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OR 3kWf#^^i THE
GENERA L ^BB#3 ADVERTISER
LONDO N, June 19.
THE debates in the Hoiife of Commons on Wed-,
nefday last, infeofibly turned from particular ob
jeas to the general measures that had been pursued by
jidminiftratiun, and the prefect afpeft of affairs. Se
vere censures fell upon the ministry from several of the
members in the opposition refpeaing Ireland, the dit
ordered and convulsed state of the nation, and the core
# pf all our distresses, the fatal plan for subjugating Ame
rica. This attack roused the treasury bench and their
friends, and at last brought up lord North. His lord
flip was more warm and explicit than usual. He ob-
Served, “ that mmiilry had often been reproached for
the unfuccefsfulnefs of measures by those very men who
•had done all in their power to defeat those measures;
and that they, whose language and condud upon all oc
casions tended to weaken government, and inspire the
people with the utmost contempt of it, could yet grave
ly complain that government was infufficient to main
tain due order and regularity in the kingdom- With
refpea to Ireland, had ministry refolded to.continue that
^art of the dominion under all the circum fiances of which
it so loudly complained, and without any mild conceffi
ous, to have drove it to extremities, would these men
have acquitted the meafore? would they have employed
their eloquence in favour of it ? loudly as they com
plain of the continuance of the war, would they have
juftified the concession of thirteen dates to be allied witn
our antient rival and enemy? Our affairs in America,
.continued his lordship, wear a brighter afpeft. I would
not be too Sanguine, but we may be allowed to enter
tain agreeable hopes from the operations of our forces
atthe southern quarter. There are other circumstances
to encreafe these hopes : many in the revolted colonies,
who appeared zealous to throw off their conflitutional
dependence on this kingdom, have Since difeovered
themselves more attached to their gains than their inde
pendence. There are a number of individuals whom
file war lias greatly enriched. Many, even of these,
ririf^ it i s s aid, atthe bare mention of any extraor
dinary eftoT^ to fiolain their cause, and do not choose
to lend what ti^ have acquired, to support the paper
mow. which, frail as it is found to be, is the only
instrument by which the revolt can be maintain
Their boasted bee of liberty is' too ^k to support it
felf a^infl felf-intcreft. Their ent^^fe has abated ;
they no more contend whd fhali be foremoft in defence
of their mad ideas of independence. They begin t<>
quarrel, it is said, about their proper, o ! l taxes,
And each one endeavours to fllift as mfed a,^ ca ? '"
this burden from his own shoulders to those orA? S neigh
bours, while their army has been unfupplied. Much .has
been (aid of the entire union of the revolted colonies,
though their confederation is no* compleat, and Mary
land has not acceded to it. While the agents of Con
gress at Paris have given exagerated accounts of the re
sources of their constituents ; they have been obliged to
have continual recourse to France and Spain for all kinds
of supplies, for arms, ammunition and eloathing. Al
lies so situated mu fl soon become disagreeable to one an
other. Notwithstanding all the reforms made in the
finances of France, it is known that Louis XVI is oblig
ed to continue all the taxes of the last war, which were
to have ceased in 1780: and that Mr. Necker cannot
support the military operations of that kingdom, but by
the force of loans, which, considering the losses its com
merce has sustained, cannot long continue." Upon the
whole his lordship was persuaded that Parliament would
persevere in such measures as must finally establish the
honor and commerce of the nation, and the fafety and
tranquility of its dependencies.
Mr. Burk, colonel Barre, Mr. Dunning, spoke with
great force in reply to his lordship: So did Charles
Fox. One must have heard him to judge of the warmth
and force of his speech on this occasion--We can only
give a sketch of it. He was severe in his sarcasms on
the ministry refpefting the affairs of Ireland, and the
internal commotions of Britain, both which had ren
dered the nation contemptible in the eyes of all Europe.
He did not dispute the right of Ireland to the advan
tages it had lately obtained; but all the world knew,
they had been gained as much against th^ will of the
ministry, and as truly by force of arms, as the inde
pendence of America. What might have been granted
as an obligation, and a bond of amity, had bni evi
dently extorted by fear, and conceded with an air of
meanness, to become a source of future confufion, and
perhaps rivers of blood. He remarked with great
poignancy on the diametrically opposite principles u
pon which the fame men had a&el with refpeft to Ire
land and America: " In their infatuated conduct,
said he, resolution and concessions, ever misplaced,
have equally operated to the disgrace and ruin of the
nation. The colonies may boast that their arms have
at once given a free trade to Ireland, and eilablifhed
their own independence: and however the sage con
ductors of our affairs may hope at a convenient sea
son to take back the former, they never will be able to
overthrow the latter. Partial triumphs have been a
curse to us ; and flathesof success, like an ignis fatuus,
lead us on to our ruin.
[ Published every Tuesday and Saturday.]
The Americans, driven to refinance by our oppres
sions, have furprized the world with wht they have
dared; and what they have atchieved : the found of
applause from foreign nations, has reached them: such
spirits are not easily quell'd : they have endured much
for independence; they have possessed it a long time;
they are proud of it; by all this they are better pre
pared to defend it. Their armies, it is granted, haye
sometimes been unfupplied, and fared hard: what has
been the consequence? have they mutinied? have they
disbanded? have they gone over to the enemy? no
thing like it. Their GENERAL, like C^far, has set
the example of contentment, and his soldiers, like those
of the Roman, have only demonstrated an invincible
attachi ent to their leader and their cause.
The fuccours they have aiked, and readily received
from France fliew, that the cause is common to them both,
and the intereftmutual; and this being the case, such
a kind of intercourse, instead of weakening, must every
day firengthen the bands of the alliance. But France,
it seems, with little or no additional expence, with all
her resources, and with all the abilities of her great
financier, mult soon be bankrupt. Instead of expecting
this, I dread, from the immense disproportion of loans
at which we support the war, our own approaching de-
Aruaion. At the rate we go on, France, without a
Angle vi&oty, must totally ruin us. But what ihall we
fay of the wealth of Spain? All the world knows her
revenues were never in better order, and in these the
Americans must find a sure support. I smile to hear the
noble Lord in the blue ribbon talk of vanquishing them
from their want of supplies. They have vafl resources
in themselves ; their fields are covered with plenty ; their
pastures abound with flocks and herds ; their landed jn
tereft, even during the war, increases in value every
day: foreigners know all this, and will be ready to
lend them. We ourselves furnifh them with vast Sup
plies: what an immense quantity of provisions and
goods of all kinds have their cruizers captured from the
trade and public (lores of this nation ? But their confe
deration, we are told, is not complete. It may not be
formally, but it is virtually; we have felt it. And
Should ^^7 filing be wanting on this head, we ourselves
shall cure the deleft. They may differ among themselves
in unessential points while they think they are fafe from
our power, but press them with arms and they will be
perfectly united: that partial success, the expectation
of which pleases so much the noble Lord, will only'con
lirm their confederation, and call forth new exertions.
Their government is already eftablifed, and in most,
if not all tiie colonies, appears as well fettled as if the
revolution had taken place a hundred years ago. What
madntfs then must it be id this nation to continue a war
witk such unsupportable burdens, with no profyeß of
final success, and only to plunge ourselves into deeper
deftrufriion!
^^ecu39?,<. ^Wr/^TO^ W^W^ W^
TO BE SO L D,
fl PLANTATION in Oxford Township, eight
X I miles above the city, on the river Delaware, con
taining eighty fix acres. There is a genteel new
STONE HOUSE, wkh other corfiderable improve
ments on the premises. Enquire of
W. M'MUR TRIE,
Who has for file a crop of New Land TURNIPS.
Six Hundred Dollars Reward.
n A N-A W A Y from the fubicriber, a NEGROE
" MAN, named KITT, about 20 years of age, aouut
5 feet 5 inches high, well sett, a little pdek m^rk^d;
bad on a grey coloured cloth jacket and troalis, took
sundry other cio^trs with him, has endeavoured to pals
for a free man and signed the articles of the (hip Con
federacy. Whoever takes up said Nhroe,tird ^divers
him up to the fubfcrber, cr secures him in any gaol in
the United States, fhail have the above reward and)es.
finable charges o* ; d, by DARREL LIVINGS ON.
N B. All inafters of v< ffels and others arc forbid to
harbour $t carry him offal their peril.
*&> ^u^ 4j* tils %,',>* "O' y f» XXX, Y XX ^XXXX/.
1H EREBY intor n the public k tuat I have sr &ed
a very compl at FULLING-MILL on t^c
Branches of the Long-Green run, ix Baltimore county,
Ma yland, about 15 miles from Baltimore town, wai^h
is now ready to work, and being much in want et a
perlon to undertake the fame, either on the Stares or
hire. The geatett encouragement will he gives to
such a perlon, by applying to the firTcrib^r at laid
place, JAMES BOSLEY, of Charles.
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber, living
near the Rising Sun, a light coloured red C O W,
supposed to be old, the end of her tail as allo her belly,
whirs likewise her fore feet, hind feet and face white,
has two flits in her left ear. Whoever proves property,
pays charges, may have her again. If the owner does
not apply in a month's time, (he will be fold to pay her
expences. JACOB PAINTER.
Just PUBLISHED and To be SOLD, by
JOHN DUNLAP,
At hi* P intin*.Office in Market street,
FATHER ABRAHAM's
ALMANA C K,
For the YEAR of Our LORD, 1781.
WH E REAS complaint hath b§dl made to the
Commiffivneis for the city and n^uty of Phila
delphia, by the Co L&ors of the State and Continental
taxes, in the Northern Liberties, weft part, that %hey
cannot procure or obtain the taxes due on the fefoorring
estates, to wit, |ohn Smith's, of Burlington, Peter
Turner's, Mary Dutton's, and Joseph Fite's, NOTICE
is hereby given, That unless the aoove n^ r „ e d persons,
or their certain Attornies or Agents, difehargeand pay
the taxes as above justly due on frid elates, on sr bie-
L?re_g: ! went ,'.i;:i _ ^ November next enfuirg
the date hereof, so much of the premises will be fcld a^
may be fufficient to difeharge said taxes, with colls, a
gieeable to the laws of this Conuronwehh.
Given under our hands this zift day of August, 1780.
FRANCIS GURNEY, „
PRESLEY BLACKISTON, J C^mmiffionerg.
UTHEREAS complaint hath been made to the Com.
'' missioners for the City and County of Philadelphia,
by the Collettes of North Ward, that he cannot obtain
the taxes due on a lot fi uate on Market and Eighth
fleets, containing 4g Let 3 inches in breadth b/ 306
feet deep, the pio^rty of Pct<r Gafcll. NOTICE
is hereby given, That unless the fain Peter Gafkell, bia
Attorney cr Agent, difch?rge end pay the taxes justly
due on said efface, on or before the twenty, eighth day of
November next enduing the date hereof, the premises
wi'lbe fold agreeable to the laws of this Commonwealth.
Given under cur hands this 23d day of August, 1780.
FRANCIS GURNEY,
PRESLEY BLACKISTON, ) Ccm mi ffioners.
TO BE SOL D, BY
ANDREW and JAMES CALDWELL,
^/1 ADEIR A Wine, Gin in cases,
Jesuits Bark, Bohea, congo and green
Tea, Cinnamon, Brimstone.
A neat A ffortment of SILKS, confining,
of Luteftrings, Modes, Persians and Sarf
nets, Coloured and black Barcelona Hand
kerchiefs, together with Oznabrigs, Raven
Duck, white Thread, yard wide Linen,
Needles, worsted and yarn Hole, mens
Shoes. An Assortment of IRONMON
GERY, fit for Ship Chandlers.
One Thousand Dollars Reward.
C PRAYED or dolen from the fubferiber, living in
' Eait Marlborough, Cherter county, on the 6th inst.
October, A large Bay MARE, 9 years old, upward
nt 15 hands high, paces and trots, has a star in her
forehead, her off hind foot white, black curled mane,
and has a few grey hairs in her tail. Whoever takes
up and secures the said Mare, so that the owner may
have her again, (hall have FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS Reward, andif ft-len and the Thief apprehend
ed, so that he be brought to juttice, Five hundred
mote,and reasonable charges, paid by
MORDECAI CLOUD.
TH E Subscriber begs leave
to inform bis Friends and fellow Citi
zens, that he is appointed AUCTI
ONEER or VEND U E-MASTER, for the
City, by the Honourable the Supreme Execu
tive Council, and that he has taken the large
and convenient STORE belonging to Mr.
Tench Francis, a few doors above Third.ftreet,
in Chefnut-ftreet, where GOODS will be re
ceived for Public Sale.
He will allo attend the SALES of Ships,
Lands, Horses, &c. at the Coffee-houfe, as usual.
He will be greatly obliged to those Gentle
men who favour him with their Business, and
they may depend upon punctual Attendance and
Dispatch in the Execution of it.
JOHN BAYARD.
Philadelphia, November 6, 1 780.