The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-02-20 00:00:00, page 2

Captain Worth, in the brig Sally, of this port,
arrived in the river on Sunday evening last from
Nantz, which he left the 28th of November. By
him we learn, that the Duke de Lauzan, who fail
ed from the Chesapeake in a frigate soon after the
capture of Lord Cornwallis and his army, arrived
at Brest the 19th of November, after a passage of
23 days, and that the important intelligence which
he carried had diffufed a general joy among our
allies. A dauphin of France was born the 22d of
October, on which occasion there had been great
rejoicings throughout the kingdom.
Yesterday fe'nnight a large wolf was killed in
Attleborough, and the next day another was seen
in that town; they had destroyed five sheep. None
of those voracious animals had made their appear
ance in these parts for thirty years before.
The Legislature of Virginia, by a late law, have
suspended the operation of an a& (of a former ses
sion) to enable the Congtefs of the United States
S A I/ E M, January 31.
Last Sunday the flrip Mercury, late a British pack
et, and taken fcveral months pail, by the Cicero,
Captain Hill, on her passage from Lrfbon to England,
arrived at Beverly from Bilboa. She had on board,
when taken, many passengers of diftindion, of both
sexes. who were treated by Captain Ilill, as acknow
ledged in the English papers, with the utmost hu
manity and politeness.
nation will be determined, depends not altogether
upon reasoning and address, but greatly upon the
Strength and good condition of our armies in the
field. The Iword must give energy to justice, and
firmnefs and equity to peace Our present situation
does therefore at once indifpenfibly oblige and high
ly encourage us to add frefh vigour to our military
operations, immediately to complete our quota of
the continental army with effective men, and to
make every provision that it may be well Supplied.
Accordingly I (hall lay before you, gentlemen, every
paper I have received during your recess, refpe&ing
this mold cflential object, as well as others that
concern the order and welfare of the State, fully
persuaded that you will give every attention and
despatch to the publick business which circumstances
will allow, and our cobftituents have a right to ex
pect; towards which, you may be assured, nothing,
on my part, tliall be wanting.
Gentlemen,
At the close of the last session, when you had
finished, on your part, the matters that were before
you, a number of bills and many resolves were
brought to me with a pressing desire that I might
immediately decide upon them, and give you a te
cefs. Upon this occasion, I found myfelf embar
rassed between a desire not to detain you, and the
duty which I owe to the commonwealth, by giving
a deliberate consideration to matters of such length
find importance. Your candid attention, gentlehen,
to this circumftao.ee in publick business, will, I am
persuaded, relieve me as much as may be, from any
such future embarrassment.
JOHN HANCOCK.
Boston, January 22, 1782.
PORTS MOU TH, Feb. 2
Lafl Wedrefday two men were taken up in New
bury Port, (md examined before Nicholas Pike,
E/p) for palling counterfeit dollars. Alter a tho
rough exam nation, they were supposed to be gouty,
not only of pafung, knowing them to be bad, but
also of being concerned in making than. They
were actor lingly committed to gaol, to take their
trial at the next fu?erior court. One of the men is
son to Mr. Hovey, a baptist preacher; he had up
wards of fifty of the dollars then in his possession,
and said he received them of one Brown of New-
Plymouth, in this state, to which place he also be
longed. It is very probable more of them may be
soon offered to the publick, as it is likely ieveral pcr
fon; are concerned in manufa&uring them ; but a
little care will prevent any person from being impos
ed upon, they-being clumsily made, the metal no
thing but pewter, and all of them dated 1770. If
more of them ihouid be offered, 'tis to be hoped
that those who offer them will be flopped, and car
ried before a mag ; ftrate.
BOSTO N, Feb. 7.
The year 1782, in all probablility, will behold the
power of Britain contrafled, a d she at) humble sup
plicant for that peace she has long withheld from us,
as the flattering.glimpfe of hope which slashed like
lightning upon the Ministry, from Lord Cornwal
lis's frequent iucceffes to the Southward, the two last
years, is now vanished. —The clouds now thicken in
their hem ; fphere, and a most direful storm seems rea
dy to burst on their kingdom.
B A LTI MO R E, January 22.
PROVIDENC E, Jan. 26.
to lay a duty on certain goods and merchandizes,
and also on all prizes.
“ A few days ago, as a young child of Mr. Vin
cent Wyley, near the Manor-Chapel, was at play
near a young horse. the beast kicked him with such
violence as to fradure his skull in a deplorable man
ner; and what added to the calamity, the bones
were beat in, and so firmly fixed on the top of the
brain, as to render the extraction impracticable,
without the operation of the trepan, which was next
day performed by Dodor Hulfe, the eminent Eng
lish hospital practitioner, aflifted by Doctor Love,
both of this county, and the child is now in a fair
way of recovery."
Jan. 29. I he French have on the flocks at Brest
and Toulon, 5 ships of 100 guns each, which will
be ready the next month. (here are two of equal
force building at Cadiz; and in different parts of
France and Spain, there are 25 seventy-sours on
the Rocks, and in great forwaranefs, besides a num
ber of fine frigates.
The Viper letter of marque, of 10 four pounders,
bound from Nantz to Philadelphia, laden with salt
and bale goods, and valued at £ 6000 sterling, is
taken by a British cruizer, after a gallant defence,
and carried into the file of Jersey. I here were
three American schooners in company, who escaped.
On Saturday last the brig Surprise, of 20 guns,
commanded by Capt. Minors, arrived here from
Curacoa. This vessel and cargo are the property
of Isaac Governeer, Esq. formerly an eminent and
refpe&able merchant at New-York who came pas
senger in her, and intends to reside at Philadelphia,
for the benefit of his health.
PHILADELPHIA,
Extract ofa letter from Nantz, dated Nov. 2c, 1781.
“ I embrace this opportunity to acquaint you of
the fafe arrival, at L'Jrient, of the ship St. James,
Captain Truxton. (he Franklin, Captain Angus,
is t. ken and carried into Portland. We have just
received the glorious news of the surrender of Corn
wallis by a French frigate, the Survillante, sent by
Count de Graffe, and arrived at Brest the 15th of
November, after a passage of 22 days."
Feb. 13. Fhe Honourable Thomas M'Ke^n,
Philemon Dickinson, Casfar Rodney, and Samuel
Wharton, Esquires, are appointed to represent the
date of Delaware in the Congress of the United
States, for the ensuing year.
Last Sunday morning a melancholy accident hap
pened in the river, opposite this city. A ferry boat
eroding on the ice, the people in attempting to launch
her into an air-hole, unfortunately overfet her, by
which Mrs. Little, wife of Mr. Little, near Cooper s
Ferry, and four other persons were drowned; the
boat and bodies of the fufferers drove under the ice,
Io that neither of them have been yet found. It is
said this accident, so truly calamitous to the families
of the deceased, was owing, in some measure, to a
want of care and attention in the passengers.
That the displeasure and vengeance of Heaven is
generally marked in the misfortunes of those whole
offences either escape, or do not come within the
scourge of human laws, was remarkably exemplified
in England within these few months past. William
Hamilton, Esq. son of a Baronet of good fortune in
Leicefterfhire, was engaged to a young lady of the
town of Leicester, whose fortune lay in Grenada.
Upon the capture of that inland, and consequent
change of circuinftances, at the^inftance of his mer
cenary father, he deserted her, and paid his addres
ses to a Mils Rollands, who received them, and
went to the Altar with him, when, during the ser
vice, the bridegroom fell dead on the spot. Ihe
unhappy fair, whose loss of fortune had loft her
lover, died on the very fame day, and exa&ly at
the fame time, as near as could be afeertained.
The father who had been present, at the unfinished
ceremony, died in a few hours after, curling himfelf
v ith horrid imprecations, for having brought the
fad catastrophe on himfelf, his for, and the injured
lady. The populace, who attended the interment
of the three deceased, were outrageous against Sir
William and his son, pelting their coffins, and treat
ing them with every mark ofindignity. The lady was
followed by numbers, especially of the young of both
sexes, shedding tears, and Brewing her coffin with
aromatics and flowers.—What an awful lelfon to
the old, against avarice in the disposal of their chil
dren; and to the young, against infidelity to each
other, where the affections have been honourably
and fairly engaged!
CHATHA M, Feb. 13.
Last Wednesday George Ogilvie (son of the late
parson Ogilvie, of New-York) a Lieutenant among
the refugees, left them and came over to Newark.
TRENTON, Feb. 20.
On TUESDAY the 12th infl arrived at New-
York, from England, after a passage of eight
weeks, the Narcissus frigate, by whom we have
his Britannick Majesty's SPEECH to both Hous
es of Parliament the 27th of November last.
fly Lords and Gentlemen,
W' H E N I last met you in Parliament, I ac
quainted you with the arduous situation of
publick affairs at that time, and I represented to you
the objects which I had in view, and the resolution
with which 1 was determined to persevere in the
defence of my dominions against the combined
power of my enemies, until such a pacification could
be made as might-consist with the honour of my
Crown, and the permanent interett and security of
my people.
1 he war is still unhappily prolonged by that reft
lcfs ambition which firlt exceed our enemies to
commence it, and which ilill continues to disappoint
my earned define and diligent exertion to redore
the publick tranquility. But 1 Ihould not answer
the trust committed to the . Sovereign of a free peo
ple, nor make a suitable return to my fubje&s for
their constant, zealous, and affectionate attachment
to my person, family, and government, if 1 conferr
ed to faciitice, either to my own define of peace, or
to their temporary ease and relief, those essential
rights and permanent interests, upon the maintain
ance and preservation of which, the future fttength
and security of this country must ever principally
depend.
The favourable appearance of cur affairs in the
Eaft-lndies, and the fafe and prosperous arrival of
the numerous commercial fleets of my kingdoms,
must have given you fatis faCtion; but in the course
of this year, my ffiduous endeavours to guard the
extensive dominions of my Crown have not been
attended with success eq,al to the justness and up
rightness of my views,^nd it is with great concern
that I inform you, that' the events of war have been
very unfortunate to my arms in Virginia, having
ended in the loss of my forces in that province.
No endeavours have been wanting on my part to
extinguish that spirit of rebellion which, our ene
mies have found means to foment and maintain in
the colonies, and to restore to my deluded fubjeds
in America, that happy and prosperous condition
which they formerly derived, from a due obedience
to the laws; but the late misfortune in that quarter
calls loudly for your firm concurrence and afiiltance
to frustrate the designs of our enemies, equally pre
judicial to the real interests of America, and to those
of Great-Britain.
In the last fellion you made a considerable pro
grefs in your enquiries into the Rate and condition
of our dominions and revenues in the Eaft-lndies:
You will, I am peifuaded, relume the prosecution
of that important deliberation with the fame spirit
and temper in which it was begun, and proceed with
the fame attention and anxiety to confider how those
remote provinces may be held and governed with
the greatest security and advantage to this country,
and by what means the happiness of the native in
habitants may be most promoted.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
I will order the estimates for the ensuing year to
be laid before you. I rely on your wisdom and
publick spirit for such supplies as the circumstances
of our affairs (hall be found to require. Among
the many ill consequences which attend the conti
nuation of the present war, I most sincerely regret
the additional burthens which it must unavoidably
bring upon my faithful fubje&s.
Tty Lords and Gentlemen,
In the prosecution of this great and important
contest in which we are engaged, I retain a firm
confidence in the protection of Divine Providence
and a perfect conviction of.the jeftice of my caule
and I have no doubt but that by the concurrence
and fuppoit of my Parliament, by the valour of mj
fleets and armies, and by a vigorous, animated, anc
united exertion of the faculties and resources ofmy
people, I (hall be enabled to rfftore/he blessings of
a fafe and honourable peace to all my de minions.
The foregoing has been publifced in Neco-York, a,
the SPri ECH of his Britannick Majefo to hi.
Parliament at their meeting in November last. Tbi
following comes to its through another channel ; am
if it was not SPOKEN, perhaps it might as well haw
been spoken.
My I ords and Gentlemen,
I HAVE thought proper to postpone your meetin;
tillthis late season that I might have fomethin;
certain to lay before you from our colonies in rebel
lion.
It is now twice three years since we have maintain
ed a war, with immense glory to our qrms, againf