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the opportunity of getting in the firft night ; their plan
was of coorfe to cut them off, and afterwards to cut
us up. We kept between the enemy and convoy, by
which means they must have been obliged to cut
through out line, before they could get at the flore
flips. When tliey declined this opportunity of enga
ging us, we pushed for Gibraltar, sent in our ftore
fhips, and landed a relief of 1400 troops, aft-r which
we waited in the Streights mouth, expecting again to
fee them. The day after this bugdefs was effected,
they appeared in formidable order at day light in the
morning, directly to windward of us. Not having
room in rhe Narrows to form our line of battle, we
bore away out of the Streights, which probably they
took for flight. Is toon as we were out, we hauled
close in under the Barbary shore. All night we lay
there, in hopes thatthey would run out without us, and
by that means that we should get to windward of
them, which was all we wanted; as by such advan
tage only, we could bring them to close a&ion At
day light in the morning, we saw them again to wind
ward• they had been cautious to avoid falling to lee
ward,'knowing that close action would have been lord
Howe's manner of engaging, and the only decisive
way, particularly against such superiority of num
bers, 46 of the line to 34. They bore down in a line
of battle ; welay too for them in the fame order, but
our ad niral prophesied the mann-r j n which they would
engage us, and they did exactly so at a distance too
far to be decisive. H,wever, we received their fire for
four hoursand three quarters, beginning at fun set,
during which very little execution was done. ' We
had not a man killed in our (hip, in the center„of the
line, though many of their largest ships attacked us,
and their (hot pad through and over us. At half past
ten at night they hauled off, and kept to windward,
and were in fight all the next day, but did not choose
to bear down again to renew the attack, they were
fati<fied with what they had. If fortune had so far
favoured our admiral's wilhes, as to have given us the
wind of them, I am, from what I have seen of them,
convinced that we should have beat, and entirely de
seated their whole combined force, which, I believe,
would have gone near to have decided the fate of the
war: and I am persuaded I might have come home
with the command of a French or Spauifh (hip of the
line. As lam not so particular in my account as to
mark dates, it may be necehary to tell you, that
the engagement happened on the 20th, from half part
five in the evening till a quarter past ten, with an in
ceffant and furious fire from the enemy the whole time,
and very little from our fide, except at intervals ; our
officers in general thinking the distance so great as to
be only throwing away powder and ball."
The Dutch have two fail of the line at Elsinore, two
off the Naze of Norway, and two or three more in
the North seas; this is vastly superior to the British
force in that quarter, and deserves a particular atten
tion.
It has been the generally-received opinion, that
swallows, at the end of summer, emigrate to other
countries; but it is now clearly proved to be a vul
gar error. To afeertain this in the most accurate
manner possible, the honourable D. Barrington, and
several ingenious naturalifis, went upon the Cornilh
coast the beginning of last summer, and Shot a great
number of swallows the firft day of their appearance,
which they carefully diffeaed, but found no faeces in
any of them : this was a Self-evident proof, that in
stead of having travelled from a foreign clime, they
had lived in a Rate of torpidity during the winter.
Indeed we have many inflances of this truth, particu
larly j fe < y~s ago, after a severe froft, the banks
es ivr Eibe, in Germany, broke down in many
p^fy when {here were found an amazing quantity of
fCN %, hur. together in cluflers, quite in a torpid
State, %r as Soon as they were exposed to the power-
Gfray^ of the fun, they became lively and aflive.
C ) R K E, October 28.
The town of Statford, upon Slany, which the earl
of Aldborough, offers as an asylum to the migrating
The Jesuit is said to have thought his situation so
very unpromising as to have put him, at length, up
on determining to dissolve parliament; but this a
great personage is said to have put a negative upon.
The return of Mr. Fox into the cabinet, is now
considered as an event more than likely to take place,
and if reports are to be credited, the man of the peo
ple will Shortly become the favorite of the Sovereign.
If the Shelburne party reigns predominant after the
meeting of parliament, it my reasonably be expected
that the interior or efficient cabinet will be again reviv
ed under the baneful auspices of the old Pr—p—r.
An order was given yesterday for two Ships of the
line to fail immediately to join the cruizers in the
North-Seas, it appearing that the Dutch are in greater
force than was expected.
France still, infills as a preliminary, to have one of
the Dutch ports in India as an equivalent for their
saving the Cape of Good Hope.
Governor Elliot had at Gibraltar, when the fleet
arrived, three months provisions untouched, but in the
articles of powder and ball they began to be very Short ;
so that had the relief been postponed till after chrift
mas, they must inevitably have been on the point of
surrender.
It is presumed, that the description of the burning
glasses invented by Archimedes, fuggefled to M de
Buffon the idea of conftruaing his glass, consisting of
168 little plain mirrors, which produced so considerable
a heat, as to set wood in flames at the distance of 209
feet; melted lead at that of 120 ; and silver at that of
5 0.
We are assured that the matter - general of the ord.
nance, who. was lately reviewing the batteries at Yar
mouth, haa cut off every Superfluous perquisite and
additional pay of the engineers and others employed
on the works. These, with many other retrench
ments in his excellency's department, will constitute
a clear annual saving of 60,0001. to the nation.
NORWIC H, November 9,
DUBLI N, November 2.
On Wednesday last the honourable the
General Assembly of this Commonwealth
met here.
Philadelphia, January 18, 1783.
B Y virtue of a Writ of Levari Facias to
me dhecled, will be exposed to Public Sale, on
WEDNESDAY tie 29th inff. at 12 o'clock said day,
at the Ort Cofr, hou e, A certain MESSUAGE anil
LO r of GROUND, situate on the south fide of Pew.
ter-Platter-alley, between F,ont and Second ftreers, in
the city cf Philadelphia, being about 20 feet front on
said alley, and 40 feet deep, more or l<.(s, bounded by
los of Robert Grace and Thomas Shute; subj Ct to
_ , and late the estate of Samuel Mir (hall, de
ceaf d. WM WILL, sh? iff.
On the Premises.
On MO ND AY Next,
The 20th of January, instant, at TEN c'Clock in the
Forenoon,l
"|~HAT elegant PLACE belonging to
the fubferiGr, situate in P ff,unk townflup, with
in one mile o' the South-ftret of the cits, divided in
to LOTS, as follows, viz
Genevefe, and which, if they fettle there, may be
called Le Petite Geneva, is on a most excellent and
elegant design, having four principal streets at right
angles, in the centre of which, in an aera, or place
of two hundred and sixty feet diameter, a handsome
obelisk is to be ere&ed, for the double purpose of a
fountain and an illumination. The situation is most
deferable, and in a cheap and honest country.
A quantity of Raw Silk in
.faint, to be Sold at the City Vendue Store, in Front
flreet, on Mondar, the 3! of February, in bunclts of
x and 3 pounds.
*#* In the account of Mr. Miller's motives for
visiting this continent, inserted in our last, our readers
are desired to make the following Erratum : In
column 2, page 1, line 20, for paracided, react
PARACIDAL.
Philadelphia, January 18 1-83
BY virtue of a Writ of Venditioni Ex
ponas to me directed, wi be exposed to Sale, at
the Premises, on MONDAY the 3d of February n*xt,
at io s'clock in the Forenoon, A certain MESSU
AGE and about One Half Acre of LAND, situate in
Smithfield township, about - miles from Philadel
phi , bounded by lands of Samuel Alien and Jamas
V^ntant ; Did to be a good stand for a shopkeeper or
tradesman ; late the property of Jahn Lewis, and tak
in Execution, by WM. WILL, (her ff.
RAN A WAY on Chrifimas Eve, from the
fubferiber. living in Wilmington, Nw Castle
county, and Delaware state, a NEG RO Mn, na
med Charles, (formerly London) a (pare, genteel fel
low, about five feet ten or eleven inches high, has a
high note and forehead, very will made, is talkative,
and held in appearance, fond of (Long liquor, has a
small fear over one of his eyes. Hr had on and took
with him, two white linen shirts, one ruffled the other
plain, on# old tow linen ditto, one per of old leather
breecnes, one pair of fine wh te worked (lockings, one
pair dark yarn ditto, a pair of good boots, new (hoes, a
new fine hat, an old round dirtq, a fcailt coat and w^ift
coa , n Id blue cloth great-coat with a white velvet cape,
an oid blown round made jacket lined with tow linen,
with wjoden buttons; .2^o a brass burl'd pittol has
been broke at the butt and mended. Ar the fame time
a Negro M n, named Sam, belonging to Mr. Gunning
Bedford, ran off with the above described Negro, and
were both seen at the city of Philadelphia; Sam has
been fierce taken up on board of a brig in the'eity, and
was just going tn sea, and it is supposed that Charles
will endeavour to make his escape the fame w^v ; Sam
informs he had obtained a pa s from a free Negtoe in
this town, by the name of Poll, under which name
and pass he now puffer. All captains of v^fiels are
forewarned taking the aforesaid Negro Gs. Whoever
apprehends and secures the abovementioned Negro, (0
that the owner may get him again, shall receive the
above reward, and all reasonable charges if brought
home, paid by the (übfcribtr,
. DANIEL J. ADAMS,
Wilmington, Jan. 7, i„„
The Terms of Sale will be, to pay one third of the
purchase within a week from the day of sale, one third
more within fix months from the day of sale, with in
tereft, and the remaining one-third within one year
frill the day of fie, ^ith interest. Deeds will be
made on the firft payment, giving security for the re
mainder.. A Plan of the Lots may be fern at the fub
fefribcr's house in Fourth street, between Lombard and
South-freets. BENJAMIN HEMINGS.
Philadelphia, Jan. 18.
To be Sold by Public Audios,
No. 1, 4 ac 's, i quarter and odd perches,
2. 4 ditto ditto,
3, 3 dirto, 2 ditto ditto,
4, 2 dirto ditto,
5, 2 ditto, 3 ditto ditto,
6, 8 ditto, odd perches, with an elegant
House, Garden, &c. &c.
7, 4 ditto,
8, 4 ditto.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
Imported in the last Vettels from France, By
yohn Richard & Co.
And Opened for SALE at their STORE, the second
door above Vine-street, in Front street:
Confining of the following ARTICLES
BROAD and narrow Mantuas of all colours, plain
ftfiped and figured,
Sattinrts andj Persians oq all colours,
Padusfay and rich figured Silks,
Plain and painted Ribbons in boxes,
Black hair Ribbons,
Plain and figured Sitting,
Black and white Modes and Peelongf,
Plain and assorted Sewing Silks,
Artificial Flowers in bunches and wreaths,
Plain, striped, pointed and embroidered Gauzes,
Fiffrny Handkerchiefs and Aprons, and in the piece,
B ack, white and coloured Ostrich Feathers and Plumes,
K d Gloves,
Silk, cotton and thread Hose,
Chintzes, Calicoes, Britannia# and Cheeks,
Cotton and linen Handkerchiefs,
Yard wide and 7-8 Linens,
Superfine and fe:ond Cloths, Naps, &c.
White and coloured Threads,
Batavia and Chinese Patterns,
Cambricks and Lawns,
Rich and common Fans,
Calimancoes of all colours,
A few patterns of elegant Q^t for ladies petticoats,
Moroco Pocket Books,
An Assortment of down Puffer
N. B. Flour, tobacco, or tobacco notes, bar
iron ftrte and continental securities, the honourable
financier's notes, and pap # r currency of any of the
states, are received in payment.
Market,
AN elegant assortment of Dry Goods; also Molas
ses in hogsheads and tierces, Spermaceti and
Spermaceti Candles in boxes, a few calks of Indigo,
Sheet-Lead, &c.
With many other ARTICLES too tedious to men
tion, which will be disposed of on reasonable Terms
far Cash, Tobacco, or Bills on any part of Europe.
Reed & Ford,
At their store, in Front-street, two doors above the
To begin on TUESDAY EVENING next, and con
tinue every Evening after, during the Week :
Among which are the following Authors, viz.
CHAMBERS's Dt&ionary of Arts and Sciences;
James's Medecinal Di&ionary ; Jacobs's Law
Dictionary ; Beawes's Merchants Dictionary; English
Dictionaries by various authors; French and English
Dictionaries; Latin and English, English and Latin,
Dictionaries ; Virgil, Homer, Horace, and all the daf
fies, with Translations by Clarke, Davidson, &c. and
those in ufum Delphini, &?. Rollin's Roman History ;
Bell's Letters, &c. Smollett's Hiftoty of England, with
Continuations ; Josephus's History of the Jews ; Rott's
History of last War; Knox's American Campaigns ;
Robertson's Hiftorv of Charles the Vth, and History of
Scotland; TranfiCtions of the American Philosophi
cal Society ; The British Poets : Together with a great
Variety of the latest entertaining and new Novels,
Voyages and Travels, Adventures, Plays, Pamphlets,
Magazines, Periodical Papers, &c. &c.
Note. Catalogues to be had on Monday next at
PRICHARD's Circulating Library, and at the Place
of Sale. January 17.
In Walnut-street,
Hyfon and Bohea Tea, light and
dark ground Chintzes and Calicoes, Flanders Linen,
Sheetings and coaife yard wide Cloths. Jara. 18.
Imported in the last vessels from Europe, and to be
Sold by
AUCAIO N
Of a very valuable Collection of BOOKS,
Confiding of about One Thousand Volumes,
At the City Vendue-ftore,
CAME into the encl >fure of the fubferiber, feme
time past, A Brown HOPSE, about 3 years old,
13 hands high, no brad or mark perceivable. The
owner is desired to com# and prove property, pay
charges and take him away, SAMUEL FISHER.
Office of the Consul General of France.
Philadelphia, January 14th, 1783.
TXT HEREAS all expences concerning the French
V frigates, now in this bay, and all expenses what
soever concerning his most chriftian majesty's navy, in
tie department of the consul general, residing at Phi
bdelphi^., are actually paid upon delivery of the goods,
materi it or provdions: these are to notify all persona
who may have furnifhed, or mav furnifh for the future
any goods, materials or provisions, or do any service
v?hatfoever on said account, that no money will be paid
under pretence of credit having been given, or any o
ther pretence whatsoever ; and that the consul general
or his agent, will not be answerable for any money af
ter eight diys from the delivery of the goods, materi
als, provifior s, nor for any call whatsoever refptding
money service. By d red ion of the consul general.
OST^R, Vice-Consul of France.
Just Imported in the Ship Intriped from France, and
for SALE, at the STORE of
yohn Donnaldfon & Co.
Assortment of Dry Goods,
AN ELEGANT