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POETs C ORNE R.
The ROBBER Robb'd.
AC E RTAIN Priell had hoarded up
A mats of sacred gold;
And where he might bestow it fafe.
He knew not to be bold.
At lad it came into his thought,
To lock it in a chest,
Within the chancel ; and he wrote
Thereon, hie Deus est.
A merry wag whole greedy mind
Did long for Inch a prey,
RetpeCting not the sacred words, 1
That on the casket lay;
Took out the gold ; and blotting out
The priest's infeript thereon
Wrote, Refurexit, non est bic ;
Your God is role and gone.
VVVV'
L 0 N'D 0 N.
House of COMMONS FRY DAY, October 27.
A report was niaJe from th: Committee appointed to draw up
an Address to his Majefly, that the Committee had drawn up an
Addicts, which ^as read.
Refolded, That/ the hid Address be pre Tented to' his M^jefty by
the whole Hcufe.
Ordered, That Inch Members as are o the Privy Council do
wait on his Majesty to know when he wil/te attended therewith.
•A motion being made for re-committing the Address, a great
debate ensued, in which most of the principal speakers on both
lides took a very warm part Particular objection wrs made to
the following elaufe ; " We thankfully acknos ledger the gracious
" confederations which induced your Majesty to take this hep,"
(meaning the introduction of his electoral troops into the garrtfons
of Gibraltar and Port Mahon.) The gentlemen in oppofiticn
considered this elaufe as a full approbation of the measure; whilst
the friends of Administration infilled it was no more than a com
pliment to his Majedy'sgood intentions, and left the measure itfelf
a matter of future deliberation. Mr. W—burne and Mr. D--mng
had a long conversation upon the different interpretations of the
elaufe.
Mr. C-—wall acknowledged that there had been mismanage
ment fomewbere ; but whether by the Parliament in not granting
a Efficient force ; by the Minidry in not properly applying the
forces granted ; or by the officers who had the command of them,
in not exercising them effectually, he would not then assert, but
probably might one day afford matter for enquiry in that Houle.
However, he could not avoid faying thus much in favour of Ad
ministration, that a minister in this country, though he may fee
much farther into future events than the red of his countrymen,
cannot take any great step without having the cry of the people
with him § had Government demanded 40,000 men the lull session
to fend to America, the people would have thought them mad,
but now that the people we.e with them, he did not doubt of
luccels. He censured those Members very severely, who had vo
ted lass session with Administration, and expressed themselves very
differently in this debate: He alluded particularly to Mr. Ch Fox,
who, he said, as well as himfelf, had been railed to very impor
tant offices in the state at too early an age
Mr. Fox, in reply, protested that he had been deceived by the
Ministry ; he had been taught to believe that Government had so
many friends in America, that the appearance of a few regiments
there would give them security in avowing themselves, secure
obedience to our laws, and enfurepeace ; that upon this principle
he had voted for fending over the forces lad session ; peace was his
object in that measure, but now that the Minister declared himfelf
for war, he could not but object to his proceedings.
The Lord Advocate of Scotland said, it would be redicubus in
Administration to recede at present, or to listen to conciliatory
measures, whilst America was making so effectual a refinance;
that all Europe would lay, we had felt our inability to enforce
our rights, and therefore were glad to accommodate matters upon
any terms; that when we had regained and re-established our
authority there, he wou.d be happy to j in in any plan for the
better and more happy government of that part of the Empire.
He said it was not uncommon forGreat-Britain to be unfuoceisful
in the beginning, and victorious in the progrels and conclusion of
her wars, and that he was not at all difmaved by the gloomy pic
tures which some gentlemen were pleased to draw of our perilous
and deplorable situation
Mr. Th-loe infilled that decency demanded that we Should re
turn his Majesty thanks for the confederations which induced him
to take the Step, though we might afterwards condemn the men
fure. Suaviter in mode, fed fortiter in re, Should ever be a maxim
in B, itiih minds; he declared that it was his opinion that the Bill
of Rights did not forbid the introduction of foreign troops into
our territories abroad ; that it only mentioned this kingdom ; that
consequent y he could no more fee any legality, than 11c could
danger, in the measure.
Sr William W-ke infilled, that the Bill of Rights was only
declaratory of rights existing prior to that aft, that therefore the
people were not to confine their claims to the literal terms of it,
but to recur to the great principles upon which that declaration
was founded.
Mr. Dining argued upon the fame grounds.
Governor J-nftone arraigned the conduct of Administration
pretty feve ely ; he declared that he was certain the Hanoverian
Soldiers could not be tried by martial law for any offences, that
if they Should be tried, they would have an action in Great-Britain
against their officers, and that if any of them Should be put to
death in consequence of the sentence of a Court Martial, those
who gave the sentence would be guilty of murder according to
our laws; heinfifted, that our garrilons abroad were, in the true
sense of the word, a part of this kingdom, and he was against the
elaufe as a dangerous precedent.
Mr. G—ville very pathetically deplored the date of our national
affairs, and was convinced, he said, that nothing but misfortune
could be the consequences. Let Administration, fays he, call the
Pope from Rome, the Mufti from Constantinople, the High
Priest from the Synagogue to their aid, let them put the assassinat
ing knife into the hands qfSlaces, and teach them to butcher their
makers, yet Bill the event muff be ruinous to this nation. Sup
pose America conquered, its towns destroyed, its fields laid waste,
we mull keep up, large (landing army to support our triumph ;
but can 'AT make them in such a date raise money Sufficient to pay
for their ownchains ? Can we make them build uptheir ihattered
cities by force ?
Mr F—land, though he confeffed his dislike to the employing
foreign mercenaries, without the consent of Parliament, declared
his objection to the re-commitment of the Address. He did not
wish to impede the measures of government at so critical a time,
but he wished the minister had culled the parliament together lass
summer, rather than take that llep without their concurrence,
however necessary the Pep might have been ; he was forty, he
said, that so little advantage had been made of the grants made
last sessions for the purpose of enforcing American obedience, and
threw out some severe remarks upon that indolence of temper, and
dislike to business, which seemed inherent in the charr£tcr of the
Minister; and to this dilpofition he attributed the little success of
what he ventured to call our lummer's campaign in America; how
ever, he Sweetened this dole of confute with a great many com-
plements on the vaff abilities and amiable difpofidon of the noble
Lord.
This called up Lord North, who, after some difference about
order, observed, that he would not have persisted so much in his
desire to be heard, had not something which had fallen from the
gentleman who spoke lad, demanded a reply, which might not
come to well at another time. He was greatly obliged to the
gentleman, he said, for that candour and boldness with which he
had treated his character. He was not displeased to hear his
faults from whatever motive they might be suggested ; sometimes,
' as in the prefect instance, they were suggested by candid, and
Sometimes by malicious ones. Those who suggested them from
the firfl cauie he thanked and esteemed; thole who displayed
them from the latter principle he defpiled. He confeffed that
insolence of temper which Mr. F--land had noticed, and that
dillike to bufinels, but declared, that he was forced into the post
he now held; that Stormy and tempestuous as the ocean is, through
to which he has to fleer, he would never of htsown accord abandon
it till the dorm had subsided; he acknowledged he had been de
• ceived in events, but that he had adopted his measures lad feflions
-co the then date of affairs, not imagining that all America would
have armed in the cause. It was easy, he Said, to fee what has
happened, but who could have forefeen that things would happen
so? Administration had proceeded upon the information they had
received; if gentlemen were in p ffeffion of better information,
why did they not communicate it ? He said, that when he ad >pt
cd the necessary plan of fending Hanoverians to our garrisons, he
had not a doubt of the legality of the meature ; that if it Should
be found that he was mistaken in this point, though the matter
itfelf Should be approved, any danger which might be dreaded
from the precedent might be prevented by a bill of indemnity .;
that the necefftv of taking such a hep was clear, from the danger
ot confiding folel, in our militia for the internal defence of the
nation, however brave they might be ; and if he had waited for
the meeting of Parliament our troops in Gibraltcr and Port Mahon
could not be brought over time enough to have admitted of an
early and vigorous exerti nos our forces against the rebels. To
call the Parliament in the mddle of Summer, would, he said,
have been exceedingly disagree bte and burthenfome to the nati n,
and many instances could not be found in our history of Parliament
called so early as the present. He had, he laid, as great a vene
ration for liberty as any man in that Houle ; And he hoped the
Americans were too brave and worthy of their glorious ancestors,
to hesitate a moment in their choice between Slavery or war, be
tween ignominy or death; but in the present indanes there was
no question of Slavery. Their friends have laid, that they only
wished to be put on the fame footing on w hicn they were in 1763.
He asserted, that Administration wished for no more, and he could
not believe that America without money, without trade, without
resources, could continue to prefer a ruinous and lading war with
the incensed power of Great Britain, to the blessings of liberty and
peace in a happy dependence on her. He spoke very pathetically
of the integrity of his heart, and of the happiness w hich he hoped
to derive in the last moments of his life, from the tedimony of his
own conscience ; and concluded with a beautiful description of the
envied, splendid wretchedness of his ministerial Station.
Col B--re, in a very ludicrous manner, observed, that the ncble
Lord could very calmly bear to hear his faults announced from
some quarters; that his Lordhip flood the attacks of a certain
northern dialed with a very good grace, and he was instantly Shot
dead wuh the brogue; and what was acknowledged to be ex
tremely candid on one fide of the House, was downright malice
from another ; he kisses the rod in some hands, and is exceedingly
docile, but is very fore when the lash is taken by some others.
The reason, he said, which induced all America co take arms
sooner than the noble Lord had expected, was to oppose a com
mon enemy ; The circumstance put him in mind of a speech made
by Marshall Scomberg to the British tro # ps as he= were crossing
the river Boyne in Ireland, ale devoir met infant, voila vos enne
mis ' at length the house was recalled to the question by Sir
George Y--ng, who proposed an amending t, which being
cut of order, was not put; after some altercation, the question
before them was put, and the House divided, when the numbers
were 176 to 72.
Lord North then moved for " leave to bring in a bill to em
power his Majesty to call out the militia when a rebellion ap
peared in any part of his dominions," w hich was carried, and the
House rose immediately (about a quarter after one this morning)
and adjourned till Monday.
This day, at 2 o'clock, the Address of the Hon. House of
Commons was presented to his Majesty at St. James's.
This morning Stephen Sayre, Eiq; by virtue of a Habeas Cor
pus granted by Lord Mansfield, was carried from the Tower to
Lord Mansfield's house, where his case was argued; when his
Lordship was pleased to discharge him on bail, himfelf in fool,
penalty, and two sureties in 2501. each.
^'2^" This is to give Notice, that the
SHIP ELIZABETH,.
Robert Campbell, Master;
VvILL laii on the 15th of j^^
ary next, wind and weather per
qffi^V^^ mitting, FO R
Cork, Falmouth, and London:
ALL perlon who intend to go passengers in die
said ship, are desired to apply, as soon as pos
sible, to the Commander on board, at Mr. Bickley's
wharf, the upper fide of Market-street wharf, or at
the London Coffee house, to pay their pafla,e mo
ney and choose their births, that provision may be
made accordingly. Dec. 27.
Wanted as a Tenant,
UPON a small Plantation, near the Falls of
Schuylkill, a MAN (and bis Wife) who
understands gardening and fruit trees: It contains
sixteen acres of cleared land, including a large
garden and a young bearing orchard of good fruit.
Any one who can be well recommended for sobrie
ty and industry, and is capable and willing to un
dertake the management of it, by applying to the
Printer, may be informed wh^re to speak with the
Owner, who will agree with 'him upon advantage
ous Terms.
ALSO, Wanted a Man SERVANT, white
or black, to attend table and do common house
work. Enquire of the Printer.,
WHALE OIL In Tierces and Barrels,
To be SOL, D for Cash only, by
CHARLES EDD Y,
In Second-Erect, between Market and Chefnut
greets, Philadelphia.±
The schooner is 53 feet keel, 22 feet beam, and
about 9 feet in the hold; she is quite new, built in
South Carolina, may carry about 300 barrels of
rice, her stern square and painted light blue, had
bright sides, fix port holes and two quarter-lights
on each fide. The ports and deadlights were not
painted, nor the windows faflied: neither was there
any joiner's work done in her cabbin, being just out
of the builder's hands. She is taunt rigged, with
topmasts Landing, but had no yards across; her
forefail new, and her mainsail and jib half-worn.
The hook over her boltlprit had been carried away,
and was fixed with a hawser. She was lately pur
chased by the fubferiber at the Marshal's sale at
Savannah in Georgia.
When the schooner was boarded by the said pirates
she was in ballad; the only provisions then on board,
were about 5 bulhels of potatoes, and a few calks
of water. From their being so scantily provided,
they may be obliged to put into some port or inlet
on the coast of North-America, in order to pro
cure, by theft a freffi supply; it will, therefore,
behoove all persons on the coast to keep a good
look out, in order to prevent their accomplilhing
any such purpose; or they may probably offer the
abovementioned negro fellow Jack for sale, that
they may, with the purchase money, procure ne
cessaries.
About eleven o'clock on the night of Tuesday
the 31st of October last, nine armed men came on. x
board a schooner, then lying moored off the point
of Sapello, in the province of Georgia, cut both
her cables (which were all that were on board) and
proceeded immediately to sea. Of the perpetrators
of this piracy two only are known, viz. SAMUEL
PRICE and SAMUEL WELLS. Price is a short
Aim man, rather well made, about 35 years of age,
and was lately master and owner of a coasting
schooner in this province; Wells is a tall, slender
young man, about 25 years of age, and was born
in Rhode-Bland.
Georgia, Nov. I, 1775.
To All Men in all civilized Kingdoms, States,
Provinces, Colonies and Islands;
PATRICK MACKAY, Esq; of the island
of Sapello, in the province of Georgia, here
by gives notice of a most daring and flagitious rob
bery and piracy, and requests their aid and assist
ance to seize, stop, and bring to punishment, the
perpetrators of the crime to be set forth at large in
this advertisement, for the public good of all com
mercial countries, as well as for the recovery of his
own property.
There were on board the schooner at the time
when the pirates boarded her, a white man, John
Bacon, and three negro men; when they got near
the bar, they put on board a boat belonging to the
schooner the abovementioned John Bacon, and two
of the negroes; the other negro fellow named Jack
(who is about 5 feet 8 inches high) they carried off
with them.
A Reward of FIFTY DOLLARS is hereby
offered to any perlon who shall apprehend, and
bring to justice, the above-mentioned Samuel Price
Samuel Wells, and their accomplices; also a rew ar j
of FIET) DOLLARS tor the recovery of j e
negro fellow Jack; and likewise a reasonable @d
generous Salvage for recovering and delivering the
said fchoonerto Mr. Alexander Rose, Merchant,
in Charleftown, South-Carolina, or to me in Geor
gia; to be awarded and determined upon by an,
three merchants or indifferent peffons, or other
wile according to law or custom.
Patrick Mackay.
Just Publifoed, and To be Sold, By ~
JAMES HUMPHREYS, junr.
In Front-dreet, the Corner of Black-horse Alley,
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For the Year of our Lord, 1776.
Containing:
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southing of the moon; the lunations; conjunctions;
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A CURIOUS Description and Figure of a
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