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NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admi
ralty mill be held on Tuesday, the fifteenth day
of October next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the
fame day, at the State-house, in the city of Philadel
phia, then and there, to try the truth of the falls al
ledged in the bill of John Barre, Commander of the
brigantine of mar called the Lexington (mho as well
tc.) a g a '"/l James and Jofoua, Negro saves late
jy taken on board the prize sloop called the Edward,
commanded by Richard Boger. To the end and in
tent that the owner or owners of the said saves, or
of either of them, may appear and few cause, if any
they have, why the fame fould not be condemned ac
cording to the prayer of the said bill
By order of the pudge,
Sept. 2 7- ANDREW ROBESON, Regifler.
DESERTE D from the Ranger armed vessel,
the 13th of September, THOMAS WARD,
a Seaman, born in Dublin, about 22 years of age,
about 5 feet 7 inches high, fair complexion, frefh
coloured, little pitted with the small qox, is pretty
fat and much given to drink and swearing. Wore
when he went away a red jacket, striped trowfers
and a round hat, he was seen two days ago at
Chester.
On the 17 th inst. ANDREW HANCOCK,
country born, about 5 feet 9 inches high, has a
sickly look, and black curled hair. Wore when he
went away a thickset waistcoat without Sleeves, stri
ped Shirt and oznabrigs trowfers. Whoever secures
said deserters and puts them on board any of the
armed Gallies, or in gaol, Shall have FOUR DOL
LARS Reward for each. J ROBERT HUME.
A few Reams of
Writing and Wrapping Paper
To be Sold cheap by the E'^iteß^
A few Copies of the Second Edition of
Strictures on Common Sense,
May be had of the Printer.
A few Copies of the
Military Guide,
FOR
YOUNG OFFICERS,
By THOMAS SIMES, Esquire,
In Two Volumes, large O&aw), embellished
with a Number of Copperplates,
(Price Three Dollars)
May be had of the PRINTER hereof.
The^TSubferibers who have not yet compleated
their Sets of the following Work are requeued
to do it immediately, or perhaps they may be
too late.
Just published and to be fold, by
JAMES HUMPHREYS, junr.
The corner of Black-horse Alley, Front-street,
The compleateft Edition yet published of
The W ORKS of the
Rev'd. Laurence Sterne, A. M.
Prebendary of York, and Vicar of Sutton on the
Forest, and of Stillington near York;
In Five Volumes ;
containing:
The Life of the Author.
The Life and Opinions of Triftram Shandy, Gen
tleman.
Yorick's Sermons—Forty-five of the best moral
Discourses ever delivered from the Pulpit.
Yorick's Sentimental Journey through France and
Italy.
The History of a Watch-coat, —a Political Ro
mance.
Yorick's Letters to Eliza, and
Sterne's Letters to his Friends, on various Occa
sions; which were never before published in any
Edition of his Works.
Odober 5, '1776.
WEEKLY ADVERTI SE R.
Or the Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New-Jersey
S A T U R DA Y, October 5. 1776.
The following Declaration mas circulated about fie
City on Tuesday las in hand bills, and as numbers
of people have exprefed a define of feeing it me
give it a place.
By RICHARD VISCOUNT HOWE, ofthe
Kingdom of Ireland, and WILLIAM HOWE,
Est; General of His Majesty's Forces in America,
the King's COMMISSIONERS for refloring
Peace to His Majeftfs Colonies and Plantations
in North-America, &c. fc &c.
D E C/ L AR A T I O N.
ALTHOUGH the Cong ^, whom the mis
guided Americans fuffer to direct their Op
pofuion to a Re-establishment of the constitutional
Government of these Provinces, have disavowed
every Purpose of Reconciliation not consonant with
their extravagant and inadmissible Claim of Inde
pendence ; —The King's Commissioners think fit to
declare that they are equally desirous to confer with
His Majesty's well affeCted Subjects upon the Means
ofreftoring the public Tranquillity, and eftablilhing
a permanent Union with every Colony as a Part of
the Britifli Empire. The King being mod graciously
pleased to direct a Revision of Inch of his Royal
Instructions to his Governors as may be construed
to lay an improper Restraint on the Freedom of
Legillation in any of his Colonies; and to concur in
the Revifal of all Ads by which His Majesty's Sub
jects there may think themselves aggrieved; it is re
commended to the Inhabitants at large, to reflet
seriously upon their present Condition and Expec
tations, and judge for themselves, whether it be
more confident with their Honor and Happiness to
offer up their Lives as a Sacrifice to the unjust and
precarious Cause in which they are engaged, or re
turn to their Allegiance, accept the Blessings of
Peace, and to be Secured in a free Enjoyment of
their Liberties and Properties upon the true Prin
ciples of the Constitution.
Given at New-York, 19th September, 1776.
HO W E.
W. HOWE.
Gentlemen of the Council and General Assembly,
C CONSIDERING how long the hand of oppref
„ fion had been stretched out against us; while
the mod assiduous applications for redress were ei
ther totally dilregarded or treated with infult:—
How long the system of despotism concerted for
our ruin had been insidiously pursued, and was at
length attempted to be enforced by the violence of
war; reason and conscience mult have approved
the measure had we sooner abjured that allegiance,
from which, not only by the denial of protection,
but the hostile assaults on our persons and proper
ties, we were clearly absolved. It may however,
afford some consolation to every man duly regard
ful of the convictions of his own mind, and the
honor and reputation of his country; that America
deferred this important hep, till the decisive alter
native of absolute submission or utter destruction,
announced by a numerous fleet and army, had ex
tinguished all hope of obtaining justice; and the
whole continent, save a few felf-interefted indivi
duals, were unanimous in the Separation. In a
word, till the most Scrupulous conscience could,
on the matured reflection, find itfelfjuftified before
God and Man, in renouncing those tyrants who,
after having ravaged a great part of Asa, and dis
sipated in venality and riot, the treasures extorted
from its innocent inhabitants by the hand of rapine
and blood; finally meant to prolong their luxury
and corruption by appropriating to themselves the
hard-earned competence of the American world.
Thus constrained to assert our own Independence
and dissolve all political connexion with a nation
By Command of their
Excellencies Straghey.
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SPEECH of His Excellency WILLIAM LIVING
STON, Esquire, Governor, Captain-General and
Commander in Chief in and over the State of
New Jersey, and Territories thereunto belong
ing, Chancellor and Ordinary of the fame:
To the COUNCIL and ASSEMBLY of the said
State, at a Sellion of the General Assembly at
Princeton.
THE
infatiate with plunder, and deaf to the voice of
reason, of justice and humanity; the late “ Repre
" fentatives of the Colony of New-Jersey in Con
" grefs assembled, did, pursuant to the advice of
" the Honorable the Continental Congress, the
“ Supreme Council of the American Colonies,
" agree upon the form of a Constitution;” which
by tacit acquiefceiice and open approbation, hath
since received the assent an'd concurrence of the
good people of this date, to whose consideration it
was for that purpose Submitted. Agreeable to this
Constitution, you, Gentlemen have been chosen
the Legislative Council and Assembly of this fta f e;
and being jointly met, have, in farther pursuance
of it, proceeded to the choice of a Governor.
Having conferred that honor upon one who feels
himfelf very unequal to the talk; but at the fame
time upon one, who, having during the whole con
test, taken an active part in opposing the meditated
bondage, now disdains, in its most perilous period,
to Shrink from a Station which must render him pe
culiarly obnoxious to the common enemy; he can
with great sincerity assure you, that it Shall be his
constant endeavour faithfully to discharge the trull;
repoled in him.
He is moreover con fident, that how greatly soe
ver you may find yourselves deceived in the favor
able opinion you may have been pleased to entertain
of his abilities, he will never give you any reason
to call in question the rectitude of his intentions.
Gentlemen,
In the present Situation of affairs, it is absolutely
necessary to turn our firft attentions to the operati
ons of war.
The pay of our militia lately called out for the
defence of New-York (which has acquired Signal
renown by the Spirit and alacrity with which it en
gaged in the common cause) admits of no delay.
That of half our militia, now on duty, will be
due in a few days.
Some farther regulations refpe&ing the better
ordering the militia, meric your speedy attention.
A law for regulating the impression of such arti
cles as the exigencies of the Service may require, is
of great importance.
No allowance having been made for the proven
der of the light horse when in actual Service, and jt
being impossible from their perpetual Ration, and
being frequently employed as expresses, for the Com
missaries to provide them, it is reasonable the men
Should be allowed an equivalent for keeping their
liorfes themselves.
The fixing the feat of government in some con
venient and plentiful part of the hate, calls for your
Seasonable deliberation.
Such ocher matters as may occur to me during
the Session, and appear more particularly condu
cive to give vigour to the executive branch of the
Constitution, I Shall take the liberty to lay before
you.
To enable me, Gentlemen, the more fuccefsfully
to execute the arduous office wherewith your un
iought and enexpeded predilection hath invehed me,
it effects me with Singular pleasure, to find both
Houses composed of the most relpedable characters.
This affords a happy presage of your zeal and
unanimity, in promoting the true emolument of that
state of which the uncorrupted voice of a free peo
ple, has made you the guardians and protestors.
As it is our indifpenfible duty, may it be our inva
riable aim, to exhibit to our constituents, the
brighter examples of a difinteretted love for the
common weal; and be inflexible in our resolution.
to know neither triend nor favourite, whenever his
Solicitations appear incompatible with the general
good. In our public capacities we ought to rife
Superior to all private attachment or resentment,
and make the intrinsic merit of every candidate for
an office our sole rule for his promotion. Let us,
Gentlemen, both by precept and practice, encou
rage a Spirit of economy, induStry and patriotism;
and that public integrity and righteousness which
cannot fail to exalt a nation; Setting our faces at
the fame time like a hint against that diflolutenefs
of manners and political corruption which will ever
be the reproach of ary people. May the foundation
of our infant state be laid in virtue and the fe\r r :
Numb. LXXXIX,