The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1774-07-27 00:00:00, page 1

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~ LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH,
Being about to decline the business he hath been in for some
» ; years past,
;iﬂFORMS the Pusric, that he hath for Sale, at his Store,
- ] onStamper’s wharf, the following Goods hy the quantity,
yiz—Cotton; Jamaica spirits; Weft-India and Country rum;
* cherry rum, two years old; belt French brandy, in anchors;
.?iﬁdcin. Lisbon, Malaga and Teneriffe wines; coffee; al
f‘fi’k‘; ginger, by the cask; {permaceti candles; rice; beef,
by the barrel; anchors warranted good; bar-iron; shad and
| herrings, b%thc barrel, half barrel or quantity; feathers, by
the bags tobaccd, by the hogshead; {ugars of the best quality;
~ waltepaper; scythe stones; indigo; Weston fouff; atlum,
-~ and ?aﬂy“mbcx articles, which will be fold low for cath, or.
~ afhort credit. , o 1
~ And as he means to quit- trade as soon as the stock on hand
:ﬁﬂi(pbfc,d,pf, he requelts all those indebted to him by bond,
_ pote or book-account, to make speedy payment, that he may
enabled to fettle his affairs. July 27.
PENNSYLVANIA
i¥ege T.O B E S QD 8.-Y
EPHOMAS LAKE,
\ip Second-street, near the New-Ma#ket, for cash, viz.
) EST fail-cloath, from No. 1 to 83 fail twine; a quan
qß tity of stout Jamaica spirit; tierces of sugar; coffee n
tiexces and barrels 5 a few Jamaica hides ; mahogany in logs,
.gl:nks, or boards ; logwood ; and a large quantity of very.
fae:mahogany flabbs. 6w, July 2.
THREE POUNDS Reward.
1y AN AWAY, from the fubferiber living in Glocefter
S\ township and Glocefter county, in Welt New- Jersey,
o 1 Thursday the >rft of this instant, an [nifh Servant Man
’?mcd WILLIAM KEARNS, about 20 years of age and
pear § feet 6 inches high: Had on, when he went away, an
Tl'ﬂifc,lt‘hat, and oznaburg shirt and trowfers; the shirt is
gb en a little on the {houlders, and has a large patch of new
Finen from shoulder to shoulder; also, a firiped blue and
;&hﬁt linfey woolfey jacket and a pair of home-made brogues
aimoft like unto pumps: He has a large clever head, and
‘curly hair when well taken care of, is a treth coloured comely
fellow, foft spoken, and of a bafhful countenance. Who
er takes up said servant and secures him in any of his Ma
jesty's gaols, so that the owner mag have him again, shall
‘Have the above reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
& PETER CHEESEMAN.
N. B. All masters of veflels are forbid ro harhour or carry
him off at their neril. q July 27.
S ¢ Annapolis, june 13, 1774
FIFTEEN POUNDS Reward.
RA%;AW&Y on Saturday night last, the following fer-
A ts, JOSEPH BELONG. a conviét, aged about* 38
ears, botn in the Welt of England, by trade a joiner and
ter; he is a short thick fellow, wears his own dark hair :
His dress is supposed to be a dark grey coat, nankecn waift
&Qx,:nd breeches, and new {hoes. The propesty of George
ttg-THOMAS KING, an indented servant man, in
¢d in the Chance, Capt. Campbell, in March last, a brick
er by trade, a stout well-fer fellow, of a swarthy com
ple ion, about 30 years of age, bornin England; he took
ab him his tools, and may offer to follow his trade, or pass
fot.a sailor, having been many years on board a man of
war, and is supposed to be gone to Philadelphia or New-
York:: Had on and took with him, a brown bearikin coat,
klue cloth waistcoat and breeches, grey yarn ftoekings, coun
%madc shoes, and a caftor hat ; but may change his cloaths.
e property of Richard Sprigg.—THOMAS EASTON,
b_ytude a joiner, an indented servant man, imported in the
ktfgy Richmond, Capt. Nicol, in February last, is a Seotch
man, and talks much in that diale&, he isa middle sized man,
prut s feet 6 or 7 inches high, has {hort black hair, his fore=
tecth are very irségular, his dress is uncertain, though it is
supposed he has on and with him, a suit of purple broad
dloth, with twilt buttons, a new fine hat, an old brown cloth
coat, black velvet wailtcoat, leather breeches, striped Hol
-34 trowfers, a pair of English shoes, that have been foal
d, and sundry white shirts, and neck-cloaths 3 h¢ has mo
ney with him. The propErty of John Randall. Whoever
i?Pfi!lﬁnds the {aid fervamts, and delivers them to their
masters, or secures them in any jail, so that they may get
them again, shall receive for each man FIVE POUNDS re
ﬂ_lﬂ!{, and reasonable charges, paid by the fubfcribersy
oy GEORGE STEUART,
'ng $ RICHARD SPRIGG, chﬂ-Rivcr.
R JOHN RANDALL.
o Orto LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH, in® Philadelphhia.
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A,AN-AWAP from bis bail, on Monday the 18th wpant,
a certain BENJAMIN COATES, Born in shropthire,
Kagland, about 40 years of: age, § feet 9 inches high,
of a dark brown complexion, black hair and beard : Had on
whtn he went away, a brown jacket, with white lining, a
pair of long trowfcrs, firiped cotron (hirt, and took with him,
one oznabrug and one white Holland ditto: He has bad a
bt ﬁi lett hand, so that he can’t close his little finger, and
P %f.his legs is exceflive fore, and very much swelled.—
He likewise enticgd away with him, (under falfe pretenices)
f.;,; Y, my WIFE! near 35 years of age, about 5 feet high,
9P l?Cforc) sandy complexion and har, and speaks excel
‘eat Dutch : She had on when she ecloped, a cotion ‘fhort
§own, white straw hat, and a white petticoat; but took with
{;vcral other petricoats, among which were two blue and’
ones, a pair: of leather pumps, and a pair ot plated
.;lf;g}" not fellows. Whoever takes up {ajd Man and Wo
man, and secures them in any of his Majesty’s goals, so that
o subscriber may have them again, ‘fhall bave THIRTY
SHILLINGS reward for the two, or FIFTEEN SHILLINGS
for cither, trom JAMES HUNTER, living at MicHARE
GRegn’s, in Spruce fireet, Philadelphia.
‘,N- B."’h’ny _perfon, who harbours each, or either of the
m,?.‘?‘“’:?‘émﬁqncd persons, may depend, when difcaver
§6, on being prosecuted to the utmost extent of the law. .
W KD N ESRTD AT,
W EEKLY
JoLy 27,-1974.
A N«D
By (Captain CANDAL Zsm Cadiz, we bave the following.
4 vices. :
P 4 R I S, May 13.
T‘H E Ministers sent, on Wednesday last, the registers of
their refpetive departments to the new King, according
to custom; but his Majesty sent them back, fignifying, that
instead of waiting the quarantine, he should meet them in
Council at the expiration of nine days.
L o N D 0o N.
POLIATICAL SPECUVLATIONS
May ax. On Wednesday last Lord North made a long and
able {peech on opening the contents of his budget; he pro
duced to the House great information concerning the state of
the French finances, which he said, had been lately held out
to him by an Hon. Gentieman (Col. Batre) as an objeét of
terror, of example, or reproach. His Lordship then contraft
ed_ thcir_ increased debt, and arbitrary breaches of public
faith, with the small saving we had been able tq make, not
withstanding the expence or preparations for war in_the years
1765 and 1770; he viadicated our present large “eftablith
ments on account of the precedent we had given to Euvsepe,
by the seizure of the French ships before any formal declara
tion of war, which meafare his Lordship censured in a man
ner becoming the Minister of a great nation. But on the
fubje@ of eftablithment he was well answered by opposition,
that vigilance in the cabinet towards any changes in the poli
tical hemisphere, would be a better defence to this kingdom
than an expensive armament in time of peace, which would.
produce debility in’war. His Lordthip attacked all parties,
but was particularly unmerciful to Col. Barre, for some for
mer animadversions, although he acknowledged himfelf more
partial to the @conomical opinions of that Hon. Gentleman
now, as they approached ncarer to his own. This conduét
naturally drew upon the Noble Lord a number of aflailants,
whose weapons did not seem to make much impreflion, but
after the House and Galleries had appeared fatisfied with his
defence, he was attacked on some points of his argument by
Governor Johnftone, in 2 manaer that left a very different
impression. These were chiefly the measures respecting the
East India Company, the tax of four and ahalf per cent._on
the new acquired Islands by royal prerogative, and the mode
proposed for paying off one million of the national debt.
That Gentleman at the fame time declared, he always had the
greateflt respect for the abilities of the noble Lord, which had
been more confirmed on that day; but with regard to the
East India Company, and the other points he took notice of,
the very operations of a French Financier, which his Lord
ship had described in a manner superior to any he could use, .
returned direétly upon himfelf. :
The House of Commons attacked a Parson violently in
1710, and ruined the Whig Ministry. At that time religion
was the universal cry of the nation: At present, TRADE is
the hinge on which all turns; and there is as an enthusiastic -
fondne%s for Trade, America, and Money that comes from
thence, as there was in 1710 for the CHURCH. But we shall
feel at the general election, which is now near, the danger of -
attacking TRADE. - '
The troops, fleet, and other expences incurred by the vio
lent measures taken with refpe& to America, will occasion
such cxpences, that it will be neceflary to make a short pro
rogation : this will make another session; in which a shilling
more may be granted on the Land Tax; which grant may
pass, and the second feflion be over before the end of july.
During the debates in the Upper Aflembly on the second
reading of the Bill for the more impartial adminiftration' of
justice in Maflachufetts-Bay, the Duke of Richmond was very
{evere on Lord Rochford, on account of his change of prin
ciples since ks protesting againt the Stamp A&, His Lord
ship at firft did not recollect the circumstance; but th'c noble
Duke turning to the journals, ascertained it; apologizing for
his Lordship at the fame time, by faying, ** a change of situ
ation not only often produced a change of sentiments, but the
extreme hurry of a public department as often occasioned a
lapse of memory.” ’ 0" ¢
Thursday the Speaker of the House of Commons reported
to the House, that he had attended his Majelty that day with
their address. relative to the Gold Coin, to which his Majesty
was pleased to give the following most gracious answer:
¢ My Lords, and Gentlemen, i
« THE attention you have given toamatter in which the
commerce and revenue of my kingdoms are o nearly con
cerned, affords me the highelt {atisfaction; apd you may de
pend uvpon my giving the neceflary pxdcrs for carrying the
measures you recommend into immediate execution.
Copies are now making out at the Secretaries of State’s Of
fice of all the treaties which {fubfift between our Court and
that of Berlin, in order to their being laid before the Council
oard. - . 2
B Yesterday arrived a mail from France, by which we learn,
that after the death of the late King, all “the Princes and
PrincefTes of the Blood paid their homage to King Louis XVI
and to the Queen After which all thF Royal Family set out
for Choify, and went into deep mourning op>Sunday lait.
" Westminster, May 30. This day his Majesty came to the
House of Peers, and being in his royal rqbcs fqatcd on the
throne with the usual solemnity, Sir Francis Molineux, Gen
tlemen Usher of the Black Rod, was sent with a n:\cﬂagc .from
his Majesty to the House of Commons, commandmgAthetr at
tendance in the House of Peers : The Commons being come
¢hither accordingly, his Majelty was pleased to give the
fleat to : s
R()X:]:a for better regulating .the government of the pro
vince of the Maflachufetts Bay, 1 chy-Englapd.;- And,
An A& for the impartial administration of Jufh'ce‘m the
provinge of the Maffachufctts Bay, m New-England. R
o Lord Chamberlain's Office, May 21, 1774 Ox"ders or the
" Court’s going into mr;_urmng on Thursday next, the 26th inst.
: ing of France, VIZ. N &
' er’l‘tl}x‘z'll:(:?cls{togwca: black f}lk, fringed or plain lmcn','wfhrte
glovcs; necklaces, and ear-rings, blaqk or white fh_ocs, ans,
) ts. ‘ : b g
, al}%l:g:.g;s‘ white or grey luftrings, _tabblcs, or damaftks. ;
The men to wear.black, full trimmed, fringed or plain
linen. black swords and buckles, 3
Undtefs, grey frocks.
UNITE ORDIE .
s aly
St. Fames’s, May 21. The King has presented Donald
Mackinnon Clerk, M. A. to the vicarage of Claybrooke, in
the county of Leicester and diocese of Lincoln. :
May 23.- Many reports having been propagated with re
fpedt to the hostile intentions of the young King of France,
we ¢an with pleasure assure the public, that all the letters
from Paris, hitherto recéived, declare he has given the ftrong-~
est assurances to all the foreign Ministers who have condoled
him upon the death of his grand-tather, of persevering in the
pacific {yftem which prevails in Europe, and repeatedly ex
prefled his wishes to accommodate matters between the Court
of Peterfourgh and the Porte. : p o
Letters from Paris mention, th’ﬁ the celebrated Madam
Barre had retired intothe convent at St. Cloud, and that the
Duke de Choifeul had returned from his exile ia the country,
and paid his compliments to the new Monarch, but was very
‘coolly received, from which it is supposed the old Ministry
have had address enough to recommend themselves to the fa
vour of the young King, and will continue in their several
departments. : \ !
The Hudlon’s Bay fleet, consisting of the Sea Horse, Capt.
Chriltopher; the King George, Capt. Fowler, and the Prince
Rupert, Capt. Richards, having compleated their lading in
the river, are expected to fail this day for the places of their
destination. , ;
Several families in Leeds, Yorkshire, (among which are
butchers, joiners, &c.) are disposing of their effeés in order
to try their fortunes in the western world. There is scarce a
week ‘but some are setting off from that part of Yorkshire for
the Plantations, finding it next to impaflible, in the prefent’
lamentable state of trade, and the dearness of provisions, to
provide in any fort for themf{elveS and families. Some that
have lately gone, and are now going, are persons of consi
derable property. : ;
The SENTIMENTS of Messieurs DEMPSTER, SAWERIDGE,
BARRE, avdFuLLER, onthe Lalt of the American Bills.
MR. DEMPSTER. Ido not apprehend, that the bill
.1. before you is at all adequate to the purpose intended ;
nor do I think that experience warrants the aflertion, that a
fair trial cannot be had in the colonies : Surely, the bringing
men over to England to be tried, is not only such a dire®
breach of their conflitution, butis a deprivation of the right
of every British subject in America. I should have thought
that a power of reprieve; lodged in the Governor after con
vi¢tion, would have been fully fufficient, without bringing
men to England. Whenever murder is committed, it must
inevitably go off with impunity; for whenever any person
prefentdhall find he is to go over the Atlanticas an evidence,
to the detriment of his family, and his fortune, there is no
doubt but that he will-evade the neceflity of his appearance
as an evidence. This, will be a means of fubjeting the
people of that country to affaflination, in the room of legal
trial ; and the invariable consequence has always been, that
when a fair trial cannot be procured, the revenge of the re
lations of the deceased will exercise itfelf in this kigd of cru
el affaflinacion. I, perhaps, may be wrong in myN\Jjdeas;
_but I have looked into the history of that country withgar
and circumspection, and it has inspired me with the highest
veneration for those of the firft settlers; they emigrated when
that Star Chamber do&rine was pracifed in this country.
Opprefled, as they thought themielves, by the mother coun
try, by the cruelcy or those arbitrary laws, sooner than fuffer
themselves to be opprefled by tyranny, they chose rather to
combat with tygers and Indians in America, thanto livein a
place where oppreflion and tyranny sgled. It is no new
thing, that they have refuftd to comply with the payment of
taxes demanded from this country ; this exemption 1s a very
o demand of theirs, and supported by their charter. Im
_prifonment of two persons, who held this kind of doctrine,
was made in the time of Sir Edmund ‘Andrews, who was then
Governor ; and the Americans pafled a law, declaring, that
this country had no right to tax; it is true, when that law
came over here, it was rejeted. Let gentlemen coanfider,
thatif we tax America at this present period, her trade and
every thing else will decline. I think that Boston has the
most merit with this country of any place I know ; she isa
molt valuable ally, ora {ubordinate colony ; take it in either
sense, her pofleflion is inestimable; but I really fear very
much, that the Americans are to be thus treated, without the
parties being heard. Ido iot like tofee pusric LißerTY,
and the RicurTs oFr Perßsons infringed. There are two
articles in the bitl, which I cannot blame the Americans for
refitting ; I mcan that of ‘the Council and the Judges being
CHOSEN 8Y THECROWwWN; the antient way which their
charter directed ot chufing their Council; was far more eli
gible ; they were men that were at a certain old age, to which’
experience generally adds wisdom, that were eleéted Council 5
but this is a new fyltem, thiat carries with it neither ExpE-~
'RIENCE nor WispoMm ; and I think the change unnecefla
- 1y; thoughmot' opptefiive; I think the office of Sheriff is
more oppreflive, because heis an engine of power in the
hands ot the Governor; nor do I approve of taking away
the town meetings; therc is but one precedent of this kind
to be found in history ; but I could with on the prefeat oc
casion, that a second had not been made.
MRr. SAWBRIDGE. The opposition I have given to these
measures does not proceed from a fertled disposition against
adminiltration, nor do I do it for the fake of popularity; it
is for the LOVE OoF THAT LIBERTY which I have always
been strengthened in, and bred up by education; I had ra
ther bear the badge of the parish, than that of APosTAaCY.
It has been urged in debate, that this country has a right to
purfuc those meafurés adopted in the Eill, and that necessity
is the ground and argument which urges it on: But pray, let
me atk who is to be the judge of that necessity? A nation sure
ly cannot be called a frec nation, where another has a right
to draw money out of their pockets; but I cannot under{tand
how any one can agree with these measures, and deny the
right of taxation. If you exercise an authority which does
not belong to you, orif you force an illegal authority, they
have a right to resist.. Ido not fee any necessity for bringing
over the people to be tried by a Jury of England: I think the
Crown should have lodged a power in the Governor to par
don, and I thould have thought it the brightest jewel in it on
this occasion. You fay, that the Governor is to use kis dis
cretion with regatd to the having 3fait trial; but by’this gill
ADVERTISER.
JOURNAL?R
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Nune. 1651,
27, 1774