The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-02-23 00:00:00, page 2

Office for Confife^ted Estates,
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PURSUANT to an a of the I ft general aßcmbly,
will be told at pu lb >u&ion, th? following pro
pm, en the days, it the places, end upon the
Verins hereafter mentioned, viz. At Frederick town on
gtb rizy of Mrn next, a Tr^d of L^nd, lying in
Tom's-creek hundred, calted Alexander's Choice, con
taining 4.00 Acres, iace the property of Henry Riddle.
A Tr..& call'd P.ht of Break's Difceve y, in Tawney
town hundred, containing 615 acres, lit* the property
ol litres Somervil e. A Trad called Wells Invention,
in Lower Kittodon hundred, containing 600 acres,
late the property of Thomas Philpot. A Trad called
D: coviry, in Lower Monoczfy hundred, containing
130 acres. Another Tr^Cl, called Addition to Disco
very, conta mine ^o ^cres. Another trad, called Long
Hope, centring 100 acres, late the property of Philip
Key.
At Bladerfburg, on the 6th of March, two Lott,
tuate in Said town. A Tad of Land, called Part of
Warburton, lying in Rock hundred, containing 429
acres. Chew's Folly, containing 92 acres. Cuance,
containing 25 acres, A number of very valuable
Slaves and other property, late belonging to Daniel
's:cveqlon.
At Georgetown, on the 9th of March, a very va
luable and fine 1 Situated House and Lot in Said town,
late the property of Dunlap and son.
At PortT b^cco, on the 13th of March, a House
2nd Lot, late the property of James Jamison, or Ja
mison and company. Allo, a Trad of Land, called
"Simplon's Delight, containing 240 acres, late the pro
per y o' Sherborne St wart.
A? Bmedi&, on the 16th of March, a House and
Lot, late the property of Henry Riddle.
At Talbot Court house, on the sth day of March,
2 House and Lot, and Warehouses, Situate at King
ft m, md a Nroo Sbtv, named Will, late the proper
ty o° Samuel Gale, or Grie andFeion. Al'o, a Fiad
of Land, call'd Part us Tu kry Neck, containing 125
&rre% r:art of Mount Hope, centairing 50 acres, late
the property of the heirs of Anothy Richardson.
At Cambridge, on 'the ^h of March, a Trad of
Land, called Ennalls'sF^m, containing 150 acr+s.
Smart's Folly, containing 250 acres. Hamilton's Ad
venture, containing 116 acre,, late the property of
Alexander Hamilton.
At Hunting-creek mill,, on the 12th of March,
a Trad of Land callel Dickinson's Plains, containing
436 acres, Ricbardfrm's adventure, containing 80 acres.
Limerick, containing goacres. Hacket's Garden, con
taining goo acres, aifo late the property of Alexander
Hanri ton,
Al Kent county, on 'be premi r ei, on the 18th day of
M % ?', that valuable TrA o f Land late the property
0 Llo\d Bulan,, Afo a number of fine Slaves, with
stock of .v r, kind, &c.
At th; city of Annapolis, on the 26th o' March, a
hrge and commodious dwelling house, with a good
Lot, aw II chof+n library of books, and a confidera Ie
qu ntiy of houlhoid furniture.
Should any of the foregoing days of 'ale happen to
te very had weather, the fair will be held the next for
day The !a r |e Tr^&t of Land will be parcelled out,
to suit the purrbafers. The futn bid to be prid in
gold or silver, one third in ten days from the day of
1 le, another third in twenty days from the firft pay
ment, and the remaining third on the 10th day of
September next. Every purchafermuft be prepared to
give bord and security on the day of sale, otherwise
Ke will forfeit his bargain, and the property be set up
a Second time.
All and every person, having any claim or demand,
against or to any of the foregoing effaces, are requeu
ed to pref nt the san e, properly authenticated, to the
commiffioneis, before the dav of sale. By order,
JO. BAXTER, clerk.
Thirty one new regiments of foot, and four regiments
of dragoons have been raised since the American War
began. In the year 1772, the army eftablifhmeut was
eighteen regiments of dragoons, and seventy one of foot;
there are now twenty-two of dragoons, and one hun-'
deed and two of foot.*
It is a fad, that a resolution has passed in Con
gress, and dispatcher ,are expected at Paris by Dr.
Franklin, to demand Mr. Laurens in the room of general
Burgoyne.
The expectations of this country are founded on he
junction of admiral Digby's force to that of fir Samuel
Hood, and their ability afterwards to defeat de Graffe's
feet. What a number of fortuitous events must take
place to give any just gound for our hopes of these
events falling out fortunately ? Let us take the questi
on adversely, and fay, if they Should not be able to
join, or if they should be unable to defeat the combin
ed force of de Graffe, what then is to become of lord
Cornwallis; or rather, what is to become of the Ame
rican war? Why we must do what we ought to have
done feme years ago ; after a loss of possession, honour,
and treafu e.
The ministers are determined to pursue the war ; so
long as supplies can be railed, the 'iftreffes of the peo
ple will be disregarded. Sooner than the dismemberment
of the empire will be avowed, ten years would be ad
ded to the war ; poverty and disability must come home
before pride can be subdued.
It is the opinion of several, that the French fleet will
not wait for a decisive battle in the Chefapeak: this
conclusion is said to be warranted by their conduct all
through the present war. Their inflru&ions have, at all
times, been to aft shy, though having a much fuperi
or force, and we have no reason to fufpeft that they
will hazard more in the present infiance than they have
heretofore.
St. JOH N's, (Antigua,) Jan. ~
The following intelligence is ext-afted from the latest
London papers down to the middle of November,
which we were favoured with the loan of by a wor
thy friend to the press and this community.
L ON D O N.
Every lover of his country who remembers the ca
lamities out brave troops laboured under two or three
winters pad in America, must now experience the force
of sympathy, and pray for a reconciliation; experi
ence is againß the present contest, and nothing under
supernatural assistance can subjugate the western con
tinent.
Commodore Keith Stewart's going again upon his
Ration on the coast cf Holland, after the Dutch mer
chantmen have Ailed, is one of these strokes of after
wit, which tiiftinguifh our glorious directors of the
admiralty.
Extract of a letter from Paris, Nov. 6.
“ Thecal that was sent to America in the Le En
gagejeaunte frigate, was the amount of the third h^n
of the clergy fall year, amounting to about 2,50,0001.
fieri ng, ioo,oool. of which is to be de ivered over to
the prefldent of Congress, as a loan from the crown of
France : the remainder is for the payment of tue army
under count Rochambeau.
'' We hear from Mi<ir don the r6th of October, that
a packet between Barcelona and Minorca was estab
lished, as was the ci.fe daring the last siege, every fif
teen days, in order to Satisfy the impatience of the pub
lic."
" As soon as the birth of the dauphin wasknown in
Paris, a private gentleman who has not made himfelf
known, as a demonstration of joy, fen' 15,000 livres
to the treasurer of thefociety for tae release of prison
ers in fort L'Eveque, and the next da, #94 prisoners
were discharged for that sum ''
Exu^a of a letter from Waterford, Nov. 5.
" I am afraid we have people in this kingdom who
have too great a connection in the Frencn privateering
trade, and therefore encourages them to cruize so
much on ourcoaft. I believe I may depend upon tie
truth of my information, that thef' gentlemen get
their ships and cargoes insured in London, and if they
are taken, they have a double advantage, for they
are paid their loss by the undr writers, and have
their Share of the prize remitted them from France ;
and therefore this should put your under writers upon
their guard, for if they are not, they will often meet
with losses."
A letter from Corke, received on Saturday has the
following article. " Since the grand fleet left our
coast, the French privateers have again made their
appearance, so that no Ship from pence can with fafety
put to sea, withouta strong convoy. They this mor
ning took a vessel belonging to Brrftol, bound to this
port, and have sent her for Franc-."
A private letter from Paris, dated the 15th infant,
fays " We learn that our ministry, by consent of the
king, have promised to enter into a frefh treaty with
the Rates of Holland provided they will refufe to make
any Separate peace with Great Britain, without the
consent of the court of France; and will re bound
thereby to assist them very early in the faring with
twelve fail of the line and fix frigates, at d with 40,000
with every camp equipage, artillery, ammunition, &c.
provided their territories should be attacked by land,
by any power whatsoever, free of any expence, for
one year."
From Rivingfon's New York Gazette of Feb. 16.
Tim Humble ADDRESS of the Right Honourable the
LORDS Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament as
sembled.
Die Martis, 27 Novembris 1781.
" Most Gracious Sovereign,
WE, your majesty's most dutiful and loyal fub
jeds, the lords spiritual anl temporal, in par
liament assembled, leg leave to return your majesty
our humble thanks for your most gracious speech from
the throne.
“ It is with equal concern and indignation that we
fee the war prolonged by that reliefs ambition which
firft excised your maj< Ry's enemies to commence it,
and which Rill continues to disappoint your majefly's
earnest desire and diligent exertion to reflate the pub
lic tranquility.
" We acknowledge, with the fiircereß and warmest
gratitude, your majefly's wisdom and conflant atten
tion to the real welfare of your people, equally conspi
cuous in your earnest desire of peace, and in your fix
ed and unalterable resolution never to facrifice, either
to that desire, or to the temporary tafe and r, ,f of
your fubje^s, those essential rights and permanent
interests, upon the maintenance and pre'ervati n of
which the future Rrength and security of this country
must ever principally depend.
“ We feel great fatisfaftion in the favourable appear
ance of our affairs in the Bast-Indies, and in the fafe
and profpeous arrival of t'e numerous commercial
fleets of these kingdoms: bift we regret that in the
course of this year your majefly's assiduous endea
vours to guard the extensive dominions of yourerown
have not been attended with success equal to the jus
tice and uprightness of your majesty's views; and we
lament that the events of war have been to unfortunate
to your majesty's arms in Virginia.
" We will, without loss of time, resume the delibe
ration upon the Rate and condition of the British poßef
fions and revenues in the EaR-Indes, will carry it on
with the fame Spirit and temper in which it was becun,
and proceed with the fame attention and anxiety to
confider how those remote provinces may be held and
governed with the greatest security and advantage to
this country, and by what means rhe happiness of the
native inhabitants may be best promoted.
“ Firmly resolved to decline no difficulty or hazard in
“ We are grtefully sensible of the parental Solici
tude your maje y has (hewn for the general happiness
of your people, in the endeavours your majefly has
used to extinguish that Spirit of rebellion which cur
enemies have found means to foment and maintain in'
the colonies, and to re.'ore to yourdelud^d Subjects in
America that happy and prosperous condition which
they formerly derived from a due obedience to the
laws; and we beg leave to affine your majefly of our
firm concurrence and affißance to frufirate the designs
of our enemies equally prejudicial to the real interests
of America, and to those of Great- Britain.
Extras of a letter from Paris, Oft. 30.
the defence of our country, and for the preferv^to#
of its essential rights and imerefls, we fivril c mti^u- to
give our most hearty concurrence and Support ine
prosecution of the great and important content in which
we are engaged.
“ We rely upon the proteaion of divine providence
in so just a cause, and fully trust that by the concur
rence and support which we (hall most cheerfully give,
by the valour of your majeßy's fleets and ymies, and
by the vigourous, animated and united exertions of
the faculties and resources of your people, your ma
jefiy will be enabled to disappoint the ambitious le
figns of your enemies, and to restore the blessing of a
fafe and honourable peace to all your dominions.
The fobowing was t' e amendment moved for, to the
address, by the minority in the house of lords in the de
bate on the above address.
The Humble ADDRESS of the House of Commons t#
" Mos tGracious Sovereign,
"IX 'E, your majeßy's most dutiful and loyal fob
je&s the commons of Great-Britain n par.
liament assembled, return your majefly the thanks of
this house, for your most gracious Speech from the
throne.
" We assure your majefly, that we fee with concern
that the war is still unhappily prolonged by that rest,
let's ambition which firft excited our enemies to com
mence it, and which Rill continues to disappoint your
rnijefty' searned drfire and diligent exertion to reHore
the public tranquility.
" We are sensibly affected by your mayfly's pater
nal rxpreffions of concern for the real welfare of your
Subjects, and we receive with the firongeft emotions
of duty and gratitude your majeßy's gracious and en
dearing declaration, that you should not answer the
trust committed to the Sovereign of a free people, nor
make a Suitable return to your fubjeßs for their con-
Rant, zealous, and affectionate attachment to your
person, family and government, if you consented to
Sacrifice, either to your own desire of peace, or to t eir
temporary ease and relief, those essential rights and
permanent interefis, upon the maintenance and pre
servation of whch the future Rrength and security of
this country mist ever principally depend.
" We declare on our part, that we know no means
of making to your majefly any return so Suitable and
so just, and of answering the great trust committed to
us by those whom we represent, as by giving your ma
jefly this firm assurance, that we are resolved to as
sist and support your majefly, to the utmost of our
power, in maintaining and preserving the essential
rights and permanent interests of your crown and peo
ple.
" The favourable appearance of affairs in the Eaff-
Indies, and the fafe and profpe ous arrival of the nu
merous con mercial fleets of your kingdon, have given
us preat f^tisfaßion • but we sincerely regret that your
majeßy's a ffiduous endeavours to gard your exten
sive dominions have not in all places been attended
with success ;and we learn with the deepest concern, that
the events of war have been very unfortunate to your
majeßy's armsin Virginia, and have ended in the loss of
your forces in that province.
“ We are fully persuaded that the principal view of
the confederacy of our enemies was to foment and
maintain the rebellion in North-America, and, under
the Specious delusion of the efta lifhment of an indepen
dent empire, to render your Majeßy's colonies sub
servient to the power and influence of the crown of
France: but your maefty may rely on our Ready
affiflance to second your majesty's endeavours to defeat
the dangerous designs of your enemies, equally preju
dicial to the real interefis of America, and to those of
Great-Br tain.
" We will not fail to resume the great and momen
tous consideration of the Rate and condition of the do
minions and revenues which this country possesses in
the Bast-Indies; and we trust that in our deliberations
on these important matters, we Shall proceed with the
fame Spirit and temper in which they were begun, and
with the fame care and anxiety to confider how those
remote provinces may e held and governed with the
greatest Security and advantage to this nation, and by
what means the happiness of the native inhabitants may
be best promoted.
" In this arduous conjuncture, we confider it as our
firft duty to our country, to grant your majefly such
supplies as the cirtumflances of affairs Shall be found
to require. We cannot but feel that the war is bur
thenfome and expensive ; but we are convinced, at the
fame time, that it is just and necessary ; and nothing on
our part Shall be wanting, to give efficacy and success
to the valor of your majefly's fleets and armies ; and
we Shall have a firm confidence that, by a vigorous,
animated, and united exertion of the resources and fa
culties of the nation, and of the spirit of a free people,
your majesty will be enabled, under the protection of
Divine Providence, to reflore the blessing of a fafe and
honourable peace to all your dominions.
His majeßy's most gracious answer.
" Gentlemen,
" I return you my most cordial thanks for this very
loyal, dutiful and affectionate address.
“ It breathes the fpririt and firmnefs of a brave and
free people. Nothing could afford me so much fatis
faftion, or tend so efteflually to the public fafety and
welfare in thfe critical fi nation."
“ And we will without delay apply ourselves with
united hearts to propose and digest such councils, as
may in this criss excite the efforts, point the arms,
and by a total thangeof fyttem, command the confidence
of all his majefly's fubjeßs.?'
^ Photon with Harness
cornplcat; likewise an ilegant full Wooded HORSE,
5 yrai s old, i 5 handt and a half high. Enquire at
WILLIAM KEPPILE?# ftece, in Maikat-ftieeh next
to Mr. John Kc^nb.
To be Sold by private Sale,
the KING.