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of Mr. John Watson, cooper, and that of do&or Rob.
ert Reid, with all the stores on Hillhoufe's wharff, full
of provisions for the use of his majefly's troops Ration
ed here ; and progreffvely, in the fame direction, the
dwelling houses of Walter Colquhoun, esquire, Mr.
Branthwaite, Mr. Led well, Joseph Brown, esquire,
Halliday's tempting house, and the houses occupied
•by John Rose and William Morfon, esquires, with
buildings, fail loft, large yard, ftores,crane and wharff,
formerly belonging to John Braham, esquire, deceased,
with some fail lofts and other buildings between the
dwelling house of Mr. John Williams and the sea, and
'here terminated this dreadful conflagration, just bor-
Sunday last a flag returned from New-York which
brought 20 Americans, who had been a long time on
board a prison (hip. About one tiroufand of our coun
trymen remain in the prison-ships at New-York, great
part of whom have been under clo'e confinement for
more than fix months, and in the most deplorable con
dition ; many of them, feeing no prcfpe& of a relaf
meot, are entring into the Britifll service, to elude the
contagion with which the ships are fraught.
Extract of a letter, dated' London, April 2, 1782.
" The French king has got too faft hold of your con
tinent to quit it until he has tried whether or not he
can transfer the allegiance of the Americans from our
fovereich to himfelf. Thi: I believe the enemy have
certainly in view, and it behoves the rulers here, as
well as those at Philadelphia, to guard against that
event, and may be likely to make both parties anxious
for a reconciliation on terms favourable to this coun
try. A large body of Germans and a number of troops
from this and the Irish establishment will be font to
reinforce the British army, should the congress conti
nue to treat the conciliatory overtures with their ufua|
hauteur. Sir Robert Harl,and is soon to proceed with
seven (ail of the line and several regiments to the Weft-
Indies, and the whole fleet on that station niay visit your
coast on the hurricanes setting in, so that I hope you
will no more there fee the enemy's fleet fupepor to that
of Great-Brifain. Lord ——, who is to be the Pitt of
the cabinet and direct the war department, is firmly de
cided against the independence of our colonies, and con
vinced he must never part with New York, nor leave
it without a very strong garrison, he has declared both
in private and public, that this country would be ruin
ed if it loses America,and the abandonir<gNew-Vork,give
the finishing Broke to the power of thi^ country in that
part of the world. Your much valued late - comman
dant, major general Pattifon, will embark in the next
fleet for New- York, with the rank of lieutenant gene
ral on the American Raff. To the enclosed arrangement
of the new administration, I must add, that lord Howe,
and fir George Saville, are to be created English peers,
lord Stair is to be one of the sixteen for Scotland ; gene
ral Burgoyne is commander in chief in Ireland, and
general Howe, lieutenant gen. of the ordnance : the duke
of Manchester succeeds lord Hertford as lord Chamber
lain; admiral Pye has got Greenwich hospital, vice fir
Hugh Pallifer, and lord Howe is lieutenant general of
marines; the chancellor Turloe, duke of Montague,
lord Afhburnham, and lord Southampton, will conti
nue in their several offices ; lord Rivers is a lord of the
bedchamber, lord Townfhend gets 30001 a year pension
on the Irifh^eftablifhmeht; lord Scarborough is vice
treasurer of Ireland.
C H A T H A M, May 8.
Sir Henry Clinton and general Knyphaufen fails this
week, in the Pearl frigate, for Europe.
Last week fir Henry Clinton, in general orders, sus
pended all hostilities on the part of the British. They
are to ad only on the defenlive. It is reported, that all
their cruizers are called in, and that a number of ves
sels they have lately taken will be restored to their form
er owners.
Ihop, the house occupied by Mr. James King, the
large trad of inclofed land, known by the name of
messieurs Hay and Kingsley's timber yard, the house
" Lord Gower succeeds lord Talbot in the houfhold,
and our old acquaintance Mr. Obierne goes as secretary
to Ireland with general Burgoyne.
dering on the baths' and other beautiful and ufeful
buildings of William Whitehead, esquire, but with
out injuring any part of them.
The vigilance, activity and humanity of general Pref
cot, colonel Cuyler, major Roberts, and indeed of e
very military officer Rationed here, will be long had in
grateful remembrance by the citizens of St. John's
who were melancholy fpeaators and fufFerers in this
tremendous scene.
" Luke Ryan has been tried and condemned to die for
taking British vessels under a French commission, he
being proved a native fubjed of Jreland.
North and Newgate fl reets, down to the wooden bridge,
near the Point.%
Qa the east fide of Popefhead-ftreet, nearly opposite
where the fire broke out, it burnt down a lofted wood
en building belonging to the widow Gallwey, with some
office houses on the south, but h appily made no fur
ther progress in that direction.
The flames were soon communicated to the buildings
of Daniel Hill, esquire, on the north-weft corner of the
parade, and from thence spread south to the next cor
ner, deßroying in its progress, two lofted stores be
longing to theheirs of the late Mr. Walter Burke, oc
cupied by Archibald Taylo,r and company, the dwel
ling house, (hop and other buildings of Mr. James
Hurchinfon, a!fo two of his stores reaching to the cor
ner of Church-floret, fronting Livingston's row, and
westward in a dire& line, all the stores, with Mr. Pe
trie's forge, the crane and wharff, (formerly called
Galley's, now Mr. Gavin Hamilton's) quite to the
water's edge.
On the north fide of this double row of buildings, in
cluding the south fronts of Newgate and Wapping
streets, beginning from Mr. Hill's corner aforefaid.; it
burnt down his rum stores, Mr. Knewftuble's cutler's
NEW- LON DON,
N E W-Y O R K, May 8.
Miy 3.
In last Thursday's council, the firft of the new admi
nistration, the expediency of an immediate removal of
most of the British army from the continent of North-
America was the only matter of importance debated, when
the cabinet came to an unanimous resolution of order
ing the garrisons of New-York and Charleftown to be
evacuted, and tne troops to be embarked for St. Lucia
and Barbadoes, uncer the convoy of the whole British
fleet which will be ordered to fail from the Weft-Indies
for their protection,previous to the setting in of the hur
ricane season, toward the middle of the ensuing sum
mer : the necessary transports are now providing for
the above service. Toe garrisons of Halifax and Que
bec are Rill to be held and ftrpngly reinforced.
Yeflerday his excellency the minifier of France, had
a public audience in congress, when be announced the
birth of the dauphin of France, an event which affords
the greatest joy to every good American:
Congress received this important and interesting in
telligence, with strong and evident marks of their fa
tisfa&ion in this event, and gave an entertainment to
his excellency the chevalier De La Luzerne, becom
ing the occasion, at which were prefect the principal
officers of the united Rates, both civil and military,
his excellency the president and council of this Rate,
and the gentlemen of .dißinaion who happened to be
in this city. The whole was conducted with the u most
decorum and harmony, closing with brilliant fire works,
at which there was the greatest concourse of people
of all ranks ever collected together in this city orAny
occasion, who appeared to partake of the Bappinefs
which the birth of a dauphin has diffufed through the
whole French nation.
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
KW^^m&%.iHH
Loft at the State-House,
Last night, in the crowd, a new BEAVER HAT.
Whoever will leave it at the Printer's of this paper
Riail have two dallm for their trouble,
Philadelphia May 13, 178%.
TO BE SOL D, A
Neat Phaeton, and a pair of
elegant B AY HORSES. Enquire of the .Printer.
RESOLVED, That in confederation of the distin
guished talents and services of colonel 0. Williams, he
be and hereby is appointed a brigadier general in the
army of the United States.
Extract from the Minutes.
RICHMON D, May 4.
Extract of a letter from an officer in general Greene's
army, dated April 13, 1782.
" About a fortnight ago, captain Rudolph of the
legion infantry, with twelve men only, took an armed
Roop in Afhiey river ; his address upon this occasion,
was something singular, and deserves much to be ap
plauded. The enemy had Rationed this vessel in Afh
iey river to prevent any communication with the town •.
after reconnoitering her situation, the captain prepared
a boat and a quantity of draw to cover his party, and
about ten o'clock at night rowed immediately down
the river, as if he intended to pass her. When he got
within sixty yards, he was challenged by the sentinel ;
he answered in the negro dialed, “ that some poor ne
groes were going to town to fell some live Rock :
maffa, we got some fat goose, will you buy ?" "Yes,
yes," replied the failon, " heave to and let us look
at them." As soon as the boat struck the fide of the
vessel, the men jumped up, mounted the deck, knock
ed the sentinel's brains out and shut down the hatches,
by which he secured 20 prisoners, three officers includ
ed, and captured a very fine Roop of ten or twelve
guns. He was obliged to burn the vessel, but he
brought off the prisoners.
" All Georgia, except Savannah, is in our possession.
—General Wayne confines the enemy close to their
lines.
By the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS ASSEM
BLED, May 9, 1782.
" Two fleets have lately failed from Charleftown,
one to New York w'th a number of women and 150
officers on board, and the other to Europe, all empty
transports."
Extract of a letter from an officer in the Southern ar-
my, dated April 3. 1782-
" Our little army lies at Bacon's bridge, about 20
miles from Charleftown. Every preparation is making
in the town for an evacuation; some circumßances
have put the matter almost out of doubt General
Wayne is in Georgia with about 150 cavalry, and the
militia of that Rate 25 miles from Savannah. Colonel
Pofey's detachment has gone to reinforce general
Wayne. It is the general opinion thatwe (hall be in
possession of both places before the firft of May."
By letters from Williamfourgh, Virginia, we have
advice of the recent appearance of a British squadron off
our capes, confining of fix ships of the line, fix fri
gates and five privateers. It is said they are cruizing
(with a view of intercepting a naval armament expell
ed on this coast from France) between cape Henry
and cape Hatteras. Some of them daily appear near
the entrance of Chefapeak.
Last Saturday the brig Holker, captain Kean, ar
rived here from Martinique. We have no further ac
count by this vessel of the late engagement in the Weft-
Indies; but a flag which arrived on 3 unday from Pro
vidence, which Ihe left theist of May, confirms the
account already published, with the additional cir
cumstances of admiral Rodney having been killed,
and the count de Graffe wounded in the said engage
ment. .^
The following paragraph is said to be an extract from
a London paper of March 30, 1782.
Philadelphia, May 14.
BALTIMORE, May 7.
A Quantity of elegant and fashionable Mahogany and
Walnut Furniture, confuting of Chair,, Dining,
Tea, Card, Dreffin%<nd Toilet Tables, a Setteeand
cover, with three Window-Curtains to match, a Deft:
Chest of Drawers, Looking G'affes ; some very elegant
framed and glazed Pi&ures, Japaned Waiters, a quan
tity of tea and dining table China andQueen' sware,wire
and jelly Glares, Tumblers, pint and quart Decanterr
Beds and Bedin,, bed and window Curtains : houfhold
Linen, amongst which are, Holland and Russia Sheets
&c. and some very large and elegant damask Tablet
cloths, iron and brass Andirons, iron and brass Shovelg
and Ton^s, a large quantity of pewter, brass, copper
and tin Wares, a very good Jack; with a great variety
of other ufeful houfhold and kitchen Furniture.
JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
, May 13, 1782.
CONROD FUNK, aged 24 years, five feet 6 inches
high, a blacksmith by trade, brown complexion,
brown bufliy hair, born and brought up near Lancas
ter.
Superfine hair Powder, whole
sale and retail, manufaaured and Sold, by JAMES
FUDGE, in Walnut-street, at a moderate price.
May 9, 1782.
WHEREAS by an a& of the legislature of this
commonwealth, passed the last feffiont, intitu
aled, " An A& to vest certain Powers in the President
" of this State, together with the other Officers there
'' in named, and for other purposes therein
mentioned." His excellency the president of the
supreme executive council, together with a number of
the fame, for that special purpose appointed, and the
several officers of the land-office were authorifed and
dire&ed to a& as a board of property, in order to de
termine all controversies co caveats or otherwise as in
said a& mentioned . •And it being intended to hold a
board for the t>anfa&ing such business as may be laid
before them, pursuant to said law, on the firft Mon
day in every month, at the council chamber in the
State-house, in Philadelphia.Thofe therefore who have
any contetfts on caveats Rill depending, are to apply to
thef ecietary of the land-office for citations in a reason
able time, previous to the refpe&ive days of hearing,
in order that the parties interested may have timely
notice. Bv order of the board,
DAVID KENNEDY, feretary of the Land-office.
With all her Guns, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture;
as the now lays at Mr. Buckridge Sims's wharf, agree
able to inventory to be teen at the place of sale ; being
a prize, taken by the privateer brigantine Holkefy
captain Kean. By order of the court of admiralty.
CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.
WHEREAS many of the purchasers
of the City Lots are now about fencing them
in, the Street Commissioners therefore give this Public
NOTICE to all such, that they do not inclofe any of
the public streets, lanes or alleys; and all persons who
have any part of the public streets, lanes or alleys
fenced in, are hereby dire&ed to have them opened,
otherwise the Street Commissioners will be under the
the necessity of having it done themselves.
Signed by order of the board,
JOHN GRAFF, clerk.
Philadelphia, May 10, 1782.
To be Sold by Public Auction,
at the house of JONATHAN BROWNE, in Arch
ftreet, nearthe corner of Third-street, on THURS
DAY, the 23d instant, at Nins o'Clock in the Mor-'
nine,
Two or three furniffied Rooms;
with one fm-ll lower room fronting the street, suita
ble for an office, in a healthy and pleaftnt situation.
Enquire of the Printer. , 'May 14.
N. B None nee^ apply but single gentlemen.
GAME to the plantation of the su bscriber, living
in Chester county, Ricmond township, a BAY
HORSE, about 10 or 12 years old, branded 00
both buttocks, I. G. the owner is desired to come, prove
property, pay charges, and take him away.
May 7th, 1782. PETER JOSEPH.
(The zoth Instant, May)
At Twelve o'Clock, st noon, at the Coffee House,
Will be SOLD by Public, Auction,
THE SCHOONER
DESERTED from their quarters, at the barracks,
in this ciry, on the nth and 12th instants, the
following recruits, viz.
JOHN SMITH, aged 22 year, five feet 7 inches
and a half high, a labourer, brown complexion, brown
hair, fayshe was bern in Prussia, and lived several years
in America.
JOHN PIERCE, aged 24 years, five feet 7 and z
half inches high, a blacksmith, fair complexion, san
dy hair, born and brought up in Chester county, has
fefved some years in the Pennsylvania line, snd was
difeharged January 26th 1781. Whoever secures the
above deserters, so that they be delivered to the fub^
scriber in this city, shall receive four dollars for each,
and reasonable charges paid, by
THOMAS DUNGAN, lieot. 6th Penuf. regt.
Philadelphia, May 13th, 1,82.
On MONDAr Next,
RECOVERY,
Twelve dollars Reward.
TO BE L E T,