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mand whatever. An honourable gentleman, his
lordfliip observed, had talked very triumphantly of
the fine state of our navy, and the vigorous exerti
ons of the present naval administration, to which
alone he imputed so fortunate a circumance. He
begged leave to remind the house, that the 12th of
April was the day, on which lord Rodney gained
the most glorious victory that had crowned our na
val arms this war. That his fleet was superior to the
enemy; that he took 8 of their Ships; that 9 had
since been sent hornetto Europe to be repaired ; that
I% more were in Boston bay repairing; so that we
were Rill greatly superior to the enemy in the Weft-
Indies. Nearly about the 12th of April, the hon.
gentleman was employing his oratory, in dating to
that house the deplorable and wretched condition of
our navy ; that he had now said, that his descrip
tion of its bad state at that time, fell far ihort of
what he felt it to be, but that it was at this moment
in a most glorious condition. Ships, his lordship
observed, could not faring up like mufhroons un
der our feet. If therefore, the navy was so bad in
April, and in so excellent a condition now, it mutt
be owing to the quantity of stores and preparations
got ready for the campaign of the pad summer, by
his noble friend, lately at the head of the admiralty,
of whose abilities, assiduity, and zeal for the ser
vice he had long been convinced. He might now
therefore fay to the present naval Alexander, " Your
fucceffs have been glorious and triumphant, but you
conquered with the forces of Philip."
His lordship dwelt for some time on the mode of
fettling terms with America, and strenuously infixed
upon it, that it behoved the gratitude, the genero
sity, and the charity of this country to take care,
that an adequate provision was made for the fafety
and property of thofc persons, who from motives of
loyalty to the person of his Majesty, and from motives
of regard for this country, had set their all at stake
to support government in the war, and assist Great-
Britain in her endeavours to recover America. He
gave ministers also his opinion in terms of great
energy, upon the conduct that ought to be held in
negociating a peace with France at this crisis. He
observed it had been suggested that some difficulties
had arisen in consequence of certain suspicions en
tertained of the sincerity of a noble earl high in of
fice. If the fad were so, if the treaty were manage
ed with proper spirit, it could be of no conkqißnce.
He advised ministers to aft with firmnefs and tpirit ;
he bid them fay to the commissioners of France,
" talk not to us of this, or that individual, we treat
for the British nation. However we may have our in
ternal struggles for power, and our differences upon
speculative points, with regard to regulations of re
form at home, we are agreed as one man with regard
to you, and we treat with you on that ground, and
on that ground only." His lordship added, that he
himfelf, and he hoped, situated as we mow were,,
every man considered a domestic opponent, however
Lvirulent, however severe, however formidable, as
* his bosom friend, in comparison with the man, be
he either Frenchman, Spaniard, Dutchman or even
American, who drew his sword againf tthis country
That till that sword was sheathed, he should hold
that man his bitterest foe, and treat hiyi accordingly.
That it was by such conduct only, we could rea
sonably hope for a peace, at once fafe, lading and
honourable. He hoped, therefore, ministers would
listen to no extravagant demands of cession and Sa
crifice, declaring, that though after a war, that had
been on the whole rather unfortunate and calamitous,
we could not expe<ft to make as good a peace as
we had a right to insist on, at the end of a war re
plete with glorious successes, that nevertheless, arm
ed as we now were, we had every thing to look for
from the valour and fltill of our admirals and cap
tains, and the bravery and zeal of our sailors and sol
diers, and therefore were under no necefli y of
making me^n and difgraceful concessions. His lord
ship also made several remarks on the different pas
sages cf the speech and address, and declared that
he had never considered avowing the independence
of America as a thing good for England, though he
was of opinon, that after parliament had ordered it
to be conceded, a minister was bound to grant it.
On this ground he juftified the earl of Shelburne,
declaring that he had not set the fun of Great-Bri
tain, but that parliament had been the magician and
the wizard that had conjured it down. His lord
ship also noticed what Mr. Fox had said rcfpitting
his ideas of the legality of subscribing sums for the
use of government. He quoted lord Hardwicke, to
prove that that lawyer had decisively declared it was
perfectly legal : his lordship added, that he had ever
thought so, but at the fame time he agreed that the
expenditure ought to be accounted for to that house,
as much as the expenditure of any other publick
money. He laughed at the idea of calling it ship
money, and shewed that what had been formerly so
termed was not illegal, because of its application
to the building of ships, but because it had been
forced from the fubjed by the privy council, with
out the consent and concurrence of that house. He
explained also the nature of what had been falfely
termed benevolences, but declared that voluntary
gifts to government, such as one he had heard
mentioned, though from its size it might remain
unexampled in a century, did the donor the highest
honour, and might be productive of the best conse
quences, as all publick subscriptions of individuals
ever were. To prove this, his lordship indeed
tie case of France, after their treaty of Gertruye
denberg, and said it might happen that the govern
ment of this country, in confeqnence of extraordi
nary calamity and ill success, fnould find itfelf oblig
ed to apply to the people, in which case the libe
ral fubfeription of the higher gentry would operate
most beneficially, by causing the poorer ranks of the
people to bear with cbeerfulnefs, the burthens ne
cessarily impofd upon them. Fur these reasons, his
lordship said, he hoped .that no notions of refined
speculation upon the conQitutiquality of the practice,
would be dwelt and reasoned upon, since it could
answer no good end, but might damp that noble
tpirit of generous and hearty support of government,
which by ihewing that the people were zealous in
the cause of their country, was Athc belt means of
convincing our enemies of the little ground there
was for them to hope by perfeverauce, to drive us
into humiliation and despondency.
(For the remainder fee the fourth page.)
Peace, Liberty, and Independence.
TRENTO N, March 26.
Sunday last arrived at Philadelphia, after a pas
sage of 32 days from Cadiz, a French sloop of war,
commanded by M. Du Quefne, with the agreeable
intelligence of peace, on the return of which we
most cheerfully and heartily congratulate the citizens
of New-Jersey.
Extract of a letter from a Gentleman of dfincrion,
dated Philadelphia, 23d March, 9 o'clock, P. M.
" An express has just arrived from on board a sloop
of war in the river, which left Cadiz the 19th ult.
She announces the definitive treaty having been signed
by all the belligerent powers, on the 20th of Jan. That
all hostilities had ceased in Europe ; and that the fame
happy event was to take place in this country on
the 20th of March inst.
The Count de Eftaing, who was ready to fail with
60 ships of the line, and a very formidable armament,
had given up the attempt, and was difperling his
fleet to the different ports.
This ship was dilpatched by the Compte de Eftaing
and the Marquis de la Fayette, in hopes that the
might by accident (as the has been) be the fortu
nate medium of the carheft communication."
The particular articles refpedting this happy and
glorious event, are as follow :
The principal articles of the preliminaries of the
peace, of the 20th of January, 1783.
France to retain Tobago and Senegal.
France to restore to Great-Britaiu, Grenada, St.
Vincents, Dominica, and St. Chriftophers.
St. Euftatia, Demarara, Barbice, and Hfequibo, to
be restored to the Dutch.
Great-Britain to restore to France, Goree, St. Lu
cia, St. Pierre, and Miquelon.
The filhtry of France and England on the coast
of Newfoundland to remain on the fame footing on
which they were by the treaty of 1763, except that
part of the coast, Cape Bonavifta, at Cape St. John's,
Ihall belong to the English.
France to be re established in the East-Indies, as
well in Bengal as on the cast and weft coast of the
Peninsula, as regulated by the treaty of 1763.
The articles of the preceding treaties, concerning
the demolition of Dunkirk, to be fupprclßd.
Spain to retain Minorca and Weft-Florida.
Great-Britaiu cedes East-Florida to Spain.
An agreement to be entered into between Spain
and Great-Britain, about the cutting of wood in the
Bay of Honduras.
Great. Britain to retain the Dutch settlement of
Negapatnam, in the East-Indies.
Great-Britain to restore Trinquemale to the Dutch,
if not re-taken.
St. Euftatia, Demarara, and Iffequibo to be re
stored by the French to the United Provinces.
Great-Britaiu acknowledges the Sovereignty and
Independence of the thirteen United States of A
merica.
The limits cf the United States to be as agreed
upon in she provisional articles between them and
Great-Brilain, except that they ihall not extend
further down the river Miffifippi than the 32d degree
of north latitiude, from whence a line is to be drawn
to the head of the river St. Mary, and along the
middle of that river down to its mouth.
As soon as the above articles were signed by the
commissioners of all the Beligercnt Powers, an ex
press was dilpatched from the court of Vcrfailles to
Cadiz, to prevent the failing of the fleet.
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TO - VE'S-OTD;
(And entered on immediately,)
'fHE farm of John Vanderbeit, deceased, con
-L taining 209 acres, in Alexandria, Hunterdon
county, adjoining lands of Mr. Joseph Chamber
lin, Esq. and others; a large quantity of which is
excellent meadow, a fufficient quantity of wood
land ; the othei good tillable land and well watered :
There is on said farm a good log house and barn,
frame barrack, &c. a good bearing orchard, a spring
of good water near the door, and done spring-house;
an indisputable title will be given. For terms ap
ply to the fubferibers on said premises,
AGNES VANDERBELT,/ r
JACOB VANDERBELT, J
Alexandria, March 15, 1783. 4wf
DR. Bryant's bad state of health obliging him to
decline all Practice, he begs the favour of
those who are indebted to him to call and fettle
their refpeftive bills; and requests those to whom
he is indebted to furnifh him with their accounts
that they may be difeharged. He will dispose of the
house in which he now lives on terms reasonable and
advantageous to the purchaser. €
Trenton, March 24, 1783. gw±
To be fold, at publick vendue,
On Thursday the 3d of April next, at the dwelling
houfe of William Biles, in the Falls townflii,,
Bucks county, Pcnnfylvania, near the river Dela
ware, being part of the personal estate cf Alber
Mott, deceased, viz.
HORSES, cows and calves, and other cattle, sheep
4 and hogs, waggon, ploughs, harrows, and other
farming utensils.—Also, beds and bedding, tables
chairs, and many other articles of household and
kitchen furniture ; salted beef and pork. Six months
credit will be given for all sums exceeding Twenty
Shillings, on giving security if required. Attendance
will be given at 10 o'clock on the day of fate, bv
JOHN MOTT, ) y
WILLIAM BILES, J Ex ecut.
March 18, 1783. iw*
T 0 B E SOL D,
By way of publick vendue, on Wednesday the 9 th
day cf April next, at the late dwellinghoufe of
Robert Rofebrugh, deceased, in the township of
Bedmiafter, and county of Somerset,
HORDES, milch cows, young cattle, swine, green
grain in the ground, two waggons and gears,
ploughs, harrows, and farming utensils of almost
every kind, a set of blacksmith's tools, and sundry
other articles too tedious to mention : The vendue
to begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon, when the
conditions will be made known, and attendance
given by the surviving executor. Those that have
any demands against the estate of the deceased, are
requeued to bring in their accounts properly attested
for settlement; and those who are indebted to the
estate, are desired to make speedy payment, to ena
ble the fubferiber to pay the debts of the said estate.
Also to be fold, at private sale, two stout young
negro men, one a blacksmith, tl t other brought up
to farming bufinefs.'
RICHARD M'DONALD, Execut.
March 18, 1783. 2 uf
B E SOL D,
A Valuable farm, situate in a pleasant and heal
2. 1 thy part cf Hdlfoorough townihip, in the coun
ty of Somerset, joining on the river Raritan, about
halt a mile from where the south and north branches
of Raritan meet, and on the road leading to New-
Brunswick, about 16 miles distant, being part of the
estate of the late Benjamin Taylor, deceased, con
taining two hundred and one acres and eight tenths
of an acre, well watered, about 40 acres of which
is woodland, near 20 acres meadow, which yearly
produces from 30 to 50 loads of good English hay;
the remainder good ploughland, well known for its
certainty of yielding good crops yearly: There is on
said farm a good bearing orchard, a commodious
dwellinghoufe, with four rooms on a floor, a good
cellar under the whole, kitchens joining the fame,
a well of good water at the door, a large barn and
convenient out-houses, such as waggon-houfe, bar
racks, cribs for storing grain; the whole in good te
nantable order. Also a lot of woodland cn Sourland
Mountain, containing 50 acres, well timbered. Any
person inclining to purchase the above described
farm and lot, may know the terms by applying to
Mrs. Mary Taylor, on the premiles ; or to James
Duyckinck, in New-Brunswick. A good title will
be given. 3w 7s . 6 *
Somerset, March 14, 1783.
"pURSUANI to the last will and testament of
f John Demund, late of the township of Bedmin
fter, and county of Somerset, deceased, will be of
fered for sale, on Monday the 14th day of April next,
on the premises, between the hours of ten and three
o'clock in the afternoon, the plantation whereon the
Rev. Doctor Rodgers now lives, containing 103
acres ; there is on the premises a done dwelling
houfe, with four rooms on a floor, and three fire
places, a kitchen adjoining the fame, a good well of
water by the door, a large Dutch barn and out
houses, a good garden paled in, a large bearing or
chard, noted for making good cyder, and sundry
other fruit trees ; a large proportion of said planta
tion is good meadowland, whereon can be mowed,
in a good season, from 15 to 20 tons of good hay;
tire rcmainuei pasture, wlieat and woodland ; almost
the whole of the premises is enclosed with a fence,
whereon is several small enclosures: The said plan
tation is situate in the township aforefaid, in a plea
sant part of the country, in a good neighbourhood,
near a house of publick worship, and near several
good mills ; it adjoins the publick road that leads
from New-Germantown to Morris-Town. Any per
son or persons inclining to purchase, are desired to
attend on the day aforefaid, when the conditions cf
sale will be made known on the premises by the fub
feriber, THOMAS BERRY, Execut.
March 24, 1783. 3 wf