The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1783-01-21 00:00:00, page 1

fr HE DutcN mail, bring the aufwer given by the
& prince ftadtholder to a firing of queries, proposed
to him in a letter from the state of Friezeland. In this
answer, much too long and unimportant to be tran
scribed verbatim, his highness observes to his intimate
friends, as he calls them, that, " although he thinks
himfelf hy no means amenable to any of the confederate
Rates in particular, for w?at he has done, or omitted,
in his quality of admiral general; yet, out of mere re
gard to their noble mightinesses, he is willing to give
them such information as may serve to remove all those
falfe notions which have been imbided, for want of be
iiw better acquainted with the real Rate of affairs."
He then ent r rs into a recapitulation of all the obfla
cles that have prevented the more speedy reinforce
ment of the navy, and, above all the impossibility he
had been under of fending the quota of ships intended
to join the French at Bred. This part of his high
neb's answer may be called an argument ad hominem,
and a very forcible one, as it is grounded on the dila
torinefs of the very complainants ; for having Rated
the bad condition of their small fleet, owing to the ships
not being fully manned, or mod of the crews laid up
with various disorders, his highness concludes in the
following words:
“ Your noble mightinesses will have no occasion to
pose that the real forces of the Rate are not exagge
rated in the public prints, when you confider that two
of our admiralty colleges have not yet been able to
furnifh a single ship of the line fit for sea; that the
third college ad but one ship in the Texel, where no
other naval force exists at present, but a few cutters,
sent in by two of the five admiralty colleges.
" We sincerely lament with you the present weakness
of our navy, hut as it is the obvious consequence of
its being neglected for above half a century, we flat
ter ourselves that by the cordial and unanimous assist
ance of your noble mightinesses, &c. the above com
plaint will focn be effeaually removed, and the mari
time forces of this republic put upon so refpeaable a
footing as to enable us to make head to better purpose
against the common enemy, and reftor€ us to our form
er state of splendor and glory."
Of the Brigantine Morfon, captured by the Ship Re
n^tt, Cptain BII:
CONSISTING of 400 firkins of Butter,
390 barrels and half barrels of Bari and Pork,
110 boxes of tallow Candles, 200 dozen of felt H^ttr,
200 barrels of Bread and Flour, upwards of 300 pieces
Oznahurgs, Checks and Irish Linens, an Assortment
of Hard-Ware, a quantity of Cheese, Q^ens-Ware,
Tin-Ware, and a Variety of other Articles, &c.
CHARLES POPE, M r^l,
Dover, January 9, 1783.
Of a Large and very General ASSORTMENT of
MERCHANDIZE,
Suitable for the approaching Season,
(Particulars of which will be published by the Bell on
the Morning of the Day of Sale)
With a QUANTITY of
Houfhold Goods, Kitchen Furniture,
By Virtue of an Order of the Court of
Admiralty of the Delaware State,
Will be Sold on Thursday
Tae Twenty-third Day of this Instant, January, at the
Port of LEWIS, in the laid Kate, The
JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
N. B. The City Au&ion will be constantly held
every MONDAY ; and as the Store is always open for
the Reception of Goods, it i% desired (when not incon
venient) that the Goods may be sent before the Day of
Sale.
WEARING APPAREL, &e
TUESDAY
VOL. XI.I Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
At the City Au&ion,
On FRIDAY Next,
&mffi@|^@
The 24th of January, 1783.
At NINE o'Clock in the MORNING,
Will Commence the SALE
L O N D O N, Nov. 12.
CARGO
lENERAL ADVERTISER.
fi CITY COURT will be held at the Court House,
ofc in this city, on Monday the 27'h instant, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon, of which all perlons bound by
recognizance to appear thereat, and all city constables
are to take notice and give their attendance accordin -
1% All public house keepers within the city, who (h#ll
not then have taken out their licences for this y? ar, will
be prosecuted according to law.
, WILLIAM WILL, Auriff.
Philadelphia, January 18, 1782.
Imparted in the Est Veflels from France, By
"John Richard & Co.
And Opened for SALE at their STORE, the second
door above Vine-street, in Front Street:
Consisting of the following ARTICLES —
BROAD and narrow Mantuai of UI colour, plain
striped and figured,
Sattintts and Persians of all colqurf,
P^uafay and rich figured Siks,
Plata and painted Riobons in boxes,
Black hair Ribbons,
Plain and figured Sattins,
Black and white Mode's and Peelongs,
Phin and affert<d Sowing Silks,
Artificial Flowers in bunches and wreaths,
Plain, striped, parted and embroidered Gauzes,
Tiffany Handkerchiefs and Aprons, and in the p^cp,
Black, white and coloured Ostrich Feathers and Plumes,
Kid Gloves,
Si k, cotton and thread Hose,
Chintzes, Calicoes, Britannia# and Checks,
Cotton and liner Handkerchiefs,
Yard wide and 7-8 Linens,
Superfine and second Clothe, Naps, &c.
White and coloured Threads,
Batavia and Chinese Patterns,
Cambricks and Laws,
Rich and common Fans,
Calimancoes of all colours,
A few patterns of elegant Q^t for ladies petticoat,
Moroco Pocket Books,
An Assortment of down Puff^ :
On his Wharff, between the Wharves of Moffs C^r
fan and Mason, above Market flren,
Sundry Articles saved of the Brigantine
the S. JEAN, Captain P^ter Moizeaus, burnt by
the Enemy at Lewis-Town,
Guns, Swivels, Sails, Cordage,
Mofkets, &c. &c. Jan. 19.
With many other ARTICLES too tedious to men
tion, which will be disposed of on re^oe^de Terms
for Csfh, Tobacco, or Bills on . an, prrt,rfE^ror•
A Gentleman, who is obliged
to f r end in Philadelphia some months evrr ye^r, at
different timer, want: to HIRE, in a genteel b ule, two
good ROOMS, as a good Bed-room and a Parka ,
another Ro.nn for his servants, a Kitchen, or the use of
a Kitchen, the Rooms furnished or not furnished En
quire of the Printer.
io be Sold on Thursday next,
At TWELVE o'CEk,
At Public Vendue,
Und^ruhe Authority or the Consul of France,
In Front-freer, a fe„ Doors above Market.ffr^t,
Weft-India R U M by the hhd.
Coffee by the bag, and a quantity 01 Salt, Ltid and
French Army Bills of Exchange,
By Thomas Randall & Co.
Aflbrtmenc of Dry Goods,
At THIRTY D^ys Sight,
FOR SALE, BY
John Chaloner.
By P. D. Robert,
Tin in box^ e
Likewise ^ Variety of QRY GOODS,
AN ELEGANT
TO BE SO L D,
OR, THE
THE
Ten Dollars Reward.
T, AN-AWAV from the fubfcribe r , in Third-ftree*,
,?^ between Market and A ch-ftr?^, on the 26th
day of August iafr, A NEGRO MA N, named A
DAM, lays he was o<ra in New Yoti ,by trade a
Berber, (haves exceeding well, isabout 5 e<t 6 inch
les hig% floors mirh when he w^kx, tp<ak# very bad
' En /dh, much folia dto Iquor, may strive to pa's as
' a Dccoll: had 0 ^h.n be ^nt aw^, a rri and
Iwhite mixture cotton lappelLd coat, *itu white metal
I buttons, a pair } hite linen trowfe rs, ch ck fliirt, a
iruri frit rl, fovrs nd (forking,, with ap: it heel
I buckles in his (hoes ; > # may have changed h^clorths,
I as he ft fen great ded of coaming, and many other
a^Th which canpt be r^ccde&d, as he left my
I h>u<e between three and four o'clock in the morning.
Whoever takes up Did Negro, foil h ve the .above
Ireward and a heafonable th # rg<: to pid, by ! :
JOHN ROSS.
I N, B. He w4s seen next d*y i Ge. m/ntown, and
jis thought to b^ there noY Puilad. Jan. 20, 1,83.
; Wants a place as a wet Nurse,
!3 W man with a wood b'eart of Md&, and can "be well
<ivcommcnded. Enqu r.cf LL Printer.
• ^O A M E to the Plantation of th* forienber, Luing
'"* K nyfeffing, two COWS one a ^O%, the 0-
th a red and wrote. Tie onets is dHired to come,
, prove property, pa, char et and take them * • v.
N. JONES, near Gg,'* F^ty.
j Jam. 20, 1783.
BROKE jail hff Friday night about twelve o'clock,
r he following prisoners, viz. JOHN DOSSET, a
1 Negro man, very black, about five feet eight inches
high, wore a green jacket, blue overalls, and a dark
carablet preen coat bn^d with baize.
SAMUEL NURICH (alias Freeman) a Negro man
about five feet fix inches high, thick and clumsy made;
had on a huneipun coat, jacket and breeches, and a
homespun cloth great coat of ^ fohtilh colour.
Ado a Negro man, belonging to the fur scriber, nam
'd Cato Mongomery, about the fame size as Samuel
Wurih, has uncommon thick lips, and in his throat
th* marks of the king's evil ; he had on a light colour
ed homespun cloth coat with red edging to ir, a brown
jacket, dun coloured leather breeches, a cocked bound
hat, and a brown great co>twith a r±d cape. This
nearo, with falfe keys, b~ the conbffion of two other
prisoners since taken, *frari their, afcape. They in
t^o' to go to New-York, from whence the tvo firft
mentioned came as refugees, and are under sentence of
death for burglary,
Whoever apprehends all the prifener, and secures
ten in tuy jail, & I have the above reward, or For
ty Dollars for each of them, from.
JOHN REYNOLDS, jailor of Philadelphia
J-n. 18, 1783, city and county.
N r te. C^lo^ues to be had on Monday next at
PRICHARD's Circulating Library, and at the Place
of Sale. January 17.
One Hundred and Twenty Dollars Reward.
CHAMBER'S Dictionary of Arts ^nd Sciences;
James's Medicinal Dictionary ; Jacobs's Lw
D & onary ; Be^weft Merchants Dictionary ; English
D Aionaries by various authors; French and Engrih
Dribonaries; Latin and English, English and Latin,
Daionarifb; Vir il, Homer, Horace, and 11 the claf
fi s, with Tr nfUtions by Clarke, Davub&n, &c and
those in ufum Driphini, &c. Rollin's Roman History;
Bell's Letters, &c. Smollett's Hritory of England, wih
Continuations; lofepiusL H^ofy of the j^ws; Rort's
History of latt W?.r; Knox's American Campaigns ;
R^b- then's Hiftorv of Charles the Vh, and H-ft^y of
Scoti nd; Trans aions of the American Phiiefophi
cal Society; The British Paets: Together with a great
Variety of the latest entertaining and new Novels,
Voyages and Travels, Adventures, Plays, Pamphlets,
Ma„azme,, Per oti al P pers, &% &c.
JDHN BAYARD, AufFoneer.
To begin on TUESDAY EVENING next, and con
tinue every Evening after, during the Week :
Among ^hich ?re the following Authors, viz.
Of a very valuable Collection of BOOKS,
Consisting of about One Thcuhnd Volumes,
At the City Vendue-ftore,
AUCTION
JANUARY 21, 1783,
[NUMB. 992.