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tion in the tone of government. Before that untoward
period, nothing hut the utter deftruftion of the Caro
linas was talked of by the minii'ry and their creatures;
but since the French have blocked up the Chefa peak,
and landed eight thousand troops, they can condescend
to think it very well it lord Cornwallis should be lucky
enough to effeA his eftape back to New-York.
We have every reason to fear that monf. Ie Motte
Piquet has failed with ten or twelve ships of the line for
the Weft Indies ; in which case our islands will be en
tirely left to his mercy, before a reinforcement can be
sent out from hence, or our fleet be able to return thi
ther from America. This will truly correspond with
the tonic continually urged by the minifler, that if
America gains her freedom, our Wefiern Islands mart
be loft; but how they cananfwer to the people for vo
luntarily resigning these valuable possessions, while they
are fighting for a shadow on the continent, their own
ideas of refponbfiility may best be able to flatter their
minds.
By private letters from Madrafs, the late troubles
occasioned by Hyder Ally have proved very ruinous
to the private fortunes ol the principal members of
the presidency, who had been obliged to advance a
mazing sums for paying the army employed for their
protection, without any terms being stipulated. Go
vernor W 11, lately returned from fort George,
is said to have advanced to the amount of 300,000 b on
that account.
The manufacturers at Manchefler are almost ready
for an inforreftion, through a want of employment, on'
account of the scarcity of cotton. They are only
restrained by the hopes of the Jamaica fleet, and if it
should not arrive fafe, the apprehensions of famine
will probably drive 'hem to outrage.
The important dispatches that are hourly expected
to arrive from lord Cornwallis will, no doubt, enable
government to form 2 decisive opinion as to the proba
bility ar improbability of recovering our colonies in
America : They will at least learn what are the conse
quences to be expeßed from the junction of the French
and American forces.
The fol owing is a lift of ships intended to reinforce
the fleet in the Weft-Indies, which will absolutely fail
from Spithead the latter end of next month, viz.
The Fame, and Warrior, of 74. guns each, Sceptre,
Anson, Agamemnon, Prothes, of 64 guns each.
Orders are given for the three regiments of foot
guards to be compleated to their full compliment of
men, previous to a draught being made to compleat
the brigade of guards in America.
We hear, that in the course of a very few weeks
a formidable naval and military armament will fail
from Brest for the Weft-Indies, under the command
of Mons. le Chev. Laurence.
Lord Dunmore took a great quantity of plate, and
some very elegant carriages with him, on his embark
ation for his government of Virginia.
It was reported on Tuesday night, that govern
ment had received advices by way of France, by a
ship arrived ar Nantz from America, thar, exclusive
of he troops landed at the Chesapeake by M. de Graf
fe, M: de Barras embarked in his squadron between
2 and 3000 men from Rhode Island, part of the connt
de Rochambeau's army, for the fame purpose. The
account of an engagement having happened, was not
known when the ship failed ; yet, as the French fleet,
L 0 N^D 0 N, OSober 18.
A 'Cabinet council was iield yeflerday on the late
difytfches from fir Samuel Hood; but we are gr-
Ven to underfill'd, that it is not, even yet, meant to
abandon the A evican war.
It is difficult to determine, whether the conduct of
'the present mieiflry is most deferring ridicule, or con
tempt, any other men would f-nd out fleets that might
hav% at leaf, a chance of beating the enemy ; but un
der the'prefect naval fydem, our fleets are not meant
to aR where the enemy are. Hence, Darby leaves
the channel tie moment the combined fleet enters it.
Admiral Graves proceeds to New-York, because the
Frtwch have been so mpolite as to block up the Che
sapeake And commodore Johnftone, forfooth, re
turns home merely because the enemy gdt to the Cape of
Good Hop- before him!
By Johuftour's late dispatches, and his situation, we
learn, that his boshed South-sea expe dion is as vision
ary as that w rich duped the public in the year 1720.
Advice is received at Paris from the Rafi-Indies, by
the way of Martinico. The r turn of M. Dorves to Ide
of France is confirmed. That event is attributed to the
difficulty of procuring himfelf provisions and ammuniti
on, after having beat about the coasts upwards of three
months. The letters received by that channel con
tain an anecdote unknown in Europe ; which is, that
the Englilh having set a price upon the head of Hyder
Ally, tnat furious prince had immediately ordered the
right hands of all the English prisoners, in his power,
tobe cut off.
The Terrible man of war, destroyed in America, was
a new ship, built only about seven years ago; the
hrl time of her going to sea was in admiral Keppel's
fleet, ^at the 6rft commencement of hostilities with
France.
The Terrible is the eighth ship of the line loft to the
British navy since the commencement of the war; one
only has fallen into Hie hands of the enemy, the Ardent,
of 64 gun's, taken by the combined fleet off Plymouth
the year before Iffl.
Off. 20. Yesterday at noon his majefly came from
Windsor to St. James's when there was a levee, at which
were present the earl of Talbot, lords Lifburne,
North, Germaine, and Amherf t : fev<ral naval and
military officers. The levee was over at two o'clock.
Lords North, Germaine, and Amherst, had each
conferences with his majesty after the levee was over,
when his majehy set out for IVindf r.
Yeflefday lord Germain laid before his nrajefiy some
expresses received from America.
'Oft 22. The last week has made a wonderful altera-
>e'brig Sailv, captain Worth, arrived
t Providence from Nantes, we have the
fallowing Advices.
Tamboured Jacket Patterns,
With numberless other ARTICLES ; all which he
WILL SELL,
Wholesale and Retail, on the lowest Terms,
for Bank Notes, Soecie, B Ils of Exchange, Penn
sylvania or Jersey State Maney.
Though the minifler has delayed the meeting of
parliament till a very late peried, in hopes of a more
propitious moment than the present, the appearance
of things in the political hemisphere, f orbodes no
thing but misfortune and distress, infinitely superior
either to the defeat of admiral Graves, or the disap
pointment of commodore Joimflone.
If the heart of the minifler is not wholly callous
to all feeling, it cannot but fail him on the meeting
of parliament, if it is only on account of the re
proaches he must expe& from those country mem
bers, whole votes he has, year after year, so com
pleatly swindled, under Irtence that the war would
terminate in the conquest of America, and Consequent
ly produce a revenue thar would enable government to
make a considerable reduction of the land tax.
The appearance of the great and god ally, triumph
ant on their coafls, and prepared to assist them with
a numerous body of trops, will inspire the Americans
with the mod animated renovation of their spirits.
The decided friends of freedom will glow wi r h a re
doubled ardour, the timid waverers wil declare in fa
vour of the common cause, and the dissembling loyal
ists will become sudden converts to patriotic virtue.
Unless Something very much in the shape of a mi
racle Should happen in favour of lord CornwaUis, he
muff be inevitably cut ass by the French and Ameri
can troops in the Carolinas.
The resignation of lord North may very soon be ex
pe&ed. His lordship has frequently declared in par
liament, that he never would retire till he had bro't
us through ; and he h*s only just to wait the capture
of lord Cornwallis and fir Henry Clinton, and we Shall
then have nothing to fear, as it is the only thing now
left us to be uneasy about.
after the actort, moored in the Chesapeake, and M.
de Barrs of course landed his men, the situation of
lord Cornwallis and the British army muff be very far
fromfafe. Greene, Wayne and Stevens, on one fide,
with the American army, and the marquis de la Fay
ette, with between 5 and 6000 French, on the other.
It was the wife maxim of Mr. Pitt, never to wink
at the hostile anions of our afFeded friends, and real
enemies ; but to flrike the firft blow of open war, fa
ther than to rifque the dangers of clandestine malice.
For these sentiments he left the reins of government,
and we too soon perceived the loss of him who had
conduced a glorious war, by the contrast of those
who concluded the !aft ignominious peace. The
Swedes are now waging hostilities against us in such
a manner as can scarcely any longer be called clan
destine. and though their neutral masque is attended
with double injury, our ministers are afraid to open
their eyes on those tranfadions.
What an into'era ble insult to be tamely borne by
the British flag, blocking up a large Dutch fleet in
the Texel, to fee a fiugle Sweedifh ship of 74 guns,
purchased for the audacious purpose, quietly convoy
the Dutch fleet under protection of its flag, and proud
ly bid defiance to ten English fail of the line to touch
the prey they had been so long watching in vain.
This tale is so unyfua ly ignominious, that it may
seem the extravagance of fiction, but we again pledge
our utmost credit to the public for the ftrift truth of
it. What madness is it thus to resign our ancient
honor and interest, while, through an inhuman re
venge, we are fighting for a shadow in a diflant
world!
itamrammramfo^^inr n w mrom,
JOHN KEA N,
AT THE
SPINNI N G-W HEEL,
At the Corner of Market and Third-ttretu,
Has just opened,
AN ADDITIONAL
ASSORTMENT
OF
CLOT H S,
LINENS,
CHECKS,
CALICOES,
CHINTSES,
MANTUAS,
SATTINS,
STUFFS,
BLANKETING,
A few of the mod elegant
Broadcloths,
Bath Coating,
Coloured and white Flan
nels,
Velvert.
Ha : r Plnlh,
Spotted Beaver,
Irish Linens,
Irish Dowlafs,
Fine Hollands,
Lawns,
Striped, plain and figured
They likewise
A Quantity of Jamaica and
Port-an Prince Sugars
in hogsheads,
Garvey & Aitken,
At th*ir STORE in Second-free', between Mirket
hndC^efnut-ftreets, have for SALE a neat and ele
gant Assortment of European GOODS: Among
which ar#±=
B 11* 0 Exchange on any part of Europe, Piper Met
ney cr Country Produce will be taken in payment.
just published and to be fold by GEORGE KLINE,
in Third-ftieet rear Arch-fireet,
A DIALOGUE between the Loyalists in
Ch^rieftown; and the anticipated Dia
logue at St. James's, between the British
King, the lords Germain and Cornwallis
That Plantation, late the Pro
perty of Michael Thomas, deceafid, situate in the
t-wpfhip of Upper Merrion and county of Philadelphia,
containing 165 acres of excellent Land, adjoining the
river Schtylki 1, at out no acres thereof Cleaned, the
rest well timbered. There is on said p ace, two go d
dw Hing houfts, two barns, Itatles and other out
houses, a good spring house, &c. all in good repair,
: bout 8 acres of good meadow, an orchard of about
ico bearing apple-trees, with other fruit trees of vari
ous kinds; there is on said Place, a commodious
merchant mill errfled on a never failing spring of wa
ter emptying itfelf into the river Schuylkill, from
which many advantages do arise ; the mill is also in
good repair. The payments will be made easy. Any
prrfori inclining to purchase the fame, may be farther
informed by applying to JACOB WALKER, in Tre
diffrin township or to SAMUEL CALLEY, in New
town township, Chester county. Feb. 6.
To be SO LD at Public Sale,
On SATURDAY the second Day of March next, at
12 o'Clock at neon, at the Coffee-Houle, A
Two Story Frame Tenement
and LOT of GROUND, fituz+e on the weft fide of
Third-street, and on the South fide of Poplar-lane,
in the Northern-Liberties of Ph ladHphia, containing
in breadth, cn Third-ftieet, 45 feet, and extending in
depth 215 feet to Charlotte ttrset, aid in breadth on
Charlotte- street 62 feet, bounded eastward y by Third
ftreet, northwardly by Poplar-lane, weitwardly by
Charlotte street, and fouthwardly by ground of Gabriel
Ga(ho ; fuhjt& to a ground rent of 41. Bs. ,d. lawful
money of Pennsylvania per annum, Immediate posses
sion will be given. February it.
A DIALOGUE between Earl Cornwallis
DECS leave to acquaint the Public in general and his
Friends in particular, that he has fitted up his Li
v-ry Stable, back of the City-Tavern, in a most ele
gant manner ; where he intends to take HORSES to
STAND at LIVERY, on the most reasonable terms
that the times will admit of. Any Gentleman who
may be pleased to favour him with his custom, may de
pend on the utmost care being taken of bis horses,
Hories broke to Saddle and Carriage at the above
Place.
In an agreeable Part of the Cry. The Back Buildings
are of Bnck. Enquire of the Printer. Feb. 11.
To be Sold and may be entered on this
Spring,
Of the Public Lots of this
City, fdr the Redemption of the Bills of Credit of this
State, dated April the 79th, 1780, will be held at the
Coffee-Houfe, on M ONDAY the iSth Instant.
at TEN o'clock in the Fo^enocn. A PLAN
of the LOTS may Ie seen at the Coffee-Hcuft, and at
the Surveyor-General's Office. The CONDITIONS
the fame as the la(t SALES. February 9.
TO BE SOL D,
A well improved Plantation,
beautifully fiuted on the White-Marih road, between
12 and 13 miles from this city, inclining 115 acres, 22
and a half of which is well Watered meadow, 35 or 40
rcres of woodland and the remainder plowland ; all un
der good fence and in fine order. For terms enquire
of the Printer. Philadelphia, Feb. 9.
TO BE SOLD,
A flrong, neat, well finifhed, two Story
WOODEN HOUSE,
Samuel Hodgson,
A FURTHER SALE
and his Qualmish Friends,
To which is added,
(Gauzes,
Citgut,
Paris Nett,
Striped and figured Lawns,
Tablecicths,
Flack Crape,
An elegant Assortment of
fashionable 'ortzife (hell
topt buttons,
Gilt ditto,
Plaited ditto,
A Variety of Cutlr ry.
have for Sale t
I Coff e in bag&.
j Ginger, &c. &c.