Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1774-01-31 00:00:00, page 1

JAMES H U MPHREYS,
Notary Public and Conveyancer,
CONTINUES to keep bis Office at the lower
corner of Black Horse Alley, in Front-street,
where all business in the Notary and Conveyancing
way, is tranfafted and done by him as usual.
He likewise keeps an Office for the sale of real
estates (which has been established ar carried on
by him for several years palt) whereir are made
regular entries of all estates offered for ule, and
the terms on which they are to be disposed of; and
where every other matter relating to the granting,
buying, felling, and letting or leafing of houses,
lots, lands, plantations and ground rents is tranf
afted on the usual and most moderate terms. Plans
of the said estates will be exhibited at the said Office,
and such parts thereof as the owners sh dl think
proper, will be advertised in the public news-papers:
Plans of the said estates will allo be fliewn to any
person, by Thomas Procter, house-carpenter,
on the north fide of Walnut-street, five doors west
ward from the corner of Second-ifreet.
To be Let on a Lease for years or otherwise.
A handforne, commodious three story well finifh
ed brick house, situate on the weft fide of New-
Market-street, at the north end of this city, con
tainining 20 feet in front on the said street, and is
very suitable for a private family; has a good piazza,
with a brick kitchen and other buildings behind it,
and a pump of good water before the door.
To be Granted on Ground-Rent forever.
One lot of ground on the north fide of Branch
ftreet, in the Square made by Third-street, Saffafrafs
street, Fourth-street and Vine-street, in this city,
containing in breadth on Branch-street 54 feet, and
extending in depth 93 feet to a 4 feet alley.
One other lot of ground on the south fide of
Story-street, in the said square, containingin breadth
on Story street 71 feet, and extending in depth 93
feet to the aforefaid 4 feet alley.
Another lot of ground on the north fide of Story
ftreet aforefaid, containing in breadth on said street
80 feet, and extending in depth 82 feet and a half
to a certain 4 feet alley.
And one other lot situate on the east fide of Fourth
street, in the said square, containing in breadth on
Laid Fourth-ttreet 36 feet, and in length or depth
£0 feet.
N. B. All the above lots will be divided into
lesser lots if desired.
Sundry lots in the town of Richmond, on the
River Delaware, next adjoining to Kensington, in
the Northern Liberties of this city, all of which are
very commodiously situated, a great number of them
on the said river.
A lot on the east fide of Front-street, between
Pine-street and Cedar-street, in breadth on Front
ftreet 40 feet z inches, and in depth 130 feet to
Water-street.
A number of lots on the east fide of Third-street,
between Walnut and Spruce-streets, and extending
in depth to Laurel, street.
To be Granted on Ground Rent forever,
or Sold.
A lot of ground on the south fide of Market
ftreet, containing 20 feet front on said street, and
306 feet in depth.
A handsome two story well-hnifhed brick house,
and lot of ground, on the weft fide of Fourth-street,
between Pine and Spruce-streets in this city ; the
lot is 40 feet in breadth, and extends in length to a
certain feet alley.
TO BE SO L D,
A good brick meffuage and lot on the weft fide of
Front-street, containing 27 feet in breadth on said
street, and 123 feet in depth, in a good situation
for business, and has the privilege of a 6 feet alley
into Walnut-street.
Also a house and lot on the weft fide of Front
ftreet, between Mulberry or Arch-street and Saffa
frafs-ftreet, containing 25 feet in breadth, and in
length 130 feet.
A plantation in the county of Bucks, containing
162 acres, within two miles of the borough of Bris
tol, having a large front on Delaware River.
Sundry turns of money to be let out at interest,
in the city or county of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, 'January 27, 1774.
WAS L O S T,
Last Tuesday evening, near this city, on the road
leading to the Lower Ferry,
fl VERY neat POCKET PISTOL,
maker's name T. Kitland, engraved on the
right fide of the barrel in a circular form ; the stock
mounted and inlaid with silver, on which, at the
end of the barrel, is the figure of a fqwirrel : The
property can be proved by its fellow, &c. Who
ever has found and will return the fame to the
printer hereof, shall have THIR TY SHILLINGS
reward. Should it be offered to tale, or otherwise
exnofed, all good people who may happen to fee it,
are reqaefted to take notice of the above dire&ions,
as its tailing into the hands of a rogue, and being
loaded, may put him in the wav of doing mifchieC
Carlijie, Cumberland C unty, °J&. 17, 1774.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby
given, to all persons that might be concerned
in purchasing a certain tra& of land now in the
possession of James M'Dill, lying in the township of
Salisbury, in Lancaster county, near the Gap Ta
vern, that they do not purchase said tra&, it being
the property of my father George M'Dill, who
purchased it from his father Jacob M'Dill, but said
George M'Dill dying before his father, he (the said
Jacob M'Dill) obtained a patent for said tra& of
land, and dispossessed the wife of his son George,
and her children, and taking possession, fold it again
to his son James, now living on it: This is there
fore to inform the public, that as soon as I am of
age (which will be in about two years from this
present time) I intend to try to recover my father's
right by law.
JACOB M'DILL, Junior.
O R,
GENERAL
VO L. 111.
MONDA Y,
OFFICE
For the SALE of R EAL ESTATE S,
(The First ever undertaken in this province.)
TH E encouragement already given to this un
dertaking, fufficiently teftifies what sentiments
the public entertain of its utility ; nothing therefore
Shall be wanting on our parts to render it as exten
sive and convenient as the nature of it will admit.
We return our unfeigned thanks to those gentle
men who have obligingly assisted us with their ad
vice on the formation of our plan, and will grate
fully receive and endeavour to improve any hints
that may be offered, for rendering it more compleat.
As it would take up too much of a news-paper to
insert <very full descriptions of all the places offered
for sale, we request those who are desirous of fur
ther information, to apply to the Office, where the
terms and all other particulars will be made known,
by MATTHEW CLARKSON,
EDWARD BONSALL.
TO BE SOL D,
The following Plantations, Tracts a^dLoTs
of Land, viz.
A plantation in Apoquinimink Hundred, New
castle County, containing 300 acres, very advan
tageously situated for trade, being within two or
three miles of a mill, two towns, several stores,
landings and different places of woifhip—is well
improved.
A lot in the town of Soleberry, at the head of
Duck Creek in Kent County, on which is a dwell
ing house, and a well accustomed store.
Several lots in the town called the Cross Roads,
also in Kent County—a great thoroughfare between
Delaware River and Maryland—an excellent Situa
tion for trade.
Ibe abooe places will be fold on reasonable terms,
but a small part of the purcbafe money being re
quired, with ferurity for the remainder.
A plantation in Bristol Township, Bucks County,
pleasantly situated on the river Delaware, and fit
for a gentleman's feat, about one mile beyond Ne
fhaminy Ferry ; it contains 162 acres, whereof 30
or 40 may be made meadow—the money not wanted.
A lot on the east fide of Bowman's Lane, in Ger
mantown, near the main street, containing about
one acre, a two story stone house thereon, a well of
excellent water, good garden and orchard of the
best apples—fit for a summer retreat—very easy
terms to the purchaser.
A tract of 300 acres and 98 perches, with allow
ance, on the river Juniata, in the township of Rye,
Cumberland County. ,
A plantation in Oxford Township, seven miles
from the city, containing 65 acres.
A plantation in Abington township, ten miles
from the citv, containing 125 acres.
A plantation at Point-no-Point, of 80 acres and
upwards, whereof 43 are excellent meadow, and
has many valuable improvements.
Several lots of choice meadow at Moyamenfing,
near the city.
A lot 14 feet front on the south fide of Shippen
ftreet, 40 feet deep, a little to the westward of Third
ftreet.
A lot 49 and a half feet on the north fide ofMul
berry-ftreet, and 112 feet on the weft-fide ofSeventh
ftreet.
Five lots, each 18 feet front, on the east fide of
Front-street, opposite Shippen-ftreet, in the diftri&
of Southwark, and extending 121 feet to Penn
ftreet, bounded to the north by Joshua Fisher's
garden, and on the south by ground purchased for
a public market.
The following Houses, viz.
Three on the weft fide of Front-street, one of
them between Spruce and Union -streets, one be
tween Mulberry and Saffafrafs streets, and the other
between Saffafrafs and Vine-streets.
Three on the bank in Front and Water streets,
two of them between Saffafrafs and Vine-streets,
and the third between High and Chefnut-ftreets.
Iwo on the south fide of High-street, one of
them between Front and Second -streets, the other
between Second and Third-streets.
A frame house on the north fide of Story-street,
the lot 21 by 82 feet, pays a ground-rent of 61. 6s.
per annum.
Two frame houses at the north weft corner of
Front and Catherine-streets, in Southwark, the lot
31 by 91 feet.
Two brick houses the east fide of Eighth-street,
between High and Mulberry-Streets.
To be LET on GROUND-RENT.
Several lots oneach fide of Shippen-ftreet, between
Front and Second-Streets.
A lot 40 feet on the north fide of South-street,
and 53 feet 2 inches on the east fide of Front-street.
Several lots on the east fide of Front-street, ex
tending to Penn-ltreet, between South-street and
the east end of Lombard-street.
Several lots on the late Alms-house Square, ex
tending from Pine to Union-Streets.
Two lots on the south tide of Union-street, be
tween Second and Third-streets.
Several lots on the east fide of Fourth-street, be
tween Stor, and Vine-streets, on both tides of Story
ftreet between Third and Fourth-streets, on the
north tide of Branch-street between Saffafrafs and
Story-streets, on the weft fide of Sixth-street be
tween the weft end of Cherry-Alley and Saffafrafs
ftreet, and on both tides of Third-street, St. John's
street, and Second-Street, just above the Barracks.
A lot 44 feet 9 inches front on the north fide of
Chefnut-ftreet, about 72 feet deep, between Third
and Fourth-streets, on which are two good frame
buildings.
Twenty five lots on Second-street and the adjacent
new streets beyond the New Bridge in the Northern
liberties, very convenient for tan-yards, Skinners,See.
Several locations of valuable difeoveries of land in
the western parts of the province are to bedifpofed of.
Ground-rents to be purchased and fold.
Money to be lent on interest on good real security,
in the city or county of Philadelphia.
D UN L A P's
To the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty
at Philadelphia.
S I R,
IS HOULD not have chosen to address you
through the channel of a News-paper, if the
fubje& was no ways interesting to the public.
There is nothing I so much despise, as the felo
nious robber of private virtue and character, who
Belters himfelf behind the Printer, and thence se
curely stabs in the dark. Nor am I pleased, when
I behold the attention of the community taken up
in deciding private differences, or the paltry dis
putes of individuals. These are generally con
duced with so much heat and indiferetion, that
each party seems anxious only to wound the re
putation of his antagonist, and never thinks of de
fending his own. But on the present occasion I
mean to address you " under the stile and title
°f Judge Commissary, Deputy and Surrogate of
the Court of Vice Admiralty in Philadelphia.". In
which capacity, you have a certain relation to the
public, and are vested with certain powers, which
every individual hath an undoubted right to dis
cuss and examine- Suffer me therefore to appeal
to you for a few minutes: Not indeed as a Judge,
(for I care not how little you are appealed to in
that way) but as a man possessed of virtue and
honour.
The most fuperficial knowledge of the English
law, is fufficient to (hew the vigilance, with which
the courts of Westminster Hall have always guard
ed against the encroachments of the Courts of Ad
miralty. From the reign of Richard the second,
down to that of James the firft, we find a conti
nued struggle between them. Nor is it easy to
fay which ought most to be admired,—the nrm
nefs and resolution of the one, or the enterprize
and obstinacy of the other. But in the reign of
James the firft, their usurpation on the Courts of
Common Law met with such a vigorous repulse,
that since that time, they seem to have given up
all thoughts of extending theirjurifdi&ion in Eng
land. Nor have they been opposed only by the
Courts of Common Law. It is now above two
centuries since the Parliament passed an aft to les
sen their power. The statue of Henry the eighth
enacted, that treason, piracy, robbery, murder,
felony, &c. committed on the high sea, Should be
tried according to the course of the Common Law.
And the practice is now tojoin one of the Judges of
Westminster-Hall in commission with the Judge of
the Admiralty, to try those offences by a Jury.
Before the palling of this a&, a single Judge was
vested with the power of life and death : A power
absolutely unknown in any other branch of the
English constitution. Even in the a#ny,a Court
Martial must be called, before a delinquent can
be sentenced to death. By the 5 Eliz. ch.
fed. 50, several offences mentioned in that ad,
if done on the main sea, and out of the body of
any county, shall be heard and tried according to
the statue of 28. H. 8 ch. 15, that is, according
to the course of common law by a jury. And by
the I Ann, feff, 2, ch. 9, fed. 4, Captains and
marriners belonging to ships, and destroying the
fame at sea, shall be tried according to the sta
tute of 28. H. 8. that is, according to the course
of the Common Law. From these several ads of
Parliament, which have thus abridged the power
of the Courts of Admiralty in criminal cases; and
from the great variety of determinations at Com
mon Law with refped to civil adions, it will ap
pear evident, that the jurifdidion of the Courts
of Admiralty in England is narrowed almost to a
point. Even disputes concerning captures in time
ofwar, which seem particularly to fall under the
cognizance of the Admiralty, are now, in trials
on policies of insurance, frequently carried into
the Courts of Westminster Hall. Hence cases of
this kind are often found in the books of report,
especially in the more modern ones.
If then the Judges and the Parliament of Eng
land for ages past, have been endeavouring to li
mit, and have adually almost abolished the odious
jurifdidion of that civil-law court, and have in
troduced in its stead the noble trial by jury : What
shall we think of the extensive powers with which
the Court of Admiralty in England have thought
proper to vest you their deputy in Philadelphia ?
For the fatisfa&ion of my countiymen, I will
here point out the limits of the Admiralty jurif
didion, as exercised at this day in England, and
compare them with the limits of the fame jurif
didion as delineated in your commission. The
comparison will shew that the powers in your
commission, vastly exceed those of the grand Court
of Admiralty in England.
By the law of England, the Admiralty hath no
manner of cognizance of any contrad or of any
other thing done within the body of any county,
either by land or water, nor of any wreck of the
sea, for that must be cast upon the land before it
becomes wreck:* Consequently it hath no jurif
di&ion to hearcaufes that arise or bills of exchange,
bills of loading, bottomry bonds, charter parties ft,
*ls. Ricbardz. cb. 3.4. 1nf. 137. 3 B. Com. 106.
t 410 141.
T HE
ADVERTISER.
JANUARY 31st, 1774.
policies of insurance so or freights of ships ||. But
in your commission you have express power and
authority given, “ to take cognizance of, and
“ proceed in all causes civil and maritime, and in
“ complaints, contrails, offences, or fufpefted
" offences, crimes, pleas, debts, exchanges, po
" licies of insurance, accounts, charter parties,
“ agreements, bills of loading of ships, and all
" matters and contrasts, which, in any manner
“ whatsoever, relate to freight due for ships hired
" and let out, transport money, or maritime usury,
' 'otherwife bottomry; or which do any wife
" concern suits, trespasses, injuries, extortions,
“ demands, and affairs, civil and maritime, what
" soever, between merchants, or between own
" ers and proprietors of ships, or other vessels,
" and merchants or other persons whomsoever,
“ with such owners and proprietors of ships; find
" all other vessels whatsoever employed or used,•
" or between any other persons howsoever had,
“ made, began, or contrasted for any matter,
“ cause or thing, business or injury whatsoever
" done, or to be done, as well in, upon, or by
“ the sea, or public streams, or frefh water, ports,
“ rivers, creeks, and places overflowed whatfoe
" ver, within the ebbing and flowing of the sea,
“ or high-water mark, as upon any of the shores,
“ or banks adjoining to them, or either of them;
" and also, to enquire of all goods wrecked."
By the laws of England, if death, or mayhem
happen within the Thames, orin any other river,
port or water, which are within any county, the
Admiral or his Deputy hath no jurisdiction at all;
and in such cases, the Coroner shall exercise his
office.* But in ,oar commission, express power is
given “ to search and enquire of, and concerning
f'all goods of traitors, pirates, manflayers, fe
“ lons, fugitives, and felons of themselves; and
" concerning the bodies of persons drowned, killed,
“ or by any other means coming to their death in
“ the sea, or in an, ports, rivers, public streams,
" or creeks, and places overflowed; and also, con
“ cerning mayhemhappening in the afrfaidplaces."
By the law of England, the jurisdiction of the
Admiralty is wholly confined to the main sea, be
ing no part of the body of any county.f But in
,our commission, express power is given “ to take
“ cognizance of all offences, or fofpefled offences,
" and crimes, done, or to be done, as well in,
“ upon, or by the sea, or public streams, or frefh
“ water ports, rivers, creeks, and places over
“ flowed whatsoever, within the ebbing and flow
" ing of the sea, or high watermark, as upon an,
" of thefeores or banks adjoining to them or either
" of them." So that you have, by this clause,
authority to take cognizance of crimes, assault
and battery, or any other trespass, if it be com
mitted on the flsores or banks of an, frefh water port,
river, or creek. The word bank, you will please to
take notice, is of so vague a meaning, that it may,
for aught I fee to the contrary, be construed toin
clude all the city of Philadelphia. By the law of
England, the Admiralty hath no jurisdiction over
fifhermen and ship-wrights as such—But in ,wr
commiilion, express jurisdiction is given over “ all
“ fifhermen and ship-wrights," who are certainly
a very numerous body of men. Their contracts,
their dealings, their offences, are all fubjeded to
your cognizance and examination. The statute
of Henry the Bth being made before the Settlement
of these provinces, ought to be construed to ex
tend to them; and the offender against it, should
receive his trial in the colonies by virtue of a com
mission from the King, as in England. But your
commission, as far forth as it operates, is a virtual
repeal of this law. Under the description of
“ offences, fufpe&ed offences, and crimes," it
gives you power to try all the offences mentioned
in the statute of Henry the Bth, (if eommitted on
the sea, and within the limits of yourjurifdidion)
according to the laws of the Admiralty. Behold
here, Sir, a suspending power assumed by the crown.
An aft of Parliament which ordains, that the King,
shall ifue a commission to try offences on the high
seas, is controuled and confined in its operations
b, his Majesty's Board of Admiralty —ln truth, and
reality, the ad is repealed by the King himfelf.
1 his, surely, is amoft alarming innovation in the
government of America, and is fufficient to roufs
the most inconsiderate amongst us.
Thus it appears, that your commission gives you
the most extensive and dangerous power. It gives
you authority to fupercede the rules of justice,
and to dispense with the established laws of the
land. In the reign of King James, the Court of
Admiralty complained that their jurisdiction was
invaded by the Courts of Common Law; and
what was worse, they obtained no redress; for
they were not entitled to any. You have it now
in your power to make reprisals on them.—ls you
do not, it is certainly not the fault of those who
have employed you.
It will be to no purpose to tell us, that your
commission pursues the common form of all other
commissions to Judges who are appointed by the
1 4.1 f. 142. || 4.1f.139.
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