The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-09-25 00:00:00, page 1

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this Paper with Adveftifements, are
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and thereby save themselves and the Printer
the Trouble very generally attending after
Settlements.
A further SALE of the
Public Lots of this City,
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit
of this fta'e, dated April the 29h, 1780, will be held
at the C>ffee hcu<e, on THURSDAY, the 27th of Sep
tember instant, zt TEN o'clock in t' e forenocn. A
Plan of the Lots may be seen at the Coffee house, and
at the Surveyor General's Office. The conditions the
fame as the lift fles. September 21
Public Notice is hereby
GIV E N,
lb the Freemen of the City and County
of Philadelphia,
hpHAT a GENERAL ELECTION it to be held
M for the City and County aforefeid, at Pbibdei
phi^, Germantown and Jacob Wentz's, on Tuesday
the 9th day of Q^ob^r nex r : The Election to be
opened bet ween the hours of 10 o'clock in the morning
and z o'clock in the afternoon, at which Places the
Electors of the City and County are to choose
Two Perfns for SheffF,
Two for Coroner, and one Commissioner,
The County to eie& one Counsellor and nine Re
prefentativrs in General Afimbly,
And the City of Philadelphia five Representatives
in Afcmbly, two Commiffiontrs for the Sheets, and
two Wardens :,
And the Constables of the City and County are re
quired to hold El+aions in their r<fpe&ive W. rd< and
Townships, on Saturday the 6th day of October next,
to ele& township and ward A&ffors and infpeaoi, to
attend in their refpe&ive Ddtri&s at the laid General
Election; which Infpe&ors, when nvt, are to choose
for each Diftrift three fit Performs for Judges of Ele&ion.
Sept. 17. WILLIAM WILL, Sheriff.
To the Free and Independent ELECTORS of the
City ard County of Philadelphia,
Gentlemen,
I RETURN you my warmest Thanks for the Honour
'one me, in choosing me your Sheriff at the last
R^aion ; the Continuance of your Votes and Interest
a toe ensuing Election will oblige Gentlemen your
humble Servant, WILLIAM WILL. Sept. 17.
Haym Salomon, Broker,
At his office in Front-street, between Market
and Arch Streets,
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State Money,
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Bills of Exchange,
At the highest price given.
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to one in rhe forenoon ; and from three to leven in the
afternoon.
A Person capable of teaching
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Attendance once a Day at a private Houle, to met uft
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I UESDAY,
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O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
For the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
Is there not flored in heaven's wrath, some red hot
thunder bolts to come hurling down with dreadful
vengeance upon the unaccountable mifereant wretch,
whose serpentine foul betrays his country, and sets the
place of his nativity in flames ?
TO the TRAYTOR GENERAL ARNOLD.
p EAD and tremble at the above awful question!
" Light as you may think of it, there is a tremend
ous Judge.
Your actions are so infamous, that if general Clinton
had employed the devil and all his imps to have raked
hell for a complete villain, they could not have found
youre qual.
When I confider you as a man mounting rapidly to
the highest pitch of honour, all on a sudden defeending
from that pinnacle of glory to the mean Lucrative
Traitor; I am indeed furprized. But, as if ybuf
crimes were hot yet fufficient, when I find you flaugh.
tering your countrymen, and carrying on the rava
ges and devaflations of the war with a degree of inve
teracy never before heard of; I stand confounded and
shocked at the thoughts of such a viper ever being
brought into the world. Andas if you were determin
ed to outdo the furies of the internal regions; you
have, contrary to what human nature could be suppo
sed capable of, let New-London, the neighbourhood
of your nativity in flames, while you murdered its in
habitants and your mod intimate acquaintance.
To make up your measure of iniquity, and to hand
your name down to posterity, as the most consummate
daemon that ever existed; there is only a few crimes
more for you to commit, viz. to rip open the womb
which gave such a rancourous serpent birth, to em
brue your bands in the blood of your dearest connedi
ons, then tear out the heart of your patron and pro
te&or general Clinton, and to close the feene lay vio
lent hands on your own life.
I took up my pen with an intent to shew a reflective
glass, wherein you might at one view behold your ac
tions ; but soon found such a horrid ugly deformity
in the out lines of your piflure, that I was frightned
It the fight, so the mirrour dropped and broke to pieces!
each of which discovered you to be a gigantick over
grown monster, of such a variety of Shapes, all over ul
cerated, that it is in vain to attempt to describe them.
Sept. 1781.
PLAIN TRUTH.
The glorious privileges of British fubjeßs, the freedom
of their elections, and disinterestedness of their par
liament, will appear in a firiking point of view from
the following extra's from the life and military ex
ploits of fir George Bridges Rodney, published in a
late English magazine, and wil also shew the pro
priety and n^effity of fir G orge's plundering St. Fu.
flatia, which has been a matter of aflonifhment to
all persons prejudiced in favour of British govern
ment.
" O'" ^ e "' °' J a ^°ary, 1764, the admiral was
created baronet of Great Britain, and on the
3d of December, 1765, was appointed governor of
Greenwich hospital. In March, 1766, he was marri
ed to miss Clyfe, by whom he had several children. In
the parliament which met at the accession of his present
majesty, he had been chosen member for Penryn, in
Cornwall, and in 1768, he engaged in a contested elec
tion at Northampton, that was productive of the most
ruinous confequeoces to the principal parties. The
interest of this town seemed to be divided between the
earls of Halifax, Northampton and Spencer, whose
feats were in the neighbourhood. The three peers not
being able to fettle the point by a coalition, refpediv
ly set up their candidates ; fir George Olborne being
support d by the ear! of Halifax, fir George Bridges
Rodney by the earl of Northampton, and Mr. Howe
by earl Spencer In the sequel the two firft joined in
terefl. After lavishing immense firms and involving
the town and neighbourhood in inveterate enmities,
the return was made in favour of the two baronets.
A petition however being immediately presented to
the muse of commons, Mr. Howe's right appeared so
evident, that before the matter came on to be beared,
it was agreed that the two baronets could not both
fit for Northampton in that parliament. Their coun
cil therefore ageed to decide by chance wh ch should
be the member, and the lot fell on fir George Bridges
Rodney In a word such were the ruinous consequen
ces of this contest, that the earls of Halifax and Nor
thampton embarrassed their circumflances in such a
manner that the former continued poor and distressed
during t e remainder of his life, and the latter was
compelled to exile himfelf ; and fir George's fortune
was 0 involved, that he was also under the necessity
of leaving his native country."
THE
LONDO N, Ju'y 3.
YESTERDAY Mr. Whieldon, publisher of the
Whitehall Evening Post, and Mr. Ayre, printer
of the Middlesex Journal, were called up to re
ceive judgment in the court of King's bench for a li
bel against the Ruffian ambassador, and were each sen
tenced to a year's imprisonment in the King's ben^h,
and 1001. fine. Mr. Baldwin, printer of the St. James's
Chronicle, was also called up to receive judgment for
the like offence, and fined 1001.
As the Ruffian ambassador has received so ample fa
tisfadion by the heavy sentence, passed on the ostensi
ble authors of the libel against his sacred person, it is
to be hoped he will further vindicate the honour of his
country, not the least distinguished for its generosity,
by pleading for a remission of the severest part, of the
penalty to the unfortunate, and, perhaps, unintenti
onal offenders.
What have English martyrs to fear from a pillory,
when the cause in which they fuffer is likely to make
it a triumphal car, amidst the plaudits of their gener
ous countrymen ? The British zeal which has made it
an instrument of death to the base, will make it a
vehicle of glory to the virtuous fofferers.
Yesterday the news men held their anniversary feaft
at the Adam and Eve at Pancras. Several printers
and other members of the typographical order attend
ed on the o^cafion, when plenty and variety spread
the tables as usual, and the whole day was spent in
the most perfect harmony and order. ,
The following toafis were drank, with three huzzas.
The liberty of the press.
Every thing lord Mansfield deserves.
The several printers and publishers confined in the
King's Bench.
May truth never be deemed 8 libel.*
The reftriaion of public comments upon judicial
proceedings, as lately recom r ended from the bench,
could only be meant as applicable to those prejudica
tory remarks which may tend to 6ias the minds of ju
rymen. The publicity of judicial decisions is the
greatest security against their ahuf, at the fame time
that it extends the knowledge of the laws by hich
we are governed. A desire of concealment and fear
of after scrutiny, must argue a want of confident and
confeious rectitude.
The rumour of a peace being upon the tapis wasve
ry prevalent yeftefday in the city ; it is said to te ne
gotiated by the emperor, and the empress ofßuffia.
A letter from Paris dated June 23, fays “ It seems
to be confirmed by ministry, that M. de la Mothe-
Piquet shall go commander in chief to the Baft.lndies,
the latter end of September at further, with a strong
naval and military reinforcement; and that Hyder Al
ly Cawn is to be affifled by that officer with all the
forces he may be able to spare"
Captain Duddingflone, of his majesty's ship Boston,
and the Martin cutter, are to be ready the 28th instant
to convoy the linen ships from Dublin to Liverpool,
Park Gate and Chester.
Six vessels are now fitting out in the river, on a pe
culiar conftruaion: they are intended to carry two
long 48 pounders brass, and in the center there are
beds for mortars, after the manner of the Spanish gun
boats.
The Experiment privateer of London, captain Bal
four, in company with the Jupiter of Bristol, has tak
en the brigantine Diana, from Philadelphia to Mar
flrand, and sent her for Derry.
Admiralty-Office, July gfr 1781.
Extract of a letter from lieutenant Hayne, of the
Cruizer cutter, to admiral fir Thomas Pye, com
mander in chief of his majesty's ships at Portsmouth,
dated off Beachy. Head, June 30, 1781.
“ On the 29th at four in the morning, we saw a cut
ter close in w ; th the land near Shoreham, and at seven
took her. She proved to be L'Eveille, of Dunkirk, 1
of 8 carriage guns, 10 swivels, and 29 men. This pri
vate=r was commanded by one Richard Boorn, an
Englifliman, who ran her on shore before we could
board her, and with 17 more men of the fubjefts of
Britain, went on shore near the village of Worthing,
in Sussex, and declari' ^ themselves a band of smug
glers, with piflols and curlaffes, passed through it un
molested. We got the cutter off without the least da
mage "
Yeflerday doctor Cornwallis kiffe'd the king's hand
at St. James's on being appointed bishop of I itchfield
and Coventry, and is to be succeeded as dean of Can
terbury by doctor Stinton.
On Saturday evening the fireworks in Windsor gar
dens were the most curious that have been exhib te
for many years. Their majeflies and all the royal fa
mily, with feveral.of the nobility; were present ; and
several of the machineries were lighted by prince Wil
liam Henry, who was eager to distinguish himfelf du
ring the continuance of the exhibition.
SEPTEMBER 25, I,B^
[NUMB. 780