The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-11-23 00:00:00, page 3

TRENT O N, November 13.
We learn, that the brave captain Storer, commissi
oned as a private boat of war under this slate, and
who promises fair to be the genuine successor of the
late valiant captain Hyle, has given a recent instance
of his valour and conduct in capturing one of the ene
my's vessels. On the evening of the third inOant he
embarked, with two boats under his command, at Point
Comfort, and proceeded from thence into York bay
by the way of the Narrows; and after a fruitless
search for detached vessels, he bore away for Middle
town. On his return he passed through the British
fleet 'ying at the watering place, and running down
along the shore of Staten- Island, difeovered a vessel
lying under the flag taff for™, within pistol shot of a
14 gun battery. This vessel he immediately boarded
and carried without any alarm being given. She prov
ed to be a (loop in the service of iris Britannic majefly,
and employed in the engineer's department. He had
the good fortune to get her fafe into port in spite of
the enemy's armed vessels lying in Prince's bay.
Philadelphia, Nov. 23.
The last advices from New-York fay, that on the
arrival there of a vessel from Jamaica, the fleet, with
troops on board, immediately failed, it was supposed
for the Weft Indies. It was thought that an attack
upon Jamaica by the French and Spanish forces was
again meditated, as the Spanish fleet at Havanna con
lifted of 17 fail of the line, and a large body of troops
were getting ready for an expedition ; these, it was
said, were to be joined by a considerable force expect
ed from Europe, and would together make up a very
formidable armament. —The evacuation of Charles
town was talked of at New-York, as an event which
they daily expected to hear an account of, and of which
Do one doubted.
executing this most benevolent difpofifion of his ma*
jefty, is what will give me the highest fatisfadion,
o nd will mamfeft to you the sentiments with which I
shall ever be animated, in return for the confidence you
nave placed in the fiuccrigy of my profeffions for your
well-being.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
THE contemplation of the (ervices, which your in
defatigable aMivity has rendered to the public, will not
permit me to omit fpecifying some of the more impor
tant afts, which so essentially strengthen the great con
iiitutional reformation, that you have compleated, and
which will forever distinguish the ; eriod of this memo
rable fellion. You have provided for the imparti
al AMD UPRIGHT ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, by
the act for securing the independence of the judges ;
you have adopted one of the mod efficatious fafe
gu rds of British liberty, by fixing a limit to the mutiny
ad; you have figured the most valuable of all human
bieffmgs, the perfonalliberty of the fubjed, by passing
the att of habeas corpus, Yu have improved and ad
vanced the wife principles of religious toleration, and
mad- I confiderable progress towardsabolifhing all those
difLnßions which have long retarded the progress of
indufiry and divided toe nation. The diligence and
ardour with which you have p-rfevered in accomplish
ing these great objects, muff always give the most ho
pourable teOimony to your zeal and activity for the
service of your country, and demonstrate that you are
enlightened to its true intcreds.
During the recess of parliament, many national ob*
jeftsof great importance must offer thrmfelves to your
confederation, but that which it behoves me to insist
upot most earnestly, as that, upon which your domes
tic tranquility and well being, as well as the prosperity
of the empire more immediately depends, is to culti
vate and diffufe those sentiments of affection and con
fiJence, that are at present happily restored between
the twokingdoms. Convince the people of your (eve
ra| counties, as you yourselves are convinced, that
ALL CAUSES OF JEALOUSY AND UNEASINESS WHICH
HERETOFORE SUBSISTED, ARE NOW REMOVED; that
the two countries have engaged THEIR FAITH TO
each other, and that their bed security tyll hence
forth be IN AN INVIOLABLE ADHERENCE TO THIS
MUTUAL COVENANT; that the IMPLICIT CONFI
DENCE THAT GrEAT-BriTAIN PLACES IN THE HO
NOUR, GENEROSITY AND CANDOUR OF IRELAND,
calls from your national character a return of sen
timents equally liberal an' elevated. Con
vince them that the two kingdom,are thisday but as
one ; indiffolvably connected by unity of constitution,
and oneness of interests, that the danger and fafety, pro
fperitj and misfortune of the one, must equally affect
the other; that they must rife or fall together.
Toe two houfts before they broke up, presented ad
drefffs of thanks to the duke of Portland for bis admi
nistration which had proved so advantageous to Ire
land. ' These were not carried without opposition,
many of the members being of opinion, that the advan
tages lately obtained by thi/kingdom, were owing to
the interposition of the earl of Carlifle, and not to his
successor.
An ACT for railing an Tmpoft on Goods, Wares and
Merchandize imported or brought into this State
by Land.
WHEREAS the merchants and traders of the
city of Philadelphia, by their memorial have
let forth, that large quantities of merchandize are im
ported or brought into this slate by land, and are not
liable to the payment of the duty or impost which arise
on goods, wares and merchandize, imported by water
according to the aft entitled, " An aft for an impost
on goods, wares and merchandize, imported into this
slate," passed the twenty-third day of December, in
the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
eighty. And the aft " for guarding and defending
the navigation in the bay and river Delaware, and for
other purposes therein mentioned," passed the ninth
day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty-two.
And whereas the intention of the above recited afts
may be evaded, by bringing or importing goods,
Wares and merchandize by land, and many evils in
consequence arise ; for remedy whereof,
Be it enacted by the representatives of the freemen
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general as
sembly met, and by the authority of the fame, That
from and after the passing of this aft, there shall be
rai ed, collected and paid the duties hereinafter set forth,
upon all goods, wares and merchandize brought into
this slate by land, except as hereinafter excepted, that
is to fay, upon every gallon of rum, brandy and other
spirituous liqours four-pence, upon every gallon of
Madeira wine eight-pence, upon all other wines four
pence, upon all wines in bottles one shilling per dozen,
upon every hundred weight of unrefined sugar two
shillings, upon every hundred weight of loaf sugar three
/hillings, upon every gallon of molasses two-pence, upon
every hundred weight of coffee two /hillings, upon eve
ry hundred weight of cocoa two (hillings, upon every
pound of green tea one /hilling, upon every pound
of bohea and other teas two-pence, upon all other
goods, wares and merchandize two per centum upon
the value thereof:
Provided always, That nothing in this aft shall give
any authority to demand or collect any impost or duty
on common lalt, faltpetre, gun powder, lead or shot, or
on goods, wares and merchandize of the growth, pro*
dud or manufacture of the united slates of America,
or any of them.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That the owner, factor or consignee of any goods, wares
or merchandize made dutyable by this aft, shall with
in twenty-four hours after their arrival, enter the fame
with the naval officer of the city of Philadelphia, or
his deputies in other parts of the slate, and foecify the
packages, marks and number thereof, and the nature
or quantity of their contents, in number, weight and
nvafur* as they are commonly counted, estimated
and fold:
Provided always, That on the arrival of goods, wares
or merchandize in any borough, township or district,
where there is no deputy of the navri officer, then and
in such case, the owner, consignee or fador shall make
entry as aforefaid, with the next juflice of the peace,
who is hereby authorifed and empowered to proceed and
aft in manner and form as the naval officer or his depu
ty is empowered and enjoined to do.
And be it further enacted by the authority afore
faid, That if any owner, factor or consignee, shall un
load or cause to be unloaded, any good-, wares and
merchandize, from ary waggon, cart, dray, flage
coach or 0 her conveyance, before entry made as a
forefaid, and Having obtained a permit for so doing,
every person so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum
of one hundred pounds ; and all goods, wares and
merchandize so unloaded, or the value thereof, shall
be forfeited, and the goods shall be seized by the said
naval officer or his deputy.
And to the end, that the duties herein imposed may
be duly collected and paid,
Be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That all the powers and authorities, and the penalties,
regulations and directions given and expressed in and
by the aforefaid aft, entitled " an aft for an im
post on goods, wares and merchandize imported into
this slate," shall be and they are hereby extended to
enforce the collection of the duties hereby imposed and
laid, as fully and amply, to all intents and purposes,
as if the fame was herein repeated and enumerated:
And be it further enaCted by the authority afore
said, T l at the duties arising by virtue of this aft, be,
and the fame are hereby appropriated for guarding
and de fending the navigation of the bay and river De
laware, in addition to the funds appropriated for that
purpose, in and by the aft, entitled “ an aft for guard
" ing and defending the navigation in the bay and
" river Delaware, and for other purposes therein men
“ tinned,” passed the 9th day of April, 1782, as afore
faid.
Provided always, That the duties hereby imposed
and laid, shall continue no longer than the armament
for the defence of the river and bay, as aforefaid, is
kept up, and in conjunction with the other duties ap
propriated by law to that purp fe, the debts arising
thereon arid interest are fu ly paid.
Signed by order of the house,
FREDRICK A. MUHLENBERG, Speaker.
Enacted into a law, at Phi
ladelphia, on Friday, the
twenty-second day of
November, in the year of
our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eigh
ty-two.
PETER ZACHARY LLOYD, Chrk
of the general assembly.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
To ALL whom ic may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Ad
miralty will he held before the honourable
bRANCIS HOPKINSON, enquire, fudge of thecourt
of ahmirrity of thi^ state, at the office o' the marshal
of the laid c>urt, in the city of Philadelphia, on Tues
day rext, the 26 h day of November infant, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, f^r the Trial of the Brigan
tine or Vessel called the GRACE, lately commanded
by George K^rr, taken *t fe?, on her p?fl?g, from the
port of London to the fl nd of Antigua, (ent : n'o this
port and libelled againtt as prize, by Stephen D catur
(qui tarn, &c.) To rhe end, that all persons corce; ned
may appear a< d (hew cause, if any there be, wherefore
a decree (hould not pass pursuant to the prayer of the
libel, &c. By order of the judge,
JAMES READ, reciter.
Good Encouragement will be given to a
Journeyman Tinman,
By JOHN BATES, in T hird-ftreet, jud above Church
alley, Nov. at.
just Published, and to be soL bb^
David C. Claypoole,
In Market-flreet, Philadelphia,
Father Abraham's
ALMANACK,
For the Year of Our LORD
7 83. .
Philadelphia, November 20, 1782.
BY virtue of a writ of venditioni expo
nas, to me directed, will he exposed to Public
Sale, at the Coffee-houfe, on WEDNESDAY, the
4th of December next, at 12 o'clock at noon, a certain
MESSUAGE and PLANTATION, containing about
115 acres of Land, with many Improvements thereon *
Stoat# in Upper Merion town/hip, Philadelphia coun
ty, bounded by lands of George George, Isaac Abra
bam, George Clever, and others; about three mile#
from the Bhd in-Hand tavern and th? Gulph-Mill
road, and 16 miles from this city. Late the property
of Wiliam Beil, and to be fold by'
WILLIAM WILL, Sheriff.
ii oTbITrV?
Twelve Dollars Reward.
U" As broke open, on the night of the 10th in
ttant, the Fulling Mill of the fubferiber, j n
Downing N-own, Chefler county, and the so l owing
ARTICLES taken away, viz. 9 yards of blue Cloth
6 ditto a(h coloured ditto, 8 ditto a(h coloured ditto"
4 and a bal< afh-colouted ditto, 6 and a half brown ditl
12 and ? . half dit.brown Linfey, 19 12 dit- red and green
Worsted, 21 dit. pale brown Camb! t, 25 ditto Cotton
and Linen, 7 and a half dit. blue Worsted and Linen
2 womens Gowns, 1 ditto red and brown, 1 brown
Skirt. Whoever informs and ?ffifls in getting the above
Articles and Thief, (hall receive the Reward proposed
or a proportionable sum for any part,
Nov. i 9, 1782. ' JESSE EVANS.
WAS left at the door of the subscriber,
Inn keeper, at the sign of the Green tree, in
T^rd ritrf, on the evening of the : 9 th instant, No
vember, A SADDLE, BRIDLE, and CLOTH. The
owner, proving his property and paying charges may
have them again, by applying to
ANDREW KESTLER.
Ringwood, O&oher 4, 1782.
IN pursuance of an aft of the general affembi, of the
state of New-Jersey, passed at Trenton in June last,
vetting in me, the subscriber, full powers of agency
to lease the lands belonging to the American Rirg
wood Company, lying within this fate, and for other
purposes therein mentioned : NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, That on the twenty-fifth day of November
next, I will, by w^y of Public Vendue, expose to file at
Ringwood, for the term of three years, to commence on
the firft day of April next, to the highest bidder, Icafes
on the federal Plantations, Houses and Lots, lituate and
lying in the counties of Bergin and Morris, the property
of Aid company ; the Vendue to begin at 12 o'clock in
the forenoon, viz.
The Dwelling House and Farm at Ringwood, on
which there is a large tody of good meadow ground
in proved, and very advantsgeoufly fituxted for graz
ing cattle, also all the Out houses and Lott^ annexed
to that pyt of th, effate.
The Dwelling House, Meadows and Farms annex
ed to Long-pond, on which there is about 30 acres of
meadow, situate about 5 miles from Ringwood.
The Duelling Houses and Lotts at the furnace and
forges at Charlotteburg, with a large parcel of improv
ed Meadow L^nd, situate two miles from said furnace,
and about 15 miles from Rin,wood.
A commodious Frame House, Store House, Birn and
Stables, on a Lot of about 20 acres, called Bellegrove,
lying on tbe great road leading from John Suffern's,
efqnir#, to Peramns, and well situated for a (tore or
tavern.
A Frame House and Lett, containing about seven
acres, ar Praicknefs, situate within three miles of the
furnace at Pumpton, and now in the tenure of Herma
nus V:drr.
A F-rro, commonly celled Rotten-pord, situate a
bout half way between Pumpton and Ringwood, on
which can be made, yearly, about 20 tons of hay.
A f,ffirient quantity of timber and wood will be al
lowed to the purchasers for fencing and firewood ; but
the tenants will be reltri&ed from cutting wood for any
other use whatever.
Sufficient security will be required of the purchasers
fo l the rents to be paid in equal haT yearly payments.
A particular description of the Farms, &c. will be
given by Mr. EBENEZER ERSKINE, on application
bring made to him at Ringwood, at any dine before
the day of fate.
All those who have any Demands against the said
Company, for debts contrasted by Robert Erskine,
efq ire, late spent for said company, deceased ; and
those who are Indebted to them, are desired to attend
at Ringwood, on the 25th day of November next, to
have their accounts liquidated and fettled. Attendance
will he given till the sth day of December ensuing.
ROBERT LETTIS HOOPER, junr.
Tanners Oil to be Sold,
By RICHARD WELLS, in Arch street, above Sixth*
set.