The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1783-03-19 00:00:00, page 1

State of New-Jersey, to wit,
To all whom it may concern,
NOTICE is hereby given, that a court of admi
ralty will be held at the house of Benjamin
Lawrence, inn-holder in Allen-Town, on Thursday
the loth day of April next, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of the fame day, to try the truth of the
faffs alledged in the bill of Luke Ma^hewman, John
Bcedewine and Story (who as well, &:.)
against a certain schooner, burden about 20 tons,
and a gun-boat called Shovel-Shirts, &c. their fc
veral tackle, apparel, furniture and cargoes, lately
taken by the aforefaid Luke Mathewman, John Bce
dewine and Story, and brought into the port
of New-Brunswick: As also the truths of the facts
alledged in the bill of Major William Crane (who
as well, &c.) against a certain sloop called the Katy,
her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, taken in
New-York bay by the aforefaid Major Crane, and
brought into the port of Elizabeth-Town: As also
the truth of the faffs alledged in the bill of John
Wanton, commander of the armed boat called the
General Washington (who as well, &c.) against a
certain sloop called the Rebecca, her tackle, appa
rel, furniture and cargo, heretofore captured by the
British (hip Renown, and lately re-taken by the laid
John Wanton, off the coast of New Jersey, on her
passage to New-York, and brought into Barnegat:
To the end and intent that the owner or owners
of the said vessels refpedively, or any other person
or persons interested therein, may appear and shew
cause, if any they have, why the said vessels, and
their refpeflive tackle, apparel, furniture and car
goes, should not be condemned to the fevered cap
tors thereof, and decrees thereon pass, pursuant
to the prayer of the said bills.
By order of the Judge,
JOS. BLOOMFIELD, Register.
Burlington^^March 5, (783. gw
State of New-Jersey,
To all whom it may concern.
TCJOTICE is hereby given, that a court will be
r held on Wednesday the 2d day of April next,
mp he dwelling-house of James Godfrey, Esq. in the
tipper precinct of the county of Cape-May, then
and there to try the truth of the facts alledged in
the bill of Captain Joseph Edwards, against the
schooner or veflel called the Susannah, burden about
,15 tons, with her tackle, apparel, furniture and car
go, lately captured by the British schooner Dragon,
Capt. George Young Husband matter, in Ch fapeake
bay, and re-captured by the said Captain Joseph Ed
wards, and now lying in Great Egg-Harbour river;
to the end and intent that the owner or owners of
the said schooner and cargo, or any other person con
cerned therein, may appear and (hew cause, if any
they have, why the said veflel, her tackle, apparel,
furniture and cargo, may not be condemned to the
re-captors, according to the prayer of the said bill.
JOSEPH EDWARDS, Agent.
March 11, 1783. 3w*
TO BE SOL D,
By way of publick vendue, on Monday the 31st day of
March, inst. and continued from day to day till the
sales are over, at the late dwelling-house of Jo
nathan Holmes and Lydia Holmes, deceased, in
the townfllip of Upper Freehold, and county of
Monmouth,
HORSES, milch cows, young cattle, sheep, swine,
hay, green grain in the ground, a waggon and
gears, ploughs, harrows, and most kind of farming
utensils, salted pork, smoked beef and bacon, beds
and bedding, household and kitchen furniture, and
sundry other articles too tedious to enumerate : The
vendue to begin at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, when
the conditions will be made known, and attendance
given by their executors. Those who have any de
mands against the ehate of the deceased, are requeu
ed to bring in their accounts properly attested for
settlement; and those who are indebted to the
estate are requeued to make speedy payment, to
enable the fubferibers to pay the debts of the said
estate. Also to be fold, at private sale, a flout young
negro man, has had the small-pox, and brought up
to farming business. JOSEPH HOLMES,
March 10, 1783. gwf JOHN HOLMES,
Executors.
TO BE L E T,
A Number of F A R MS, lituate in the neigh
bourhood of Princeton, and entered upon the
frft day of April next. Enquire, for particulars,
o' Mrs. A. Stockton, near Princeton; or Samuel-
Witham Stockton, Esq. at Trenton.
March 1, 1783. 3W
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[Vol. VI.)
WEDNESD A Y, March 19, 1783.
By the Washington Packet, Captain Barney, ar
rived at Philadelphia the 12th inst. from I'Orient,
we have the following—
HOUSE of LORDS, London, December 5, 1782.
' E"T "' mar q u i s °f Carmarthen rose up to
move for an address to his majesty for his
& most gracious speech. He exprefled an
hope that the house would be unanimous
in teftifyiug their humble gratitude to the crown for
intentions so gracious, for sentiments so paternal,
for facrifices so generous. He declared a full con
fidence in his majesty's servants, and that while their
conduit should continue to deserve it, they should
meet with his support. He was happy, he said, in
every opportunity of teftifying his refpeft for the
crown, and doubly happy, when he could teftify
this respect, on an occasion so happy as the present:
when it appeared that the relief, the happiness of
his fubjecb, formed the firft with in the royal breast.
He hoped that peace would soon return to bleb, the
land; but, that if any untoward accident should
fruftrate the endeavours, and interrupt the negocia
tions now on foot for that deferable object, the spi
rit of this country would enable his majesty to pro
secute the war with vigour. The flourishing state
cf the navy, which was a fubjeft of hope and con
fidence, in case of being obliged to carry on the
war, was also an encouragement to open a treaty
for peace. Terms of peace were offered with great
est advantage, at a fcafon of victory and triumph.
The success of his majesty's arms, both by sea and
land, during the last campaign, afforded ground to
hope that his majesty's ministers would be able to
make peace on conditions, fair, fafe, and honoura
ble. America, he hoped, would not yet be wholly
loft to Great-Britaiu. A sameness of religion, lan
guage, habits, and difpolitions, together with mu
tual interest, would, he trusted, rc-eftablifh a solid
and a reciprocally advantageous connection between
the colonies and die mother country. In the mean
time, it would be impolitick and imprudent to re
lax the preparations fir war. 1 hefe must go on with
alacrity, as the surest means of making peace. This
country pofleffed the greatest resources; reiources
not only of wealth and of credit, but of men; gal
lant and able sea and land officers, arid an hardy and
intrepid race of tailors and soldiers, ready and de
termined to execute their commands. Tacre was
thetef re nothing of which we ought to be afraid,
provided that with unanimity and truly patriotick
Zeal, all ranks and descriptions of men ^ould unite
in bringing forth into exertion the spirit a^d vigour
of the nation. It was not for him to go farther in
to the fubjetts that were touched in his majesty's
most gracious speech. He trusted it would meet
with universal approbation. An important revolu
tion had happened in the history of the world. A
merica, dillevered from Britain, was riling into an
independent state, and would ihed various influences
on the old world. But he hoped the parent state
might (till derive some advantages from the profpe
rrty of its offspring. To cultivate a good under
fiandihg between these relations, let the whole na
tion, all the component parts of the constitution,
join hearts and hands. Let the crown, lords and
commons, unite to form one body of government,
for the purpose of refloring, if possible, a portion of
the diminifned glory of this nation. His lordflrip
then read the substance cf an address, recapitulating,
as usual, and approving all the propositions in the
speech.
Lord Hawke seconded the motion that had been
made for this address. His lordflrip spoke in so low
a tone of voice, that it was with difficulty we could
catch these sentiments. He encouraged the house,
and, the nation, to ftreugthen the hands of his ma
jesty's servants, and to hope for an happy issue out
of the present troubles, from a view of the glorious
state of the Britilh navy. The strength, and the lia
bility of this bulwark, against foreign attack, his
lordship asserted, depended not on the possession of
cur colonies, but on the virtue of the nation. The
glory of the British navy was founded net on the
sand of the American Ihore, but on the honour, the
good faith, and the industry of Britain. In the
course of human affairs, advantages were not un
commonly blended with disadvantages; the former
rose out of the latter. His lordflrip illustrated this
general dodrine by some particular instances : on
which fubjefthe glanced at the effeft the indepen
dence of British America must have on the depen
dencies of Spain and France.
Earl of Radnor protested that it was far from his
intention to mar that unanimity which the noble
lord who spoke left had so warmly recommended
T HE
and which the situation of publick affairs required.
He approved of the propoled address as far as it
went; but was of opinion that it did not fufficiently
express that sense of gratitude, which he was con
fident their lordships felt to the crown, for facrific
ing the considerations alluded to in the address to
the good of the publick. His lordship, therefore,
proposed, by way of supplement rather than amend
ment, to be inserted the beginning of the second
paragraph of the motion for the address, viz. To
acknowledge with the sincerest gratitude, " The fa
" crifice that his majesty has been graciously and
" affectionately pleased to make to the withes and
" opinions of his people, fully convinced that his
" majesty's own cendud has always been actuated
" by a similar disposition."
The earl of Sandwich then rose, and immediately
declared his resolution to support his majesty's pre
sent servants, both by contributing his endeavours
to raise the necessary supplies and otherwise, until
they should prove by their conduct (which he did
not expert would be the case) that they were un
worthy ot the confidence of the nation. He entire
ly agreed with the marquis of Carmarthen, that
unanimity in the present moment was that on which
all the hopes of the nation did rest. Our enemies
would mark well what degree of unity, or of dis
cord, prevailed in the councils of this country ; and
in proportion to these, their hopes, and consequent
ly their efforts, would be vigorous or languid. He
profeffed an ardent desire of peace, but cautioned,
with much feeling and energy, the servants of the
crown against grasping with eagerness and precipi
tation Inch a peace, as would only be a temporary
refuge from impending dangers, and, as must be
followed loon, by frefh attacks, and all the calami
ties of a new war. It is admitted, said his lordship,
that there is no cause of despondency. Success, bril
liant luccefs, has attended his majesty's arms, this
campaign, both by sea and land. The two great
objects against which the efforts of France and Spain
had been directed, were Gibraltar and Jamaica.
,1 heir attacks against both these important places
had been baffled. The firft had been preserved by
the brave, and able, and vigilant, and unexampled
efforts of a great land commander. The second by
the bold and fkilful courage and address of a naval
hero, whose name was dear at home, and refpeded
abroad. General Elliot had signalized his valour
and conduct in Europe, and admiral lord Rodney
had distinguished his capacity and bravery in the
V. eft-lndics. Success, he hoped, would still attend
his majesty's arms, and if so, the nation had a right
to look with confidence for a good peace. He had
been employed in negociation, and having had a
little experience, he would give his majesty's mini
sters some advice. If the French should refufe to
accede to honourable terms of peace at this time, it
was not reafonabie that they should be indulged
with an cfer of the fame terms, if the events of the
war should be in favour of Great-Britain—as he
doubted not they would be. The terms that were
offered in November 1782, were not of necessity,
tl e terms that should be offered in November 1783.
Ihe Frenca, he afiured their lordships, would rife
01 fall in their demands, accord ng to the success or
difcomfiture of them arms: and his majesty's mi
nisters, he affirmed, would be fools, if they did not
follow their example. His lordship also cautioned
his majesty's ministers against innovations in the
constitution.
I,ord viscount Stormont, profeffing the greatest
refpe<ft for the crown, said, that he should be very
lorry to withhold his assent to an address fraught
with sentiments of loyalty and affection to his ma
jesty; and in the present situation of publick affairs,
he would not oppose the granting of the necessary
iupplies. He was aware of the importance of una
nimity, and therefore he would not do or fay any
taring that looked like hanging on the wheels on go
vernment. But he referred to himfelf the liberty
of delivering his opinion, on any future occasion,
upon the matters that formed the fcbie& of the pro
posed address to his majesty. This he understood,
trem their lordfhips' journal, was perfectly parlia
mentary. A deference, a complaisance, he under
flood, to the crown, might forbear all ahimadverfi
ons on doctrines, or propositions contained in an
address, in reply to a speech from the throne, with
out precluding any member of either house from de
livering his sentiments with the most perfect free
dom, on the fame doctrines and propositions, wher
they came formally before parliament. Having fait
this, he would now trouble their lordships with :
few qbfervatious on some parts of the speech, whict
,c was at liberty to understand to be the speech 0^
[Numb. 273.]