The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-11-27 00:00:00, page 1

Philadelphia, October 29, 1776.
THE Publishers of the several weekly News-Papers
in this City, are under the disagreeable necessity
of informing their Subscribers, that the extraordinary
advance in the price of Paper, and other Materials in
the Printing bvfinefs, has obliged them to raise the
Price to Fifteen Shillings per Annum;— they therefore
hope their Customers will not take it amiss to find that
price charged from and after the firft day of January
next.— Those who should not incline to have the Papers
sent after that time, are desired to call and discharge
their arrears; such as do not, we Shall conclude, agree to
the advanced price, and we (hall continue to fend them
; xordingly. Perrons Subferibing for the 1 apers after
this date to be charged Fifteen Shillings per Annum, one
half of which to be paid at entrance,
W. & T. BRADFORD,
HALL & SELLARS,
JOHN DUNLAP,
JAMES HUMPHREYS.
LISBO N, Jul, 30.
WE have received a confirmation of the advantages gain
ed by our troops in the Brazil's; but as these hr ftilities
were committed before the orders from the Court were arrive
ed, it is prefemed they will not disturb he measures taken by
the Court of Spain and ours, to adjuß their differences in an
amicable manner.
Letters bom Cadiz fay, that they are getting ready for sea
fix Blips of the line, and that there is an older to raise 20,000
men. .>„
Utrecht, Aug. 14. Letters from Spain by the way of Genoa,
confirm that they were equipping with all possible haste, by
order of that court, several men of war at Cadiz and Car
tha^ena, and that a great number of troops and warlike
fores were fending to these ports for embarkation. Other
letters from Spain by the fame channel, announce moreover,
that on the breaking up of a great council, held in the king's
presence, a courier had been dispatched to his Catholic Ma
jefty'sAmbafTador at Lisbon; but it is not known whether
ord#s are sent him to leave that court, or to protest against
all that the Portugueze have committed in South-America.
Moreover they have received information at Genoa, that the
court of Lilb n had ordered fix regiments to embark im
media'ely for America.
Wafrw. Jul, gr. A camp has been already traced here
f©r the Ruffian troops ; we also know that 1400 Chaffeurs of
Lithuania have already received their last orders to march
for rthis city.
Ft is also reported, that several thousand Außrians are to
enter Poland, under the command of General Barco, but the
nearer the time of the national dyet approaches, the more it
is feared it will be an unhappy ©a for the republic.
A^, r. It is affixed that the Ruffian trbeps in this king
dom will be reinforced and Supported by those of the cour s
of Vienna and Berlin. The Austrians have already, it is
said, received orders to ho?d rhemfelves in teadinefs to
march, under the orders of General Barca.
LONDO N.
A^ft 3. It has been fuggeßed, that a certain grew crm
pany will Portly make a frefli application to Government,
by reason of the confufion of their account, and the perplex
ed Bate of their finances : Should this be the case, it is affer
ed, that some new regulations in their Charter Government
will once more take place.
A^uJl 8. The Roebuck Hoop of war went up the De
laware river to water, and having run aground, about 40
a *ned row-galleys attacked her; foe fired, funk four, and the
rest made off. The commander dispatched an express for the
Liverpool, which lay at a Abort dißance from that place, and
in the interim darted his water calks, and got off, when run
ning aground again, about 38 row galleys, better armed and
manned, attacked her with more apparent vigour than the
former ; but die poured so clofc and hard upon them that they
all sheered off, and 20 were perceived finking, that could not
reach the Brore. Bravo! Bravo!
By a letter from Capt. Bellow, who is now on the Virginia
Ration, we are informed, that 7000 men arc actually in arms
in that province in favour of government, and only arc in
want of a regiment or two of regulars to head them to Phi
ladelphia. (Alfter j^i ging 1,e.)
Extraß of a letter frm art officer of the 15th regiment, tohis
friend here, dated at the camp near Cape-Fear, North-Carolina,
May
" On the ,th instant, the 15th and 28th regiments landed
on a peninsula, at the mouth of the river; but the enemy
not choosing to drew thcmfelves, the General, after recon
noitring the c untry, reimbaiked them. A few days after,
the 27th and 33d regiments went r§ miles up the river, and
dispossessed the rebels of a port they had at that place called
Brunswick. They took a few prisoners and had one man
killed; after executing this business, they returned to the
fliips with a seasonable supply of 20 bullocks. On the 15th
inftaat, the iph, 28th, 33d, 37th, and 54th regiments land
ed, and encamped near a demolished pod oppofie to our
Sipping. The s7th is encamped on the opposite ihore, and
the 46th is Rill on board. Part of the rebels are within two
or three miles of us, but their ftrongeß poB, or chief, depen
dence, is at Wilmington, about &o miles from hence."
Yefte^day Peter Oliver, Esq; Chief Justice of Maffachu
fett's Bay, who lately went from that to Halifax, and since
arrived here, was introduced to his M,-By.
Aug. 10 A treaty of marriage is said to be on foot be
tweea a Monarch who feme years ago was divorced from his
THE
November 27, 1776; 1 & mi ?/fr
PENNSYLVANIA /^ LJOURNAL ;
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WEDNESDAY, November 27, 1776.
Queen, inti the hearen of kin of a neighbouring northern
Prince ; which union, if it takes place, is to cement a Brong
alliance between them.
The Court of France is at this time negotiating a treaty of
commerce with the States of Holland ; by an article of which
the Subjects of the latter arc to enj y many benefits arising
from some particulars of exclusive trade, which perhaps may
not prove quite agreeable to the other maritime powers of
Europe.
It is said the Emperor of Morocco has agreed to give over
all farther attempts upon Ceuta, which was the conßaut ob
jedt of his attacks, in consideration of a large prefect in mo
ney and valuable commodities; which is to be repeated an
nually by the Spaniards, and is to be confideted as the pledge
of peace.
August r§. On Tuesday evening died, at his house in
Grolvmor Place, the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Cathcart,
Lord Cathcart, Lord High Commissioner to the Geneva Af
ffembly of the Church of Scotland, the First Lend Comnuffim
er or the Police in hat kingdom, Lieutenant General, Knight
of the Thistle, and one i?fl L Majeti/'s most Honou attle
Privy Council. He is fucceedrd by his eldest son William
Shaw Cathcart, lately called to the bar in Scotland.
Yesterday mo ning the remains of the officers and foldier^
Of the 65 h regimen , that buffered so much at Bunker's Hill,
were land d at Por fmouth from the Renown tianfpett.
Lieutenant Colonel Campbell, who is taken prisoner by
the Americans, is esteemed one of the best Engineers m the
service.
Ertraft of a letter from Gofport. August 13.
" Since my last arrived at Spuhead a traniport from Ame
rica; cline home in her, M jor Tupper, of Portsmouth divi
fin of marines, who immedia ely fit <mt for London. Upon
being alk@d what news, he aufwered, Very good news, but
said no more.
" Monday came into the ha bour, a transport from Ame
rica with sick and wound d soldiers."
Au>ufl 17. David Hum.,, Esq; Dr. Sm ith, and Sir James
Stewart, have all given the King their opinions, that it a re
conciliation docs not speedily take place with America, tha£
country is loft.
The account of the fife arrival of the Weft Indiamen in
the provincial ports, has quite dispirited the underwriters, as
they had hopes that they might have been met with by some
of our frigates and retaken.
By a gentleman just arrived from Paris, the answer which
'Lord Storm nt had just received from that Caut, was the
talk at all the English ruelles, and other places where the
company dated talk politics, and is said to be as follows :
L rd Stormont, according to his irißrteuft out, repeatedly de
mawded of the French Minifttr the cause and intent of their
armaments b th by sea and la-d; to which he tor some time
received evasive answers, y^t such as seemed to brea he ihe
spirit of peace; however, being lately further infLu&ed to
demand a categorical answer, be was told, “ that as the
French couit had always temai cd fi'ent in regaid to putting
similar qu Bions whenever Great-Britain thought pr # per to
incteafe her armaments, it wa, bu : handtpnu on the part of
Greai-Brtain to obfeive the fame fiance; that his Loidthip
had already received what he French Court thought a pr per
answer; to which, and to which alone, they mutt then refer
him."
The moment Mniftry received intelligence of General
Howe's landing on Staten-Island, orders were sent out, that
he should immediately leave that place, and if his brother
had j lined him, that they ihould fail together to Philadel
phia : However, it is more than probable, a decisive Broke
will be Bruck before they can possibly reach the array.
Weare credibly informed, that the unprovided debt alrea
dy incurred and to be incurred by the expiration of the year
1776, under the heads of navy, victualling, army, and ord
nance, will exceed eig'n.millions fle ling. The transport service
alone, it is affieued, amounts to the enormous sum of two
hundred and fifty thousand pounds per month.—Judge yc propri
etors in the funds where this will ihortly end.
August 19. The Ruffian fleet is ordered to the Mediterra
nean and if necessary to proceed to the Levant, to enforce
the terms of the late treaty with the Porte.
A correspondent informs us, that in consequence of a late
resolution of the Cabinet, warrants cf a peculiar nature are
so n to be issued, for the purpose of apprehending several
Americans, who were well kn wn to have taken an arrive
part against government.—ln consequence of which a gentle
man from New York has retired to some part of France.
Some others, who have lately loft vessels, laden with powder
and military stores for the use of the Cangrefs, intend alfoin
a few days to set out for the Continent. There are several
other persons of less consequence from America, who, we
are told, have either already removed from London, for the
benefit of their healths, or intend, very soon, to take a tour
to some distant part of the country.
Six small Blips are now fitting out in the river, as privateers
to cruize about the windward passage, in order to protect the
homeward-bound Jamaica ships.
Aug. io. The King of Pruflia, ever willing to eftablilh
himfelf as a maritime and commercial power, has ordered
several vessels to be fitted out at the port of Embden, on
board of which are to be sent some Commissioners with fur
ther infractions for the ule aad assistance of Mr. Bolts, who
is gone to cftablifli a Prnffian settlement in the Eaft-lndies.
Aug. 21. News of the utmost importance is now hourly
expected from rhe American continent: Government wait
for it with trembling expectation, and the bulls and bears in
'Change-alley are making their necessary arrangements, in
order to take the benefit if possible, of the firft advices.
Notwithßanding Administration and their tools are so rea
dy to assure the world, that the preparations cf the French
and Spaniards mean nothing inimical to Gicat-Britain, yer
have they occasioned f me severe debates in the interior ca
binet ; owing to Lord Clare proposing it as his opinion, that
the House of Bourbon certainly mean to break with us and
that if they refufec a pofirive and categorical aufwer, it ought
in common sense, to be deemed as a declaration of war-
Sir Gilbert Elliot tended with certain qualifications to the
fame opinion, but the timid councils of Lord Mansfield pre
vailed; and orders were dispatched to Lord Stormont to ne
gotiate in the old Brain.
After the above deliberation, the King told Mr. Wedder
burne what was going forward, and asked his opinion; he
gave it for no violent mealure but at ad events to be pre
pared for the worst, by having a Bout squadron of Blips of
the line ready ar Spithead, which he thought the only means
of avoiding a war; from a conviction that France will not
engage in one, if She finds us properly armed.
The King had a converfarion with Lord Sandwich on the
Bate of the fleet, in consequence of the ab'>ve icprcftntati
on ; but what the result of it was is not known. That great
officer has all along declared, that he canid have 20 fail of
the line ready in a month ; and it d^ferves attention, that
for some weeks pift they have been very busy in the dock
yards upon large ships, instead of frigates, which fully em
ployed them before.
Lord Sandwich pretends in common conversation, that the
French preparations are mere French gafconadcs, for that
they cov'd not have ten fail of the line in complete order at
sea, in fix months ; inftad of between 20 and 30, which
French accour t* talk of being ready at present. If he builds;
his own conduct on thef advices, he may find himfelf as
much deceived as when he assured the House of Lords the
Americans were all cowards.
We hear that a fubicripioa is just set on foot bv the patrio
tic party, to purchase the remainder of the fcafoliing in Weft
minder-hall, for the tfe cf the Miniftr,
Several letters have been received by the merchants of
Cork, from gentlemen of the army, dated at Cape-Fear, ia
North-Carolina, May 16, whereby it appears, that all rhe
fleet, except Ox transports, which put back to Englard, were
arrived there, but that an epide > ical disorder raged on board
the Harcourt and carried off numbers, and those who re
covered were almost unfit for service, which indue d the Ge
neral to remove them into the Ann and Isabella and Earl of
Oxford transports All the regiments were encamped a mile
from Cape Fear, except the 461 b, which fuffeted by sickness.
Major Prescott with about 160 Light Infantry marched to a
town called Bru fwick, and took possession of it. I: was
expected the army would soon undertake an enterprize of
importance, and that the Americans, though very numerous
in the country, would not have the spirit to Band one b uffi,
when General Clinton b. gan his march at the head of 4000
Britifl i troops.
Yefttrdiy morning the Mercury, Spencer, from Rhode-
Island, an American prize, arrived in the river; the people
ate ordered tohe taken out. and put or, board a man of war.
In Older to assist the recruiting service, which goes on very
fl wly, considering the demand for men, new privileges will
be offered to those that fliall erihft ; among the rest, that at
the end of the present dispute they Biall be toll free in ever,
city and market town in England.
August 24. The French Court has ordered an exa& review
to be made of all the harbours, &c. in the kingdom, and al
so directed an xa& account of their naval Brengtb to be feat
in with all p$ Bible expedition.
August 27. Seveal invalids are come home in the Ran
ger II op from Chartrs Town, and a transport was then fit
ting up to bring to England those who were disabled in the
action at that p'ace.
Extras of a letter from Penzance Avguft 19.
" Last Friday morning, about eight o'clock, came in here
the William and Mary, William Phillips, Master, from Ma
deira, with wine, she was chared all the morning, and the
night before, by two America privateers, one mounting rx,
the other 24 gu s. When the ala m was given, all the inha
bitants of Penzance, Moufhole, &c. and all the adjacent
pars bounding on the lands end, went to fee those daring
fellows with glasses. They were so near, that we could plain
ly fee the men and guns; they fleered towards the Seill,
l (rinds."
Friday last four ships were taking up into Government fir
vice, and ordered to be fitted out immediately as privateers,
to fail by the 4th of September at fartheft.
Yesterday advice was received from Dover, that the So
phia. Capt. Farquhar, one of the miffing Blips from Jamaica,
was fife arrived off there; 80 per cent was giving on heron
Saturday night last. And the Matthew, Capt. Young, and
the Duplex, Capt. Clarke, both from St. Kitt's, for Lon
don, two of the July fleet that failed under convoy, are - fafc
arrived in the Downs.
Sept. 4 We hear by a private letter received from France,
that all the troops in that kingdom will be in ration early in.
the spring; every preparation is making for that purpose,
and that express ate daily dispatching to the general officers
for completing their regiments.
The cruelty of the ministry to the character of General
Clinton is beyond conception. There is ad ? iil crate wicked
ness, in committing an officer's reputation to he butchering
hand of a D , a K , or a F— —. Does not his let
ter fay, from which that garbled scrap in the Gaze re is tak
en, that he offered Sir Peter Packer two regiments to be land
ed if their batteries were silenced ; and did not Sir Peter Pac
ker decline the offer Dying he had three hundred rentes
with whom he would make rhe attempt, if be taw, OT thought
it would be proper ? And does not Genera 1 Clfctf n fay fur
ther, that the water between him and Sullivan's ifluid, was
commanded by a four gun battery of the Proviacia s, tha he
had only one flat bottomed boat ; that the men she carried
must have been cut to pieces before they could have been re