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On M (> ND A Y,
The 3d of September, at 10 o'Clock, in
the Forenoon, At the Coffee-Houfe,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
The Brigantine Active!
With all her Guns, Tackle, A,panel and Furniture,
as (he nnv lays at B ight's whar*, between Rare and
Vint-Hrjets, agreeable to an Inveroov to be seen
2' the M^rthal'* Office and & Place of Sale ; B^a
Prize, taken by du privateer Ship ROYAL LOUIS.
B/ Order o r th C u* of Alm'raltv,
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
cIVyT^PctTo N.
„, H E fubferiber hers leave to inform the public,
j( that, at the Chy-Vendue-ftore in Front-Arm.
between Market and Arch ffreets, Good?, Warrs and
Merchandize are received, to be dilpofed of, cither at
public or private sale— —-T e public title will be held
weekly oh Tuesday— •The fto^ vi'l be open for the
reception of goods, from 8 o' io<k in the Morning to
7 o'clock in the Evening.—On Market days, attend
ance will be given at the Coffee house, from eleven to
one o'clock, for the sale of whatever articles may be
ftnt there; proper stores are provided for receiving
turn, sugar, &c. every attention will be lliewn to the
difyofal of goods and merchandize that may be lent
for either public or private file, and due dispatch arid
punctuality observed in settlement. Those who are
pleased to favour him with dry goods for public file,
are requested to fend them to the store in time for ad
vertising, which will be on Saturday preceeding the
sale. JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
Philadelphia, 29th August, 178*.
The First of September, at 6 o'Ciock in
the Evening, at the Coffee-Houfe,
WILL BE SOL D,
Three, three Story, well finished.
BRICK HOUSES,
With the LOTS on which they fland, being each 14
. feet front and 65 feet deep, fitu^tucn the eafi fide ei
Front-ftreef, near the north corner of South street,
bounded on the feuh fide by Captain Keith's, and on
the north by a vacant Lot ; immediate peffeffion will
be given ; the said Houfea now rent for 50 p & r y<hr.
Aug. 29. JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
TO BE SOLD,
By public SALE, at the Cofftohoufe, on Saturd y
next at twelve o'clock :
A two fiery brick tenement and lot of ground, situ.
ate on the south fide of Union street, neat Fourth
ftreet, containing in breadth 20 feet, and in letyh or
depth 80 feet; fubjedt to a ground- rent of five pounds
per annum : now in the tenure of Tuomas Fez,' it
rents for 20 pounds per annum;
Also, a two dory brick house, kitchen and lot of
ground, situate on the east fide of Laurel frret, next
door to the corner of Spruce street) co twining in
breadth 15 feet and an half, mo~c or lets, and in
depth 45 ;e&t, now in the tenure f Capt Colly, it his
the privilege of a 3 feet Aliy, and rents for 30 pounds
par annum, fubjett to a ground rent of 6 pounds per
annum.'
Also, another two ffory brick house, kitchen and lot
of ground, adjoining the Torementioned, containing
15 feet and an half in 'rradth, and 45 feet in
d&ptb, nowjn the tenure of Janes Gibbons, it has the
privilege of a 3 feet Alley, and rents for 30 pounds
per annum, subj a to a ground-rent of 6 pounds per
annum.
Likewrfe to be fold, a frame stable that will hold 2
tons of hay, nearly ^djrining the faici two houses; it
is divided into two appaitments. and will hold two
hones and a cow, and with lord] expence may make
room for a chaiP, th? lot on which it fluids, pays a
rent of 6 pounds per annum.
Philadelphia, Auguff z 7 ®, >,Sx.
VOL. X.l
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 17811
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O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Sixpence.
To the Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet.
TXTHER^AS various falfe reports have be n circulate
e d, concerning the death of John Sottenftap,
much to my dr a^hta^e, your inserting the Coroner's
inqueß in the next packet, will oblige
ROBERT TOWERS, Junior.
County of Philadelphia, to wit,
4 N inquifitton takbn in Lombard street, in the ci
ty of Pihdripbia, August 27th, in the year of
ohr L>rd one thonfend seven hundred ^nd eighty one,
before Joseph Rulh, Coroner for the. said county, up
on view of the body of John SottenfTH, weaver, then
and there lying dead, and upon the qualifications 0
John Knight, Jhn O'K 1% James Pot.r, Peter Dr^s,
Janus Gallagher, Samuel divert, Ludwig Kuhn, Ju
co> Brittol, John Thompson, Daniel Da s, Grorpe
Moore arid Willi m Eckhart, twelve good and law
ful men of the said couny, duly quabn-d ?^d charg
ed to inquire when, how, end by what m^.ne the
Lid John Sottenftail came to his death, do upon their
qualifications fay, that the said John SettenfiJl, a,
appears by Do&or Slippen's evidence, di^d o' too
large a dose of mercurial corfofive sublimate, Uk?n
on the 14th instant, of which he languish d un il the
26th indent, and then died, which three is several
circumstances inducing us to believe the said John Sot
tenfcll had taken through mistake, from a ftiell be
longing to Patrick Wilson,
(Copy) JOSEPH RUSH, Coroner. (Seal.)
To be SOLD by Public Sale;
On Wednesday the sth of September n 3 xt, at Six
o'clock in the Evening, at the Cofte-Houfe, if not
fold before at private file,
AMeffuage or 1 enement and I ot of
Ground, situate on the north fide of Walnut
ftreet, between Front and Second-streets, next door to
the house occupied by Joseph Price, containing in
breadth 15 feet, and in depth 48 feet; with a good cel
lar and vault under the yard : the whole clear of ground
rent. For terms enpuire of David Lapflsy, in Second
ftreet, between Market and Chefnut-ftreets, next door
to Mr. Daniel Dupuys ; or to John Gray, in Union
ftreet, near Second-ltieet.
Fifty Tons of Logwood,
Will be Sold by Public Vendue,
On SATURDAY,
The First of September next,
At TEN o'Ciock in the Forenoon,
At MIFFLIN's Wharf, near Vine-ftrtet:
For the convenience of Purchafer* it will be divided in
to Lots of One Ton ench : Being Part of the Estate
of Samuel Mifflin, Enquire, deceased.
Aug. 24. WILLIAM ATTMORE, Executor.
TO BE SOFDC
By the fobferibrr, on the east fide of Second.ftreet,
below Union street, and one door from the corner
of Pine-street, the following goods, viz.
TRifh mess-bees in tierces, barrels, and
4 half-barrel, po:k in half barrels, extraordinary
good ; Md.ia wine bv the pipe, hoglhead or gallon,
L : fbon ditto, by the Hogfhe d, quarter-c^fk, or gallon,
coffee, tea and fugsrs by whokfile and retail, English
soap by ditto, ditto, Scotch fnuff, manufaaured in
Gld>ow, a quintiy of in ware, j?pan'd and plain,
Englifi? loatns and fcrabbing brushes, English made
fallow jackets, br-.cc es, drawers and fyirts, fhoer and
hats, fine and coarse callicoes, handkerchiefs, flock
inrs and threats, Tully grittes, a few fi kins of butter,
2nd sundry other goods not here mentioned
DAVIS BEVAN.
N. B. English Double Gloucefler Cheese.
An Apprentice to a very
genteel Botines is wanted, on advatag^ous Terms.
For Luther information apply to the Printer.
"EREAS KATY, the wife of the fu briber,
has f pirated from his bed and board, and
otherwif behaved in a must fhuneful and unbecoming
manner: These are therefore to forewarn aU^ffons
from crediting her, in any refyea, as I will pi, do
debts of her coulra&mg 'r m this date.
Aug. 28. ROGER MALEY, f his Mark.
Capitulation of the island of TOBAGO, between the
count DE GRASSE, commander of his mob chrifti^
an majesty's naval forces, and the marquis DE EOT
ILLIE, commander in chief over the French road
ward islands in America, on one fide,
And the hon. GEORGE FERGUSON, efq ; comman
der in chief of the island of TOBAGO, and major
STANHOPE, commander of his British majesty's
forces in the said island, on the other fide.
rriHE governor, chief officers, officers of
Art. 1. I thetroops, and soldiers in the garrison
of the island of Tobago, shall quit the
redoubt and forts with all the honours of war and shall
immediately after lay down their arms, the officers ex
cepted.
Art. 2. The troops shall be directly sent to France,
except the officers, who are permitted to remain on pa
role, the children and wives of the soldiers shall follow
the fame destination.
Art. 3. The inhabitants of the island shall preserve
their civil government, customs and laws; jufiice shall
be administered by the fame persons as at present, till
peace or a< long as they behave themselves becomingly.
.The court of chancery shall be held by the members
of the council, and as eftablilhed by the pr frnt laws
and customs till peace, but appeals from t is courrp?. ill
be so his most chriftian majesty.
Art. 4. The inhabitants in general of the said if.and,
rind the ministers of their church, shall remain in hu!
possession of their goods and properties of WIY~L : GU,&
soever, they likewise shall maintain all pria ^ - - hnh
honours, and exemptions, shall be allowed free exercise
of their religions, and the minifies fha.il enjoy their
livings.
The free negroes and mulattoes shall retain Nui
freedom, but in future no slave shall be made free „ r.-
out permission of the governor general, purfc. - ..
the custom established in the French iflmds.
Art. 5. The inhabitants shall pay no further u
ties than those heretofore paid to his Britannic majefly.
The expences attending the adminifiration of jufii<,
the faicries allowed the clergy and ordinary expences
of government, shall be supported by the colony.
Goods exported shall pay the fame duties as are paid
in the French colonies, and imports likewise.
They shall enjoy all privileges granted to the fub
je&s of his mos tchriftian majesty, in his colonies to
windward of America.
Art. 6. The inhabitants shall not pay the 1200 joes
exacted and granted in the preliminary capitulation,
but shall be at the expence of rebuilding such houses as
were burnt during the siege, so that the fufferers be at
no farther cofl than their dividend of the charges for
rebuilding the fame.
Art. 7. The effects, and particularly the slaves who
have been taken during the siege, and are to be found,
provided they belong to the inhabitants, shall be return
ed ; and such slaves as have been carried on board the
French fleet shall be relanded and delivered up to the
provost Marshal.
N. B. That the ships which were taken before, or
since the reduction of this island shall not be returned,
nor their cargoes.
Art. 8. The fhifs, (mall craft and drougbers, be
longing to the inhabitants shall remain their own, but
English vessels from Europe or the English islands shall
be faithfully given up to the French governor.
Art. 9. Absentees, even such as are in his Britannic
majesty's service, fnall remain in full possession and
enjoyment of their properties, which may be held by
their attornies.
Art. 10. The inhabitants shall be obliged to 1 dge
the troops as in the French inlands, but this in una
voidable cases only, it being in general at the expence
of the king, and in his own buildings.
Art. 11. The inhabitants shall furnifh 400 negroes,
to work on the fortifications or to be otherwise em
ployed in the service of the king, and they shall be fur
nifhed with pick axes and oth/r necessary implements
by their maflers, but those negroes shall be fed at t e
expence of the king as long as they are engaged in his
service.
Art. 12. The inhabitants shall take an oath of fide
lity to his most chriftian majefly before the governor
and within two days under pain of forfeiting their ef
fects. But such (particularly widows) who by sickness,
absence, or any other obflacle cannot comply with the
above terms, shall have a farther indulgence, which
shall be fignifid to th<m.
Art. 13. The inhabitants shall obfervea Arid neu
trality, and shall not be compelled to take up arms a
gainf lhis Britannic majesty, or any power whatever
in consequence of which they are to bring all their
armes to a place appointed, which are to be deposited
in the king's magazines, except such as the juffices of
the peace may think necessary to be kept in every
house, to keep peace amongst the negroes ';but th^G
[NUMB. 776.