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Philadelphia, April 5, ±7Bl.
On Tuejday, the Firfl
Day of May next,
Will be Sold at Public Vendue,
Atthe Coffee-houfe, at S 1 X o'clock in the Evening
(It not Sold before &t private Sale,)
About Twenty-four acres
of exceeding good LAND, in P^ff unk township, uif
rant between two and three miles Torn the Court-house,
bring part of that elegant and well known place for
aner^y owned by Mr. JOHN ROUSE, situate oil the
east fide of R ,life's lane, The said 24 acres will be
divided into fmr Lots, and f Id fe:arately t
One of them containing five'aefta two.quarters.
O ie other of them, five acres, two quarters and
twelve percher.
One other of them, five acres, three quartern §
And the other of them, Seven acres and one quarter.
And each Lot has 2 fr^nt upon the fed line of a
bent go perched in width. Ne rone half part of each
cf the laid Lots fronting the lane, can lifts of good up
land Meadow, and the remainder may, at a fm+ll ex
pence, be converted into Meadow, as it has been well
manured yea!y for feme years p ft, ^nd a great deal of
dung has been hauled o, 0 lathy, A Plan o' said
Lots may be seen at thee % ff^bo ^e; or at th? Cffi^
of ASHETON HUMPHREY'^, in Back b@rfc alley,
rezr Front Sheet, or at th. Mouse ei the Suhfcn^c, in
Fourth-fleet, between Lombard and South-ftrtetii,
near the New Play-howft; at which two latt mentioned
places any Person, who is defiru. of purchasing all or
either of the above Lots, may be m^dz ^qu mtd with
the terms of Sale. BENJAMIN HEMINGB.
T - 'n7oT tTr- Y=
Of a large and corn pleat sett of INSTRU
MENTS of Surgery, of fad and filter, for all forts of
operations in that art; together with 28 volumes 61 the
memoirs and premiums of the Royal Academy of tur.
gery of P^ris.
Those Instruments may be depended on far th ir be
ing g°°d, a hd well maile, having been ordered by a
furgon for his own uL. The number of Tickets rail
be one hundred, at fix hundred dollars each.
Since this Lottery has been advertised, the Owner
of the Instruments and Books, thought proper to add
to it the following Article;, without toe kaft alteration
in the number or price of the Tickets :
Qne good Silver Watch,
One Stock Bock^ let with Stone,
One Gold Hat B&nd,
Ore Pair of Knee Buckle# set with Stohe,
One God Ring with a Stone in it,
On, very large Manteau of Superfine Cloth,
Thole gentlemen wlo choose to fee the above Articles,
will apply to Mr. Matthew le Marre, flyer-Smith, in
Front-fleet, the corner of Cheihut^ftreet, next door
teMr. Wood, watch-maker.
7 he Tickets m^y be had of the Keeper of the Coffee
ligule, who will answer far the Money in case the Lot
tery is not filled up. The Dy of drawing will be art
vcrt:fed in rh^ paper. There will be as mrny Lots as
it will thought proper the moment cf drawing it.
Philadelphia, Feb. 281 b, 1781.
The gentlemen acting as Lieu
tenants m rhl State, will cbCrve that a considerable
penalty is inflated by the pyefent Militia Law, on tQoic
who nrpia to return their accounts for settlement in
a certain fmited time therein mentioned; they are
likewise informed that no aooums will be passed at the
Auditors office unless the captains returns, by which
the Sub-Lieutenants m^de t^fir collations, are produ
ced ; and also returns of . lithe Dails in the r respec
tive difhri&, in order to afrertain, that the fines im
posed by the a& of M=rch noth 1780, aie duly colled
ed and accounted for. The Lieuunaras sad Sub Lieu
t?n?nts, whole accounts prio. to th? p Ring the present
Militia law, remain unsettled, may be allured, that
etle&ual heps will be taken to oblige an immediate fet
(lement.
Was taken off an island
fn Schuylkill, by Daniel Burrri, cf Lower M^rrhn
township, ;n Lon-roan coloured DORSE, about five
veers old, does rot appear to have be:n thud. The
verier, proving hisproperty and paying charges, may
hire hiraagriu, by 3 ppbi% as above# March 31,
VOL. X. 1
TUESDAY,
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6 R, THE.
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published every TUESDAY and SATURDAY.
BLUE, purple, brown,1
green, light colour
ed, white ard fezr
let fupei fine B r oifcloths,
Blue, purple, browr,
gr<er, light coloured,
white and fcarld second f
Broadcloths,
Plains ^nd Hrifthicke,
Sea I t, tuff aed waitt
luperfine C^ffimers,,
Blue, purple, brown,l
leaflet and lead colour
ed Frizes,
Blue, brewn, purple, fcir
[ty and lead coloured
Citings and Duffils,
Crimson, blue, brown,
black, green and mot
fed Velvet# and Velve
rets,
Corduroys and ThickOtts
of all colours and faffii.
ons,
Blue, brown, white, green
and ch&ngratle Hair
bines,
C^mblets of all colour:
and fiaenefe,
Corded Wortteds and E
verl^ftingg
Serves find Serge-denims,
Sfigs drj am,
PraM^as and Prince?
S uff,
RriLls ^ed CaHmancopSb
Durants and Tammies of
all colours,
Duroons and Duroys,
Pfins,
Masquerades,
Dorfeteen,,
Black, blue, green, cla
ret, plumy, walnut
cringe, garnet, pink
and white Pc fisns,
Black T.ffites,
Black and lowered Grog
rams,
Back, gay,light, plumb,
-striped, clouded "nd
orange coloured Tpuf
ftlmans,
M'xicsn^,
Pickings,
Pe+long^,
Satins -nd Mbd^s of all
colons.
OST E N D; November 26.
^^ 11 E Hanover packet boat, which failed on the
* 22d infant from this port, with the mail front
Dover, wasjoon after chafed by a Dunkirk private r,
and ran on (here between Dunkirk and Newport. Tie
m^il ws thrown overboard, and is loft. Part of the
crew fivel rn^mfelves by means of their boat, and
are arrived here ; the rest were taken aid conducted
to Dunkirk, by a detachment of French dragoons.
Berlin, Nov. 28. Last week the king quitted his
fumroer residence at Sans-Sotrci, and retides now in his
pdace.,t Potzdam, from whence he is expected here
in toe course of nexi month. His majefly has ap
pointed count Delufi, ter be his minifier pleuiporenti
ary at the court of London in the room of count de
Maltvan, who has requeued his recall.
Hamburgh, Nov- 28. M- de Gross, the Ruffin
resident, hath delivered to our regency, a copy of the
treaty cf alliance concluded between his c> i uft and
that of Denmark, signed the 9th of niy, and ratified
on the 21st of the feme month, old bile, at Peters
burgh. At the bottom of tin's treaty is added the ac
cession of the court of Sweden,
Just Imported from Europe,
AND TO BE SOLD,
Wholesale and Retail,
WILLIAM NICHOLS,
On the Ner.h Side of Market street, oppefite the
Indian King,
A Large and General Assortment of the
Following Articles, viz.
THE
lAn elegant Affortmtnt of
Hire dec,
Black, white, pink, gar
net, oian^e, straw co-
Imired aiTbownMari
tuas,
I A Quantity of Triffi and
Dutch Linens,
Checks and Stripes,
Checked and striped cot
ten Srims,
j S^ttin ans p^duafoy Jac
ket Pat-ein- elegantly
kmtoured,
Mat feiiles Quilting.,
-Dteethies and Drapers,
Jaconet and Book Mui
lm%
Plain and figured K<nt
ings and kertting Hand
kerchiefs,
Cambricks and Lawns,
Lawn Handkerchiefs and
Apran Patterns;
Millions Lawns,
D*rk Cal coe<,
Silk, cotton, thread and
worft^d Hose of diffe
rent colours,
A large Afforrment of fa
fhiortable fill Gxuze,
Silk and cotton Handker
chief of all kinds and
colours,/
A Quantity of the bell
sewing Silk of all c
lours,
Purple and white Gloves
and Mit%
A Quaraitv 0, thr<ad Lar»,
A huge Aildrtment of <he
most fashionable R;b
bandt,
Tories and Mohairs of a'l
co <mrs,
Pined 2nd gilt Buttons,
TWIy Grfos,
Quality Bindings,
Shoe ditto,
Shk Ferret,
Thpei and Bobbins,
ALSO,
A Quantity' of Ciaret in
Ho^Crod-,
'With „any other ARTI
CLES, too tedious to
enameia^.
Paris, Nov. 26. By letters from Cadiz, of the Bth
instant, we are informed, that count d'Eßaing, on his
failing a fecund time from that port, on the 7th took:
with him eight new bomb vessels, and four fire ships,
which circumstance has given rife to many conjectures
of their being droned for a secret expedition.
The frigate fjmazone, commanded by M. de iz
Teroufe, arrived at I'Orient the 23d instant from
Newport, in North, which place flie left on the 26th
of last mohth. The vifeount de Rochambeau, who
came express on board the said frigate, with dispatch
es, but from th 6 rank and character of the bearer, it
is supposed, that they contain nothing disagreeable.
tO N D O N.
Dec. 16. The Cerberus frigate saw the combined
fleets the firfl of December, and counted them four
^ a g, forty fail of the hue, and upwards cf 100 fail of
flipping, under convoy, which seemed landing un
der an easy fail for Rocaford, Nantz, &c.
Dec. 2,. The Dihch ambassador was not yefterdajr
at court, but it is raid he has not yet received his
. letters of recall.
Almofl every ship that lay for fair, or lay idle in
the Thames, was bought up yesterday, men instantly
employed to fit them out, and make them ready, with
all potable dispatch, in expectation to ad as letters
of marque and privateers agrinft the ships and vessels
of the United States.
Sir Joseph Yorke is not immediately expected in
England, but we can affore^our readers, that he has
left the Hague, and is to wait upon the continents
with the future directions of government.
Great expe&atio± a r e raised, that fir Joseph Yorke
on his arrival in England will be appointed fecr^tar,
of state, as he is undoubtedly one of the ablest andl
moll experienced ministers employed in his majefly's
feryice..
Several letters received by the Dutch mail advise,
that fir Joseph Yorke's last spirited memorial had.
seemingly involved the states general in great difficult
ty and confufion.
It is said a prohibition will be issued against the
Dutch felling out of our funds, on occafi^n of the
approaching war, but the interest will be paid ah
usual.
Expresses have been sent to every port in Great-
Britain and Ireland, to stop all the Dutch ships that
may be found in their harbours.
YeflerJay draughts were made out of the firfl regi
ment of guards for America; several turned out vo
lunteers from each company, and are to be ready for
embarkation on C^riAmas-day.
'I he directors of the Eaft-Tndia company, in a v^ry
full court on Thursday night last, came to the fol
lowing resolution unanimously : Resolved, that fir
Thomas Rumbold, baronet, be removed from the go
vernment of fort St. George, in the Eaftindies, and
that toe right honorable lord Macartney, be recom
mended to the general court of proprietors, as a fit
and able person to succeed to that government.
A general court of proprietors of Eaftrindia flock
will be held on or about the ic:h of next month, for
the appointment of a person to succeed to the vacant
government of Madrafs.
_Dec. 3. Yederday ad vice was received that ten Dulch
ships failed from the Texel the 20th instant, for France
laden with Pores ; but two days after they fell in with
two of his muiedy'sfrigates, who took four of them
the other ffofcaped and put back to the Texel..'
Extr.ia 01 a letter from the firft Lieutenant of an
Engbfh privateer that was taken by a French fri-
R"", and carried into Breff, is on parole in that
town, and intimately acquainted with the officer that
is the tubjeri of th^ following letter. It is dated
Noy. 15.
“ On t^e 10th infl a reformed officer from an Trfh
regiment, woo had resided here for fix years, and is ^
Irishman by birth, wis app r e lended as a spy, on fuf
pjcion or lending intelligence to England. He was
taken in bis apartments his person immediately seized
aid his pockets (earched, his clba'ths pulled off and
ev-ry part of his body r x imined, but no papers' f
any kind were found that could give any information
of his guilt; his drawers and every place were Grimy
looked into, bin nothing was difco:erc-d that could
lead to ground the evidence of his being a spy. He
however wms carried before the Governs and asked
many quellons : that fufpmion ar^fe from the f-ec,u rn
c, of iris being Cen in the dock-yard, and ordnance
where the ho es were kept. He was a fed why he was
there so often,, to which he anfver d, that beino r ^
f r met, he bad all hi time upon his hands, and went
there to mouse hnnfelf for ^ hour or tw o occasionally.
havemg Gen in the ferric? for federal years, be took a'
picture in feeing the prepaid ons th t ware carrying
onlor the continuance of the prudent war. *
A PRI L 17, 17^.
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