham,
has captured a (hip with provisions, which has fafe ar
rived since our last.
Last Friday w s sent into port a prize ship, captured
by the letter of marque brig Romulus, capt. Waters ;
her cargo onfifis of rum, sugar, coffee, &c. The capt'.
ofthis prize informs, that he failed from St. Kitts the
firft instant, in company with a fleet of merchantmen,
confiding of about 200 fail, under convoy of four (hips
of the line and four frigates, bound to Europe.
Since our last a brig arrived at Beverly, prize to the
privateer thip Rhoades, Nehemiah Buffington, com
mander; her cargo provisions.
BOSTO N, August 30.
Extra& of a letter from a gentleman at the southward,
a warm friend to the cause of his country.
“ I cannot think, my friend, with any patience,
upon the abominable trade which has been carried on
with the enemy by the way of 'Static, and which, not
withfianding the infamous behaviour of the Britons to
wards that island, begins to revive, I am told, by the
Danifil islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix. This
kind of commerce is such an outrage upon all the sen
timents of humanity, patrNtifm and honour, that] no
man of principle can endure it. What feelings muff
that trader have, who knows, that for the profpea of
a little gain, he is contributing by his voyages, to the
support of the manufaHures and mercantile intereff,
and consequently the naval power, of the most bitter
enemy to theL dates, that any country ever had! An
enemy that dill obftmatefy persists in carrying on a
war against us in violation of the laws of nature and
nations; and that, by the particular direction of the
court of London, as appears from the letters of lord
George Germaine, and under the iiifpedion of the com
manders at New York is at this moment forcing our
prisoners, by a most dete flable fyflem of cruelty, to
fight against their own countrymen ; a thing unheard
of among civilized nations. Is it possible that any
American should put arms into the hands of such an.
enemy to his native enmity ; and yet this is the true
conftruaion and the real effeft of such a commerce.
For my part, I cannot but confider those concerned in
it, as in no small measure accountable for the continu
ance of the horrors of war ; for the blood that has
been shed in it, and for the shocking cruelties towards
our countrymen, with which our enemies have persisted
to conduct it. They are at once enabled and encour
aged to all this by such a trade, and at the fame time
led to form, in secret at lead, the most contemptible
idea of the individuals who can furnish them with such
an aid. I trust, for the honour of my country, their
number is not large. There are, doubtless, disguised
foes among us, who, for the advantage of the enemy
as well as their own, would promote this commerce all
in their power. But let it be carried on by whom it
may, the several governments of these dates will cer
tainly employ all their power to prevent it. They
owe this to their own honour and security, to the fafe
ty of the people, to the fufferings of our prisoners,
and to the just expectations of our allies, who, while
they are in the most generous and effectual manner as
sisting us, must behold with particular indignation,
any such infamous aid afforded from among ourfffves
to the common enemy It must be the interest o' the
fair trader, now'that foreign fuqpties of all kinds flow
in upon us in an honoura ie way, to support govern
ment in the execution of measures necessary to anni
hilate this traiterous commerce ; and the body of the
people, always honest, cannot but give their whole
of your house were required punflually to attend, t@
tax several public bills but did not: this, gentlemen,
is fallowed with very bad ronfequences, as those who
serve the public ought to be paid, more especially as I
t ke it there is now 15001. or upwards in the treasu
ry.
Your country loudly calls upon you to provide for
defence; the moment of attack should not be the mo
ment of preparation.
It is my opinion, a tax, such as your ancestors laid
for abour and materials to be furnifhed by each par
ish, would be the fpeediefl and most effectual means of
fortifying these isles.
The friends of government will (hew themselves such
by giving notice of any intercourN whatever with the
rebels, which, according to inftruftions, as well as for
the fafety of government, I am obliged and determined
to the utmost of my power, to prevent, and to bring
to punishment, such as dare violate that law of nations.
I shall by message acquaint you with what has been
done, and what may be further necessary.
Gentlemen of the council and gentlemen of the assembly,
I ihall be happy to concur and co operate with you
in any reasonable measures for the public good. I with
peace and unanimity ; I have reprobated measures, not
men; when a subaltern, I ever resolved to do my du
ty ; in my prefect difficult situation have, and am de
termined to do it, and will, in every other I may hap
pen to be in; assured thereby to gain the applause of
theboDeft and loyal, careless of the enmity and ma
lice of the wicked, difaffefted and rebellious.
June 19, 1781. GEORGE BRUERE.