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" pro^effive order for every succeeding repetition of
" that flagitious offence, until a perfed reformation be
" effected in the condud of all and every (uch trans
" greffor.
" And whereas, for the better prevention of fraud
" and injustice in rhe adminifiration of the last-men
" tinned clause, it is thought highly necessary; that
" the said chief justice should be an approved member
" of the said hoty Bate of matrimony, and that his
" consort upon all and ev ry of the informations so as
" aforefaid to be exhibited, concerning the said, feve
" ral, and refpe&ive immoralities, and clandestine
" proceedings ; should be aiding and assisting, so as to
" investigate and properly anolize the chief foundati
“ ons thereof, and make her joint report with the said
" justice in writing, in order if possible to let the mea
" lure of justice take its due cpurfe. And whereas also
" for the further and more effectually barring all the
" views of designing wives, who, actuated by finif
" ter motives, and in view of destroying the reputati
" on of their consorts, might multiply groundless and
" unwarrantable, accusations, merely to give colour to
" some secret gallantry or lawless connexion. In or
'' der therefore to guard against such fallacious con
" du&, it is ordained, that every husband who (hall
" think himfelf aggrieved by the unjust accusations of
" his consort (hall have liberty of appealing to a ju
" ry of old batchelors and old maids, composed of an
" equal number, not to exceed twelve in the whole,
" whose verdict upon a fnil examination of the merits,
" and hearing mutual aggressions and offences fairly
" stated by the advocates of the parties, shall be final
" and conclusive, any law, cu(lom or usage to the con
“ trary notwithflanding.
Philadelphia, Nov. 16.
It was yeflerday morning currently reported, that
accounts from England by the way of New-York, as
late as the 20th of September, mention that lord Howe
was Hill in port, not being of force fufficient to at
tempt the relief of Gibraltar. That the English mer
chants were very uneasy at the Dutch fleet having
failed towards the Baltic, as the convoy for the British
merchantmen was very feeble. That the fladtholder
had been severely r prim nded by their high mighti
neffes for detaining the fleet : was for feme time obliged
to keep incog, to avoid the resentment of an enraged
populace, and that if he shewed the least partiality to
the British in future, the consequences would be fatal
to himfelf and family.
STATE of PENNSYLVANIA.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Wednesday, November 13, 1782.
The BILL entitled, " An Aft for the attainder of
Harry Gordon, unless he surrender himfelf, and for
other purposes therein mentioned,'' was read the se
cond time and debated by paragraphs : ordered to be
tranferibed for a third reading, and io the mean time
printed for public consideration.
Extract from the minutes,
PETER Z. LLOYD, clerk
k of the general assembly.
An ACT for the attainder of Harry Gordon, unless
he surrender himfelf, and for other purposes therein
mentioned.
Se£t - '-W HEREAS Harry Gordon, on
the day of in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and was seized
in his demesne as of fee of and in a certain meffuage
and plantation, lituate in Chester county, and also of
and in two tracts of land in Bedford county, and also
of other real and personal property in this fiate :
And whereas it was alledged, that the said Harry
Gordon did then adhere to, and knowingly and wil
lingly aid and affiftthe enemies of this state, and the
united slates, by having joined their armies:
And whereas his excellency the president and the
honourable the supreme executive council of this
commonwealth, by their proclamation under the hand
of the said president and the seal of the slate, bearing
date the day and year aforefaid, dil name and require
Henry Gordon,among others, to render himfelf to some
or one of the juflices of the supreme court; or of the
justices of the peace of one of the counties within this
slate, on or before day of then next ensuing,
and also to abide his legal trial for high treason, on
pain of being attainted of high treason to all intents
and purposes, and of forfeiting as persons so attainted
ought to do, thereby defigping and intending to name
and require the aforefaid Harry Gordon, so seized of
real estate, and having joined the enemy as aforefaid,
to render himfelf as aforefaid :
And whereas the said Harry Gordon did not sur
render himfelf on or before the said day in tie said
proclamation mentioned, and thereupon his eflate or
some part thereof hath been seized and fold by the
agents for forfeited estates, as by law directed in case
of persons legally attainted:
And whereas doubts have arisen by reason of the
misnomer of the said Harry Gordon, whether the said
" And for the better and more effectual means of ob
" taining relief in tryal by appeal as aforefaid it is or
" dained, that no man under the age of 40 years shall
“ be competent to fit upon such tryals as a juror, nor
" any lady under 30 years, and if they should happen
“ not to agree upon their verdict within the space of
" 48 hours after such tryal being closed, and evidence
" heard, and that the dissenting parties should be an
" equal number of men and women or any two of
" them, then it is hereby finally ordained, that they
“ shall not be permitted to have, use, take or enjoy,
" either meat, drink, fire or candle light until they
" all agree on their verdiff, or until, the parties
" so dissenting shall voluntarily and freely join their
" hands, the one with the other, in the said herein
“ before-mentioned holy Rate of matrimony, as some
" expiation and compensation to society for their na
“ tural, usual, and accuflomed refraftory peevishness
“ and pettishness of disposition, any thing to the con
“ trary notwithflanding."
God Save the Commonwealth and the Women.
November 12, 1782.
Harry Gordon be legally attainted, and whether the
fates be good and valid in law:
And whereas application hath been made, that an
aft of general assembly might be passed to cure the
said defeat of misnomer, and to render the said attain
der and sales valid:
Sed. 2. Be it therefore enacted, and it is hereby
enaded by the reprefent@tives of the freemen of the
commonweal h of Pennsylvania in general assembly
met, and by the authority of the fame, That if the
(aid Harry Gordon shall not render himfelf to some or
one of the justices of the supreme court, or of the jus
tices of the peace in one of the counties of this date,
00 or before the day next ensuing, and also a
bide his legal trial for high treason, then the said Har
ry Gordon not rendering himfelf as aforefaid, or not
abiding his legal trial shall, from and after the said
day of stand and be attainted of high treason
to allintents and purposes, and fliall fuffer and forfeit
and his estate be difpofrd of, in the fame manner as if
he had been legally and rightly named and required
by the proclamation aforefaid to surrender himfelf as
aforefaid, and had n glebed or refufed so to do.
Sea. 3. Find be it further enaded by the authority
aforefaid, That if the said Harry Gord n shall negle&
or refufe to furr^nder himfelf as by this aft required,
or to abide his legal trial as aforefaid, then all the feiz
ores, sales and dispositions made of the estate of the
said Harry Gordon by the agents for forfeited estates
shall be, and they are hereby confirmed and made of
the fame force an ' validity as they would have been
if the said Harry Gordon hd been egally and rightly
named and required by the said proclamation to sur
render himfelf, and had neglede or refufed so to do.
Sea. 4. And wher as sundry proclamations have
been issued by the president and the supreme executive
council, naming and requiring sundry persons to fur
render themselves on o r hr fore a certain day therein
mentioned, on pain of being attainted of high treason
and of forfeiting as persons so attainted ought to do:
And whereas ruifnomers and miflak.es in name, ad
dition or difeription m^y have happened, and the per
sons who were meant and intended to be named and re
quired, may not be in all refpefts truly and properly
named and described in the said proclamations, by rea
son whereof fair and houeft purchasers may hereafter
be endangered, and the commonwealth become liable
to make refiitution ; for the effectual prevention of
which, and to extinguish all claims and demands aris
ing fr m such mistakes and errors;
Beit enabled be the authority aforefaid, That no
debtor, heir, devifee'or assignee, or any person claim
ing any right, title, interest, or property in the estate
real or personal, of any perf 11 who was meant and in
tended to be named and described in the said procla
mation,, and who hath not yet surrendered hircf If,
shall avail him or herfelf of any such monomer or mistake
or of any pretence or allegation of defeß of authori
ty whatsoever, to recover any of the estates seized or
fold as forfeited, or any part thereof, or to withhold
or secrete any debts or property belonging or due to
such persons so meant and intended to be named and
required to furrendei themfelve ; but wherever it fliall
plainly and clearly appear to tie court or jury, and
the fame be certified by the verdid of the jury in case
of objections on the trial, that the persons, whose estates
have been seized, or whose debts or property are with
holden or ferreted were clearly meant and intended to
be named and described in the said proclamations, and
that they have not surrendered themfeivts according
to the requilition of the faib proclamations, then all
such estates, debts and property, shall be adjudged to
be veiled i> the commonwealth, or in the assignees of
the commonwealth, as fully and effectually as if the said
persons had been in every refped legally attainted,
any error or mistake of name, description of place,
want of jurifdiHion or authority, or other like deleft
in anywise notwithflanding.
Provided, That not ing in this aft (hall be deemed
taken or confirmed, to deprive any person so nam d
and required or meant or intended to be named and
required to surrender himfelf, and who hath not sur
rendered himfelf, from appearing in person and taking
advantage of any such misnomer, mistake or defe& of
authority, and that nothing herein conta ned, fliall de
prive such person so appearing from any advantage
or benefit which he would have had if this aft had not
been made.
STATE of PENNSYLVANIA.
In GENERAL AS EMBL Y.
Wednesday November 13, 1782.
The BILL entitled, “ An ACT to vest the estate of
John Spering, late of Eaflon in the county of North
ampton, cordwainer, in his four children," was read
the second time and debated by paragraphs: ordered
to be tranferibed for a third reading, and in the mean
time printed for public consideration.
Extras from the minutes,
PETER Z. LLOYD, clerk
0 the general assembly.
An ACT to vest the estate of John Spering, late of
Eafton in the county of Northampton, cordwainer
in his four children.
WHE REAS John Spering, °late of Eaflon in
Northampton county, some time in the month
of March, in the year of our Lord 1778, left his,faid
place of abode and family and without any leave or
licence for so doing passed the enemies lines, and as it is
supposed took his passage for England, the place of his
nativity:
And whereas in pursuance of an a& of asst mbly enti
tled," An aft for the attainder of divers traitors if they
" render not themselves by a certain day, and for vest
" ing their estates in this commonwealth, ard for more
" effectually difeovering the fame, and for afeertaini g
"and fatisfying the lawful debts and claims the reu poo."
The supreme executive council of this commonwealth,
did by proclamation, summon the said John Spering
to render himfelf to some one of the juflices of the (u
---preme court, or of the juflices of the peace of one of
the counties within this slate, on or before the day ir,
thefaid proclamation limited and appointed, in order to
abide his legal trial forhis said offence, or for any trea-
The Sale of the Plantation two miles below
Briflol, advertised in the firft page of this day's paper i,
postponed till Saturday the 23d of this inftaat.'
son or misprision of treason, which might be charger
against him: °'
And whereas the said John Spering, failing to obe\
and comply with the terms of the said proclamation"
became attaint of high treason, and the agents for for
feited estates in the county of Northampton in pursu
ance of the said a& of assembly did seize his real estate
and property,to wit,a certain wooden house or tenement
and lot of land, in the said town of Eatbn on the
north fide of the great square, marked in the plan of
the said town, No. 140, and thereupon his eldest son
Henry Spering, in behalf of himfelf, his brother John'
Spering, now a soldier in the army of the united Bates
in the Pennsylvania line, and his two fiflers, Jane Sper
ing and Elizabeth Spering, has craved the mercy of
this house, to which they were at the fame time recom
mended by a number of reputable inhabitants of the
laid town of Eaflon.
Therefore and in order to give relief to these chil
dren, be it ena&ed and it is hereby enaHed by the re
prefe^tatives of the freemen of the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in general assembly met, and by the au-
J' me> T n hat the . said real esl ate, whereof
the said Join Spering flood seized, at the time of his
attainder, be and is hereby vested in the said Henry
Spering, John Spering, Jane Spering and Elizabeth
f° d their heirs or assigns forever, equally to
be divided between them as tenants in common and
not as joint tenants ; fubjef t nevertheless, and liable to
the payment and difeharge of all the just debts of the
fard John Spering, the father, and of the charges and
expences which may have been incurred in pursuance
01 the fad attainder, and the confi-quent forfeiture and
seizure thereof, to be fettled and eftabliflied by the jus
tices of the supreme court, upon claims to them exhibi
ted in like manner, as the claims of persons against other
forfeited estates are to be fettled by law.
T O B E SO L D,
At the late dwelling House of Mr. WALTER SHEE
in Front-street, near the Coffee house
A VARIETY OF
Houfhold & Kirchen Furniture,
CONSISTING OF
Father Beds, Mahogany Tables, Chairs. &c. &c.
T.< SALE to begin at Ten o'clock on TUESDAY
Morning, th 19th Instant.
Nov. 15. JOHN BAYARD, A^on^-.
W A N T E 1),
A Pair of elegant HORSES.
E q ire of the Printer. Nov. 15.
To BE SO L D,
Bv the Subferiber on moderate Terms,
A Vanable PLANTATION, situate in Hartford
county, Maryland, containing 288 acres of land,
part cf which is marsh and woodland, the greater part
is cleaned and in three fidfs, the land very fertile and
goo, a tolerable good framed house and kitchen; like
wisr out-houses, such as a very convenient tobacco
houf and grannery ; there is a very good apple orch
ard on this land, the fruit of the best quality. This
place is beautifully situated on the Chelapeck-biy, at
the mouth of Rumley creek, in Bulb river neck ; wild
fowl of all kind report here in great abundance, and
is f moils for fifh. This place is capable of the great
ert improvement. The above is a very fupeificial ac
count, as many pretty things might be said in favour
of this land, but I refer this to the purchaser. Any
per on inclining to purchase, may know the terms by
appl ing to me, the fubferiber, or Mr. THOMAS
ARMIT, in this city, or ROBERT BUCHANON,
enquire, of Kent county, Maryland. I would take
Houses in this city or Merchandise in payment, or
give (hort credit for some of the purchase monev
JOSIAH LUSHY.
Philadelphia, Nov. 15, i 7 Sz.
to be soil'd, a
New SH ALLO P,
With her Tackle and Apparel, now lying at Almond
ftreet wharf, burthen about 25 tons,'fit for carrying
either gain or flour. Any person inclining to purchase,
may know the terms 1 y aopking <0 +h* fubfcrihe . "v
---ing at said wharf. WILLIAM SIDDONS. N^. t s .
TO BE SO L D,
A good Plantation Waggon.
Enquire of the Printer."ray t
IMMEDIATELY WANTED,
An industrious Woman of good
character, to live on a small place at Frankford ; her
employ.lent will be to take care of two or three < ow
Go A Encouragement will be given b, SAMUEL
HODGSON, on the dock near WalnuUhen.
P 4 kociphia, November 13 1782.
CAME to she ptuinitico or th+ lubicriber, ; 0? , in
me towofhip of Wed B a<b&<i, in th r coumy of
(a ^^b °ut tb? .24th day or S premier lott, A/ rk
Brom HEIFER, t^o years o d ?aft, nean^F brand
nor ear mark. The owner is J fi, e d to come and prove
hi: property, pay Charges ^dt ke her a^^.
Nov. 6. WILLIAM WOODWARD.