Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-08-14 00:00:00, page 6

" very young, and- I am very olu ; yet the time
" n\ay not bY far dNhat when he and 1 may divide
" Germany between as." This expreflion was uttered
▼uh an air leem ngly careless ; but ffiofe who know
in what manru r JieK ng of prided /peaks his mind, vi 1
not forget it,"
Thur Jay the Ruffian and Swedish Ambadadars,
with their ladies, took leave-of his Mayfly, and on
Tuesday they will let out by way of Par.s, on their re
turn home,
Extract fa letter from Gibraltar, May If.
" At five this morning four Spanish ships of the
line, commanded by a R^ar Admiral, nine frigates, fe
verd xebeques, and 100 fail of transports, were seen
to pals the Straights from Cadiz bound to Carthagena."
The Phoenix snow, Capt. Willington, from Jamaica
to Waterford; took fire in her passage, .and all the
crew periled, except two, who escaped in the boat,
and were brought to England in another ship.
The Mary, Beaty, from St. Kitt's to I ondon, is pet.
back, having sprung a leak the third day after she
failed.
Extras of a lefterftrm Barcelona, May 6.
" An extraordinary courier from Madrid brought
an order for eight battalions of Span sh and Walloon
guards, who are in garrison in €a al mia, to hold them
selves in readiness for embarkation on the firft notice:
and at the fame time an embargo was laid on all ships
that were heve.'
Extract of a letter fem Hanover, My 27.
" We learn from Bruulwick, that the regiment of
Prince Leopold has, for a certain sum agreed on, en
tered into the ferviceof Prussia. That Monarch is
railing recruits throughout the empire, and the Aus
trians are doing the fame."
A letter from the Hague mentions, that the States
General have given orders for all the. barrier towns 10
be put in a slate of defence, and the garrisons to be
augmented. - —
The folowing Bill not having been brought in time
enough the last Sellion of Parliament to pals into a
law, it was therefore ordered to be printed for the
infpe&ion of the members against the pex ye r: a d
as it is a matter ofgrear consequence to the trading
part of this kingdom, we have, on tl at account, laid
it before our readers.
H BILL for preventing the inhuman practice of plunder
ing ships that are Jhip^recked on the coa/i ^ Grf at-
Britsin; and for thefurther relief of Jhips in difoejs
on the Gid coasts.«
t^/HEREAS proyiftons and regulations have been
V y made by divers affs of Parliament, made in the
tbhd and fourth year of tl.e reign of King Edward the
First, and in the twelfth year of Queen Ann, as also in
the eleventh year of King George the.Firft, and in
the twenty tixth year of George the Second, to. prevent
the plundering and destroying yeffels in diftrefs,and the
felpni us taking away shipwrecked or stranded goods ;
which said provisions and regu ations have not proved
efftftual for preventing such evil practices: therefore
far further remedy o' the fame, be it enabled by the
King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice
apd consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
Commons, in this present Parliament affemble 4 and
by the authority of the fame, that from and after the
f„ft day of Auguft,,if any ship or yeffe! (hall be wilful
ly destroyed or damaged upon the said coast, or if the
cargo, or any part thereof, be wilfully, damaged and
destroyed, or feloniously taken away, or bv any means
detained from the owners.thereof otherwise than by the
said recited a&s is di r e&ed and authorized, in such case
the inhabitants of the hundred in wlrich the said offen
ces shall be committed, shall make full farisfa&ion and
amends to such person or persons, their executors and
administrators., whetfer his Majesty's fubjeds or fo
reigners, for the damages furtained by the said offence
(provided that the offender or offenders as aforefaid
are not discovered . nd prokcu ed, wi bin the space of
three months after such offence committed) the said da
mages to be recovered in the iame manner as dirked '
and authorized by an aft of the ninth year of his Ma
jesty King George the First, inti tiled " An Aft for the
more effectual pnnifhirg wicked and evil difoofed per
sons going armed in disguise, and doing injuries and vio
lences to the persons and properties of his Majesty's
fobjeßs, and for the more speedy bringing the offen
ders to justice ;" and by several a&s of the twelfth year
of his Majesty King George the First, chapter thirty ;
the tenth year of his Majesty King George the Second,
chapter thirty-two ; the twenty-fourth year of the reign
of his laid late Majesty, chapter fifty seven; and the
thirty-firft year ofhis said late Majesty, chapter forty
two : provided aID, and it is hereby cna&ed. That no
more (half be rec vered. from the hundred, by any acti
on prosecuted byrthe authority of this a&, for the da
mage done to any ship or cargo, than One Thousand
pounds.
And be it further ena&ed, That any perfor. or per
sons apprehending, and pfofecuting to conviction, any
persons whose offences have been declared or made to
be felony without benefit of clergy, by the a£ts of
the twelfth year ^f the reign of Queen Ann, or by the
eleventh vearof George the First, chapter twenty-ninth,
or of the twenty sixth of George the Second, chapter
nineteenth; fliall be entitled to a reward of forty
pounds, to be paid as io the case of a conviction for a
robbery on the high way.
And be it further enacted, That if any person, at
tempting to apprehend any person guilty of the offences
against this and' the aforefaid ads, fnall be killed, his
executors and adminilb ators fitall be' entitled to the
said reward.
And whereas, by a clause in an ad of the twentieth
year of King George the lecoud, a subordination of
persons was eftabhlhed, to prevent confuhen among
those who should be assembled to save any ship or wreck ;
which order hath not been found convenient; there
fore, be it enabled, Thar the said clause be, and it is
hereby repealed, and in place thereof, be it enacted,
That to prevent confufion among the perlons
affembted to save any ship, vessel, goods, or effects,
as aforefaid, either for want of proper orders,
or by contradictory orders, all performs so assem
bled thall conform, in the firft place, to the orders of
tie mailer, or other officers or owners of the vessel ;
and in their absence, or for want of their orders, or
their not chooting to take upon them the said direction,
theq to the persons authorised by the afore aid aft of
Queen Ann, or of the aforefaid a& of King George the
second, in the following fuboidination, as any of the
said persons ihall happen to be prefect; in the firft place,
to the orders of the Sheriff's of the county, or his De,
put\ ; than to th, fe of the Ala, or or Chef Magistrate
of any corpora ion; then of any Juffice or Justices of
the Peace ; then to the Coroner; then of any Officer
or Officers of tie uftois; then of the Excile; then
of any CommhTi ners <fthe Land fax; then of any
Chief or Petty ( oiftable, or other Peace Officers; and
any person what Lever acting, knowingly and wilfully,
contrary to such odecs, fhail firfen any fu n not ex
ceeding forty p>unds )to be levied by warrant of one-
Judice of the Peace ; and in case of non-payment, the
offender Iltail be committed to the house of corrosion
for any time not exceeding one month.
And whereas a wicked practice hath prevailed, with
regard to the taking off of buoys; for the prevention or
punnkment of which, no iufficient provision hath been
made; be itena&ed, That bom and after the firft day
of uguif, every person who shall milicioufly take or
cut off any buoy fi m any ancro or cable, le't by any
ship on any of the coal's of this kingdom ; and being
legally convicted ot the fame, (hall be and are hereby
declared guilty of felony, and fhail receive lenrence of
traidportati, n, as in cases of felony, for which such
pumlhment is appointed.
PHILADELPHIA, Augufl io.
B) ORDE R of the CONGR ES S.
'HE Delegates for this province will attend at
JL Philadelphia, from the 28th infant to the 3d of
September inclusive, to fettle :he acc uns of ex pences,
incurred for railing and aiming the Rifle Companies of
Pennsylvania, for express, &c.
Philade phia, Committee-Ch amber, duguft 7,177 fr
Refolded unanimously, THAF the public be advertis
ed of the approaching dissolution of this Committee, on
the 15th inst ; and that they be desired to choose a
new Commutes for this city and liberties the day fol
lowing, bei g Wednesday the 16th inst.
Refo ved unanimoufo, That it be recommended tothe
public to chue 76 persons to represent them in Com
mittee f r the C ty, and 24 for the Liberties, yiz. 12 for
the Northern Liberties, and 12 for Southwark, being
all together 10.0 persons..
Refolded unanimoufy. That it be also recommended
tp the public to chufe their Committee by ba lot, as
formerly; and that they meet in their wards, at the
usual places, on Monday the 14th i-ftant, at ten o'clock
iu the forenoon, to appoint Infpe£tors for the ensuing
election.
. Refolded, That the public be n tified, that all per
sons, having any demands on this Committee, are de
fied immediately to hr ?g in their accounts, to Mr.
JOSEPH DE AN, who is impowered to fettle with
them. By or er of the ommittee.
JOHN BENEZET, iffif nt See.
Extract of a letter from the Camp, dated ]uy 28.
" Within a day or two we have had five deserters
from the advanced posts of the enemy; two of them
are fcnfible honest looking fellows ; one that came in
this morning particularly so.—They have brought a
return of the enemy killed and wounded, amounting to
1052: most of the wounded are dead or in a danger
ous way: They have had no frefh provisions since the
affair of Noddle's Island; and are not like to have any
without fighting for it. One of the deserters went off
last night, with leave, to Philadelphia; he is a grena
dier of the Royal Irish. The deserters fay that yester
day morning General Gage surrendered, in the orders
of the day, his command of the army to General Howe,
and now ads only as civil Governor—That he is lam
pooned and despised by the whole army. —That Howe
is much censured for his mode of attack on our lines last
month.—That their artillery was wretchedly served;
aad what is more strange that all their spare car
tridges which they brought out, were twelve pound
ers, and they took out only nine pounders cannon,
so that when our people were obliged to quit their
lines the enemy had not one round of artillery.—
That young Richardson was the firft person who
munted our parapet ; you know him well, he is of the
18th ar Royal Irilh ; he is dangerously wounded.—
That their number of effective men is 4000 in Boston,
and 22C2 on Bunkers hill.—That they despair of
forcing outlines ; but talk ofgetting round us if they
can. —That 8 fail of transports and one frigate are
gone to filler's Bland and other places in the found
marauding, with 100 men That they have eroded a
large bomb battery on Bunker's Hill, and amogft 0-
thers two 18 inch French mortars. That our morning
guh, yefterdg, threwan 18 pound (hot into their in-
“ We expe& they will begin to bombard us in a day
or two; they cannot hurt bu benefit us ; they will ty
such means harden our men, and difeourage their owo:
I his we have experienced by their bombarding of
Roxbury.
Extract of a leeter from Cambridge, July ?1.
“ Lalt Friday we were informed by our out Gen
tries at the foot of Bunkers Hill, that the enemy had
cut down leveral large trees, and were busy 2d
night in throwing up a line and abbates in front of it.
— In the evening orders were g ven to the York coun
ty rifle company, to march down to our advanced post
On Charleftown neck, to endeavour to turround the
enemy's advanced guard, and to bring off feme prilom
ers ; from whom we expected to learn the enemy's de
sign in throwing up the abbatees on the Neck. The
rifle company divided and executed their plan in the
following manner : Capt. Dowdle with 39 men filed
off to the right ®f Bunkers Hill, and creeping on their
hands and knees, got into the rear of the enemies gen
tries, without being dilcovered —-The other divifioa
of 40 men, under Lieut. Miller, were equally fucceH
ful in getting behind the centries on the left, and were
within a few yards of joining the division on the right,
when a party of regulars came down the Hill to re tore
their guard, and crossed our rifle men under Capt.
Dowdle, as they were lying on the ground in an In
dian file. Ihe regulars were within 20 yards of our
rifle men before they saw them, and immediately fired.
The rifle men returned the salute; killed several, and
brought of two prisoners and their mufquets, with the
lots of Corporal Croufe, who is supposed to be killed
as he has not been heard of since the affair.
•' In return for this, the enemy alarmed us last night
in their turn. At one o'clock this morning a heavy fir
ing of lmdll arms and cannon occasioned our drums to
beat to arms. The army was immediately ordered
under arms to their posts. —The firing continued iu
three different quarters; Roxbury, Sewel's point, at
the mouth of Cambridge river, and at the advanced
ports at Charles- I'own Neck: Some hours elapsed be
fore we knew the design of the enemy, which was
this:—We had surrounded some of their out guards
the night before, which induced them to serve our {en
tries in thelame manner. They sent two flat bottom
ed boats to Sewel's point, to attack ouf redoubt there.
Sal led out at Roxbury and let file to the George Ta
vern,our advanced guard house.—Our people attacked,
beat them in, and took one prisoner, who is expeded
here every minute. The flat bottomed boats after u
useless fire of many hours returned. The picqfiet
guard of the enemy on Charles, Town Neck, attacked
and drove in our advanced guard of 60 men, who be
ing reinforced by General Lee's order, recovered their
ground and beat off the enemy, killed several, and
brought off seven muskets, without looting a man, .al
though our men engaged them under their guns within
point blank (hot of their lines.-^We are just informed
that 250 of the Marblehead bailors have formed am
Plowed Hill, and have drove in all the out guards as
the enemy.—The enemy do not appear to be very fond
of coming out. We shall harass them continually, and
for this reason want the aid of the rifle men, as only
one company is as yet come in."
campment cn the top of Bunkers Hill.— That the g;a
nadiers of the Royal Welch Fuzile ers amounted *&
to 40 at the attack last moftth, and are now reduced ta
Uroen.—That the „d regiment had 22 granadier,
killed out ,f 39. —that the inhabitants of Loken are
iifuled and miferabJy fed : That they will be foora
released, bccau fe provisions begin to be scarce.—That
the army begin to clamour for their pay : There, is no
cash ; and bills will not fell under 50 per cent difcouc%
The resolution of the Congress against gevernme^t
bills was wife, andjhas diftrefied the enemy exceedingly.
The Reading company of rifle men came in on Tuefday
the'rett are hourly expected and much wanted. Wehare
frequently thrown into their lines, on the wings of the
wind at night, hand bids; and propose to fend in a few
to-night: these bills are blown into their camp, and get
into the hands of their soldiers without the officers be
ingabe to prevent it. Major Bruce complained, at an
interview, the other day, of such ulage—We retorted
his decoying our centries from their pods ; two ralcals
having left us a day or two before, by his or lome other
officei's means.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY on the doth inst (May)
from the fubferiber, living in Baltimore, 41
Servant man named THOMAS ARNELL; :a
gardener, thirty-five years of age, about fix feet
high, dark complexion, and short black hair; had
on when he went away, a white jean coat, an old
blue furtout, a dark blue waistcoat, a pair of old
buckskin breeches, ribbed warfted flockings, half
worn shoes with plain brass buckles, an old linea
shirt, and an oznabrig ditto: He came from Eng
land about a year ago. It is supposed he has gone
in company with Matthew Henderson, twen
ty-eight years of age, about five feet seven or eight
inches high, pitted a little with the small pox, and
fays he is a Welchman; had on when he went
away, a white cloth coat and jacket, half worst
bucklkin breeches, blue worsted flockings, a pair
of shoes with steel buckles, and a felt hat; has his
hair ried, inclining to red. They are both muca
addicted to liquor. Whoever takes up said fervanc
and secures him in any gaol, shall have FORTY
SHILLINGS if in the county, and if out df
the county the above Reward, and re,ton:ibte
charges, paid by HENRY S T E°V ENSO N..
N. B. Said Henderson hath be^i e>r,pb„-»,
rat for some time as a gardener.