The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-02-11 00:00:00, page 3

" Count Dillon has received a letter from the go
^eroor of Dominica, informing him of the arrival of
the Anson man of war at Barbadoes, with an account
of the preliminaries of peace being actually signed be
fore her departure from England, which was the xoth
of December.
" You have inclofed a copy of the honorable Mr.
Townsend's letter to the governor and directors of
the bank of England, which firft gave rife to the idea
of peace. Since then the governor of Dominique, has
wrote count Dillon, that the Anson man of war arriv
ed at Barbadoes the Bth inflant, and left England the
loth ult. She brings an account of peace, and the dif
ferent dispatches from government.
“ If the above accounts are true, you will have them
in America before this reaches you
" I saw a gentleman from St. Thomas's, who left
that island eight daysago: he informs me the news
had'the fame ftLH there that it has had here."
Extract of a letter from St. Chriftophers, dated Ja-
Extract of a letter from St. Chriftophers, dated Jan.
“ A (now just arrived from Offend, which the left
the 3 I of December; brings an account tha' every bo
dy toere, expected peace would Shortly take place."
Extract of a let er from Baltimore, dated February 7,
“ You fee by the iocl°fed ( s he accounts from St.
"Ki(ts) what the opinion of a peace is grounded on,
which seems generally believed here: added to this ac
count we have a ship from St. Croix, in a short
^paffage, that fpolge a neutral schooner, the caprain of
w.iich assured that he had (poke captain Barry, in the
Alliance, on his way to the Cape, to prevent any fur
ther operations in that quarter, and that hostilities had
absolutely ceased in Europ ."
Extract of a letter from Baltimore, dat'd February 7.
“ The fcbooner Harlequin arrived some days since
from St. Katt's, and t'e ship Iris, from St. Croix, is
at Annapolis: force of her letters only are come to
hand. Tae former brines advice that a British fhipof
war had arrived at barbadoes, and mentioned that
matters were in such a train as to leave no room to
doubt of peace. A letter from thecaptain of the Iris
mentions, that between St. Croix and St. Thomes,
he spoke a neutral fcbooner from the latter port, who
informed him that the Alliance, captain Barry, lad
touched there the day before, and brought a confir
mation of peace, and that he had previously called to
windward, and at St Fuftatia, and was bound to
the Cape with the fame intelligence."
" From the different advices we have lately had
from thence, we are inclined to believe this is the case.
" This piece of news you may readily suppose has
fut a flop to all business, until it shall be confirmed or
contradicted.
" All profpea of peace Teems to have vanished for
the ensuing twelve months, and should Great Britain
be as fuccefsful the following year, as she has been
this, it is more than probable we shall not have a
peace in less than two years.
January 1, 1783.
" The vessel having been detained to the present,
I have to acquaint you, that such advices have arriv
ed from England, as leave a very great probability of
a peace being concluded by this date.
" I inclofe for your better information, a copy of
the secretary of date's letter to the governor and di
re&ors of the bank of England, from which you can
draw your own conclusion.
“ The letter referred to, tho' it advises the possibili
ty, y et leaves a very great uncertainty of fuel; an event
taking place, by allowing so short a time for the set
tlement of so important an object.
“ M Gerard, who went over to I.ondon as pleni
potentiary, wih intention of residing there three
months, departed on the third day after his arrival,
with proportions deliver'd as the ultimatum of the
British court; and Mr. Fitzherbert, the British refi
dnt at Versailles, is dire&ed to leave that court if the
proposals are not immediately accepted.
“ The vessel by which the above intelligence was
received bad a passage of twenty-eight days from Ply
mouth. By her we also learn, that preparations are
Rill carrying on with the greased vigour for the
ensuing campaign, should there be one. Four thou
sand troops to be sent to tie Weft-Indies, for which
transports are already engaged."
The following is a copy of a printed hand-bill re
ceived on Saturday night last from Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, February 5.
Yeflerday arrived the fcbooner Harlequin captain
White, in 14 days from,St. Kitt's, by which we
have the following important intelligence.
Extraß of a letter from St. Thomas's, dited Decem
ber 30, 1782.
Extract of a letter from St. Kitt's, dated the 15th 0
January, 1783, brought by the Harlequin.
" T Congratulate you on the news of peace; indeed
j I may venture to assure you that it has already
taken place in Europe. Letters from England as late
as the 29th of Nov mber mention, that it was exped
ed to happen in a few days. Te parliament was
prorogued from the 26th of November to the sth of
December, on that account
'' Letters from Dominica and Guadaloupe fay, that
the preliminaries are actually signed; for my own
part, I have no doubt of it, though there are force
people here who have ; a few days, or perhaps hours,
will probably put us out of fufpence.
" Trade, at St. Thomas's, is entirely at a fland;
they are all Thunderflruck."
BASSETERRE, (St. Christopher,) Jan. 15.
The important and agreeable intelligence of a PEACE
being concluded between the belligerent powers, which
Philadelphia; Feb. 11.
nu ry 17, 1783.
16, 1783
Philadelphia, February 10, 1783.
The Public are hereby
desired to take NOTICE: That as there is now no
Coffie House kept in this city, and as the prefer t oc
cupier of the late House has forbid any Public Sales
being held there for the future, without a very cons,
durable Gratuity being made him by the fubferiber
That ALL SALES of Goods, Horses, R 2! Edt^
Shipping, &:. whi h were ufuahy he'd thereon Mok^t
D-y. and Evenings, will be held, 'till there is another
Cffee-H use eftab' (h«.d, at the CITY AUCTION
STORE, on the eaff fie of Front-street, be^#een M? -
ket aid A r h hr+s on every WEDNESDAY ana
SATURDAY, at T^ Ive e'Clocks at Noon: where
1 Goods, &c. are desired to befcnt, and Sales adve tiled
to be held. JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
has circulated here 'for some time, gains ground daily,
and seems now to be confirmed; we heartily with it to
be true: It is said that the intelligence comes from
good authority, and that the Anson of 64 guns, is ab
solutely arrived at'Barbadoes, from England, with that
interfiling news. The terms are said to be, America
to be acknowledged an independent state by all par
ties, the loyalists to be reimbursed for all their losses,
and such of them as chufe, may remain peaceably in
America; but if they quit, they may fell their pro
perty, and have a grant of land in Haft or Weft Florida,
Nova-Scotia, Canada or Porto-Rico; which places are
to be given to England, and guaranteed by the pow
ers at war ; Gibraltar and Minorca to be given to
Spain in lieu of Porto-Rico, and all places and islands
taken by either party to be reciprocally restored, ex
cept Grenada which France is to hold to rtimourie
her for the expences of the war.
This last article is not certain, as the court of En
gland absolutely refufed giving up Grenada, and it is
not known what party lias yielded their claim; but if
we might be allowed an opinion, we think France has
as that island is not worth the expence of another cam
paign.
We are just informed, that an American vessel from
I'Orient, arrived a day or two ago, at Guadaloupe,
and brings a confirmation of the peace.
" The ship Fortune, captain Billings, is jult arriv
ed from Amfierdam; she has had 63 days passage, and
brings advice that count d'Estaing, with 40 ships of
the line and 200 transports, had Riled for the Weft
Indies.
" We have accounts from Martinique, in 13 days,
informing that 16 Spanish fllips of the line, and a
number of transports, had arrived at Porto Rico."
Mr. Claypoole—The affair of the ship St. Helena,
captain Stilwell, having been captured, and being
somewhat singular in circum fiances, I beg leave to
give you snextraa of a letter from a gentleman that
was a passenger on boars, viz. " Onthe 26'h of No
vember failed from the Havanna, and on the following
morning, at 4 o'clock, were fired at from the Lively
sloop of war, mod of the crew being asleep and be
low; the people being called to their quarters, we
engaged her til half pad fix ; when our topsail ties,
braces, bowlings, and almost every rope being (hot
away, with above 1000 shot, large and foal!, through
our fails, the main-topmast shot through, and two 18
pound shot in our hull, one o' which dismounted one
of our guns, and shot offhalf of a man's foot; being in
this situation, and the Jupiter of 50 guns being within
shot, we were obliged to surrender On the 28th, in
the even ng, the chief mate, Mr. Palmer, retook the
fllip and flood for the Havanna ; on the 29th, just as
the sh p was going into the arbour, and close under
the, Moro castle, the Lively's prize-mafler retook her
again, and poor Palmer loft his life and his second
dangerously wounded ; they were the only people I
believe who had any hand in the business. On the 3d
of December the prize-master put five of the crew on
board of a ca tel bound to Cape Francois, and on
the 9th we arrived at St. Augufline, where we are
detained prisoners of war."
Died, on the 27th of January, at his farm in Sale m
county, Weft Jersey, Mr. ANDREW PURVIANCE
of this city, merchant.
A TRACT of WOODLAND: containing 519
acres, situate in the countv of Frederick, 7 mi>s
from Winchester and 2 from Newtown ; about 300
acres of which are very rich and level, the residue
somewhat broken and ftoney, but the whole is wdl
timbered. This Land, although scarce of watrr, ; s
better off in that refpe& than most of the cthvr rich
Isnds in that country, having on it two ponds which
never fail, and some lucce'sful attempts to get wells
have already bean made. The Land will be (hewn *ny
person who desires tn fee it, by M rt . LEWIS STE
PHENS, senior, or Mr. LEWIS STEPHENS, jumor,
living in Newtown ; aud if inclined to purchase, tor
terms apply to CLEON MOOR.
N. B> The above Land will be fold in Lots, if most
agreeable to those inclinable to become purchasers.
Colchefter, January x, 1783.
A few Boxes of frefh Lemmons
TO BE SOLD BY
Hewes and ^tfov,
At thUr Sro? the no'th fide o f Chefnut-ftreet whar f .
Strong, healthy, Mulatto Wench,
about 19 yeas of age, can do all kinds of hobfe-work.
E qlire of the Printer. Feb. 11.
Extract of a letter, dated Boston, Jin. 26.
TO BE SO LD,
FOR
S A L E,
R E W A R D.
WHERE AS a certain MAURICE
KEATING has, in a meft fraudulent man
ner, carried off the Property of feverai perfens residing
in Philadelphia: and whereas the bid Maurice Keat
ing, in company with one JAMES CONNER, came
to mv stable on Sunday, the 2 d instant, %nd hired
TWO HORSES : one a fortel, about 15 hands high,
trots natural, has a blaze in his fa?, one of h's hind
feet white, w th a saddle foot on his b ck, hanging mane
and long tail, has a brand on his shoulder, but forget
what; is a good carriage hors, but too clumsy for
the saddle: the other a brigh Bay, about 14. hands
big'', with a Imall star his forehead, a hanging mane
and long tail, has a saddle foot on one fide of hi# back,
trots and canters w-|l, but isdull without (purs. Who
ever det &s (aid Maurice Keating, who is about 5 feet
6 inches hi, h, fair complexion, red hair, (peak biogue
Irish, was formerly in the B irifh nervier, ard delivers
him to me, in Philadelphia, shall he entered to the
sum of 0? Hundred Dollars, and Twenty-five Dol
lars for information of the Hor'es. so that I may get
them again. S SMITH. F:b. 8.
N. B. He has a genteel aopea,?rcc ; and as he has
some property with him will endeavour to oafs as a
gentleman ; jt ,3 er,-&ed he will endeavour to get to
Nez-York.
Tn orita so mike a final Settlement of Accounts witk
Messrs. STANLYS and GREENof North C rolina,
Will be Sold at Public Auction,
On TUESDAY the 18th infant, F^b. at 12 o'clock, at
the Old C ffee-houfe,
SEVEN sixteenth Parts of the Schooner
JOHN and CARGO, lately commanded by Silas
Fofttr, as she now lays, loaded with 513 barrels frp r
fine Flour, st Samuel Mifflin's whar', between V ne
and Ract-ftree's, with all her Guns, Tackle and Ap-
P art l, agreeable to an Inventory t^at may be seen on
the day o' sale. The above Schooner is a new, com.
plestly fitted Veff 1, having only made one voyage, and
jufliy efteem-.d one of the fineft and fafteft failing Boats
b-longing to Philadelphia./
Also, at fame Time and Place will be Sold,
One I 6th Part of Brig Speedwell,
J>hn Sowder m-fler, -<sfhe now la„, loaded with
89, barrels fuperfine Flur, at Jarob Bright, wharf,
between Vine and Race ftrects, agreeable to an Inven
tory which will be fh,wn on th: day of sale. She i$
an exceeding fine, re> Big, ^nd make a prrfitablg
V c ffelin time of je.<e. J. W. ST ANI Y and CO.
Elizabethtown Stage-Waggon.
H E Proprietors beg leve o inform the Public,
that their Stage-Office for Ebzabeth-town is re
moved from the Indian queen, and will in fu
ture set out from the Bunch of Gr < pes in Third.ftreet,
between Market and Arh-fireets, Philadelphia, every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday Morning, precisely
at 7 o'clock; proceed and meet the other Stage at
Princeton, and return the next day to Philadelphia,
As oats and hay are exceedingly high, rhe price of
ech paffeoger will he Three Dollar, from Philadelphia
to Prine ton, and the fame for returning, cr Six Dol
lars to Elizabeth-town, and the like sum for 150 wt.
of baggage.
All passengers are defied to furnifh themselves with
proper passes, and Ltd? their fare, the day preceding
their letting off, at the bar. GERSHOM JOHNSON
CHARLES BESSONET r!
N. B. The Bunch of Grapes T vein is now open
ed by Gershom Johnson, who has furnifhed I im.
felf with a variety of the best Liquors &c. for the ac
commodation of Ladies nd G nilemen Travellers, end
others ; and hopes to give general fatis'aaion to all
toe who pleas to favour him with the r custom.
John Macpherfon,
At his Broker's Office & tommiffion Store,
In Ch ftiut-ffree-, between Fo^ and S cond- ftieets,
HAS NOW FOR SALE,
A GREAT Number of Plantatous in this and
other ftate* ; 43,25) acres of Land on the Ohio
river ; 12,980 A res in Indiana ; a Number of Houfeq
2nd Lots in and about Philadelphia; Ships, Snows,
Brigt, &c. here and in Maryland; mathematical and
mufieal l ftrumenis.
One Hundred and Twenty-Five Dollars
A new Invention that will infallibly preserve those
that use it from Lightening; it has been (hewn to,
and approved, of by David Ritt^nhoufe, enquire, and
other memte s of the American Phioiophicai Society §
it may be conveniently kept in the pocket without
any incumberance ; the purchahr will be dire&<d how
to use it ; price One Doll r.
Salt Beef and Pork, Offi e-s and Soldiers Certificates,
Pleasure Carriages. Men and Women Slaves, a Quan
tity of Tin, Cannon, Carronades and H witz, & .&c.
Said MACPHERSON wants to purchaf? Bank Stock,
and Let out Mon-y on interest by the month ; he n•
gociates Bill' of Exchange, and tranLds every other
Branch of a Broker's Business. Feo. 11.
BROWN Russia She tings, German Oznabrigs and
Dove's, Long Lawm, F anders B-dfrls ; with
a General Afftment of DRY GOODS, just Ime
por'd, aid to be SOLD by
Mordecai Lewis, & Co.
In Second-fret, near Sp u~t-ft eet.
Who have also for SAL E,
White and brown H vanna Sugars,
Weft. India Rum,
South ng Tea, &c. &c.