Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • 2

been fought in the Channel between the united fleets of rance and Spain and that of Great Britan) which lafted eleven hours and was the blpodieft that was ever fought at fea that the rench had three of their capital (hips funk and the Englifh two Their fleet confined of 52 fail of the line and $0 frigates and ours of 47 fail of the line and 5to frigates A gentleman in town has received a letter froth a cor refpoudent in St Euflatia informing that two' veffels had arrived there on Thurfday lafl from Amfierdam thc: Captains of whom fay thatan engagement had beenfought in the Bap between the Englifh fleet and the united fleets of rance and Spain but they could give no particulars according to the merits and juflice of the cafe and if fuch judgment ba given agaiaft the detainer of any 0 November 13 On Monday la ft the Hon Maior General Gates depsr ted from this place on his way to join the grand army when a number of the principal inhabitants of the town waited tioon him as far as Pawtuxet where upon taking their leave they prefented him with the following Addrefs viz SJR Providence Nov If 1779 1 behalf of the town of Providence the place yotr have honoured wth your Head Quarters during your command in this department we beg leave tocongratu late you on the fpleudid in fiances of foccefs attending feelmgs of a breaft confejous of fuperior worth acqui 1 ring laurels amid ft the fevereft toilf the military life The unfought tribute of thwnfends filled in the arduous talk muft give to feif approbatian a Charm that virtue will approve To the hiftoric page founded on impartial troth we leave the juft encomiums due to your military cbsrac ter but claim a right to efleem you asa friend to man kind apd guardian to the immunities of citizens Jo this I amiable pointcf view we hare fully experienced the good in the faid charter to let up the tame at any place witnin the faid Province which the laid Truftees mould judge to be moll convenient fa far as the lame daufe limits ttie appointment of Truftees to perfons refilling within five miles of the id Academy and Stiiool be and the fame is hereby annulled repealed and made void And be it further enafled by the authority aforefaid That the Truftees herein before appointed atjd their fuccef tors ihall And mav uunand tor recover ado re lentor hvuiuu ehss and the fenior Minifler in ftinding in the Roman ceive all evidences mortgages (pedalities deeds and in lii rt: nnrsnH minors cif prrnnn 3 ivl rnwi nnn 111 UI'VJ the library Philofopnical apparatus and feals of the faid corporation and all debts dues and demands to the fame owing Iwionging accruing or appertaining And in cafe anyperfoa or perlons haying the cuflody of the faid library apparatus mortgages fpecialtiec deeds or irtftruments er other papers books or records of the faid corpor tioh or having pofftflion of the real eflate of the AiH nr ano narf thfiffirtL Hl 111 rftfllfl fO dftH ver up tne fame when demanded it (hail and ma be law your arms during the prefent war Sublime moft be tee perlon io retu img oerore any two uinwoi ino rwrc or the citvor the county where the faid real eflate lies or laid office and flatioox kefpeftiveiy Aeir abate in of the teid ee fjdaltiwW a 1 ft fl LkJ ZaaaZ lf ftlfh nftfflinftP wlrfll nlli reiuie to this orate ana lawrui capacity wwo fors for ever hereafter (haft be remaii and Conticuthe deliver the fame it fhall and may be lawfm the find Trnftw nfnrefaid: bv the name flile and titles of the Juftices and they are hereby required to commit fuch 5 wia fa viernsin wtthnnf hairof 3321Q 1 prize ootu tne laid juagniect oe compnea wuo IOC WIG Ul IWCli ClWIGp MIG WIMJWIIW ftetes rights claims and demands ofthe Truftees appoia judgment iuto execution by WWflg wm of pofleffion it nmmtv in rhe fame manner aS they Bl ftliv WUVIIU vs suw a aiiiEnriTzd dn an Act af AfTrfllblv Ifltitrfdft rl 4AMin4 (nr rent and to fecurfl fuch goads to theperfon diftraioing the feme for the better fecurity of rents and for otnrr purpofes therein mention V' 1 zi i vided always That if either of tne laia parties man De mand a jury to be fnmmoned to tiy the (aid matter in difpqte the faid Jeftices flull caufe a Jury forthwith to come before them thereupon in the Cone manner as Juries are had in the cafe of tenants holding over their terms as a forefaid ad the faid Juftices fhall give judgment purfu ant to the verdift of fuch Jury and proceed to the execu tion hereof as is herein and hereby direfted And be it further enafled by the authority aforefaid That the civil Officers Millifters of the gofpe! and other perfons by this Act conttituted and appointed 1 ruitecs of the faid Uuiverfity and their fuccdfurs duly cbofen tic and corporate to have perpetual litcctmon and cotioq ance forever by the name ftile and title as aforefaid and that by tie faid name they fliali be capable and able in law to die and lie fued have and make a common feal and the fame at their pleafureto break and alter to make rules and flatutes and to do every thing necetfary an heedful for the good government and perfrfl eftablifhmtnt ofthe faid Univerfity and the Provofl Vice Provoft and ProfffTors hen after to be appointed and conftita ted by the Truftees aforefaid (hall be named Ailed and entitled the Provofl Vice Provoft and Profeflbrs of the fame Univerfity and the name flile and title of the body or faculty compofed of the faid Provofl Vice Provoft and Profeflbrs fhall be the Provofl Vjre Provcfl and Prefefibrsof the Univerfity ofthe State of Pennfylvania And be it further en fled by the authority aforefaid That the faid Trufiets fhall at all times when required fubmit the books accounts and ce onomy of the faid Ccr poration to the free examination ofvifitors to be appoin ted from time to lime by the Reprefentatives of the ree men of tj is Commonwealth in General Aflembly met And be it further enafled by tba authority aforefaid That the Truftees appointed by this A fl or a majority of them fhall meet in the Hall of the Univerfity aforefaid in the forenoon on the firfl Wednefday in December next ceed to the execution of their truft JOHN BAYARQ Speaker Enafled into a Law at Philadelphia on Saturday the twenty feventb day of November A One thoufand feven hundred and feventy nine THOMAS PAINE Clerk of General Affembfy The Gentlemen nominated in the above trqft apd accepting thereof are requefled to meet on Wednefday at Eleven tn the forenoon at the Library Room the State Houfe to proceed from thence to the iJalt of the Univerfity BASSETERRE (St Chriflophers) Oflober r8 I which arrived lafl week at St Euflatia front Cork which place fhe left the 5th ult brings following interefting intelligence That the united fleets of rance and Spain confiflingof 60 fail and upwaidr were off Start Point on the coaft of Suffix that Sir Charles fleet was then to the weftward of Scylla 1 that it confined only of 47 fail of the line and 20 frigates in excellent order well manned and eager to come to an engagement for which purpofe they did all in their power to work to wind ward but the wind being at eaft and the enemy dole hauled to the feuthward prevented: them for five days The that brought fhe intelligence left the 'fleets in fight of each other the rench and Spap ifll fleets endeavouring to avoid an engagement A gentleman in Cork writes to his friend in St Euflatia that the fleets had been in fight of each other for force days that fhould numbers get the better of valour that an invafion of that devoted ifland muft be theconfe lilt sllAfeHJf' rtl UlUiUaillCOj IftrftlWlV npnr feveril enumerated afls and doings may be tranfafled 9 Martinique pper roentions that a battle had snrd nor'nmrl hts ft'niAPtrV rtf 13 ft Or 1 '9 1 and welfare of Society as to the profit and ornament of Individual! infomuch that from the experience of all a ges it appeats that feminaries of learning when proper ly condufted have been publicbleflings to mankind andtliat on the contrary when in the hands of dangerous and difaftefled men they have troubled the peace of Society fliiken the government and often caufed tumult feditionand bloodfbed 'AND A the College Aeademy and Charitable School of the city of Philadelphia were at firft founded on a plan of free and unlimited catholicifm but it appears that the Truftees thereof by a vote or bye law of their Board bearing date the fourteenth day of June ia the year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred ard fixty four have dep arted from the plan of the original foun tiers am narrowed me jounaauun oiuro mn imihwi' nn Rsprefcdtatives of the reemen of the Commonwealth of Pcnrifylvanfa in General Affembly met and by the au tndrity of the' feme That ths charter of the faid feminary granted by the late Proprietaries of Pennfylvania bearing date tbp tnirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord One thoufand feven hundred and fifty three whereby ter tain perfons were incorporated by the name ftile and title of theTrufteesafthe Academy andCharit able School in the Province of Pennfylvania and the additional charter grant ed by the fame Proprietaries bearing date on the fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thoufand feven hundred and fifty five fay which the Truftees of the (ame Academy and Charitable School were again incorporated bythe mme fide and title of theTrufieesof the College A cademy and Charitable School of the city of Philadelphia i 1 the Province of Pennfylvania together with all and Angular the rights powers pr ivileges emoluments and advantages andalfoalltheeftates claimsand demands to the fame corporation belonging dijebarged from the afore recited vote or bye law ofthe faid Truftees con fining and narrowing the true and original plan of the (aid inftitution: which vote or bye law and all others contrary to the true deflgn and fptrit qf the faid charter are hereby declared to te void be and they are in and by this Aft ratified and confirmed to and for the ufe and be nefit of the fame fetninary for ever a rhHTrnflfM herein after named and appointed may be the better enabled to effefluate the pi fice aforefaid Asa A rl hp if prancworinyarHgii tors and Contributors of the faid College Academy and Charitable School of Philadelphia Be it further enafled by the authority aforeiatd That it fhall and may be lawful for tne Supreme Execu tive Council of this State toreferve fuch and fo many of theconfifcate eflater yet unfold and unappropriated as to them fhall appear neceflary in order to create a certain a 41 1 a rr rvjq tiffs ana nniiiduta amr iv uwiiwim Charitab'e School of the faid Univerfity Provided always Tnat the yearly incomeof fuch efiates fo refervei and appropriated to the ufe of the laid Uni verfity do not exceed thefum of ifteen hundred pound computing wheat ar the rate of Ten killings per buflul And Provided alfo That fuch refervation be from time to time laid before the General Affembly of this State for thdr approbation and ccnfiimauon Provided always and be it enafled by the authority a forefaid That ue ratifying and confiiming the faid char ter or any thing herein contained fliall not extend or be conftrued to extend to the confirming or efbblifhing any cf the fetd Truftees in the faid charter named or oen tiu by any eleflfon or pretender! eleflion or appoint i rr anv of them ncr to any ovoft Vice Provoft Profeffor or other Minifies alienation or leafing of real eflates for more than feven AffirAr ni th Tiiri remmftrYa tnan lucn hs are heresy or may jjtreafter be appciaied the faid Board and tic iculty ing hereby dinolved and vacated nor (hill the fame xteud tp fucn parts of the charter as and by this Afl ore or may be abrogated annulled alter ed orfuppliedi And be it further enafled by the authority aforefaid That from aud after the pifling of this Afl the fupfrin tendance and truft together with all and lingular the pow ers autronnes anieiiates rcai pcriuuu mu 1 2 i of the faid College Academy and Cnaritable School fhall That the daufe in the firft charter of the faid Corporation Ws to devolve upon arid be veiled in the Prcfident cf the whereby the Truftees thereof were limited to be mhabi Sunreme Executive Council of this Comnonwealth the tants of Pennfylvania rtfidiog within five miles the A and Srhnrl afnrAfaH filthnnph licence was IVCfl fcieral Affembly the Chief Juftices of tie Supreme Court of Judicature the Judge of Admiralty and tne At torney General for time bring in virtue of their feve ral effiers and the fenior Midiller in Handing ef the 'nifcop I ChudKsaod tions and the fenior Mi fi D4(koinChnrrhPfl anrl Ph Taa? I AD El I A An ACT to confirm theeftates and intereftsof the College eavermnent ot tots vommonweattn aoa to ctcct uw joy A feme into an Univerfity 1 ftates rights claims and demands ofthe Truftees appoia A 5 the education of youth has ever ted by or in purfuance of the charters of the laid copora Wbeen found to he of the moft effential confeqeence tipn or either of them inftead of the fajd Truftees ap well lOoie aooa zuvcruiucurui uiaiee us a wsitareof Snrietv as to the orofit and ornament of dine fo to do in truft neverthelefs for the proper ufe ot luc jaw vwwawjwi Provided always That if any Truflieof faidUnivtrfi in cafe of tenants holding over their terms 1 Pro a MM A I 1 If allkaa lliA RiH 0)319 ty fhall take any charge or emee unaer tne iara a ranees other than that bf vTreafurer his place fhall thereby be vacated and in the cafe of a Miuifler of thegofpel taking fuch charge er office ot negkfling to qualify ac cording to the' directions of this Aft within one month after perfonal notice given of his coming to fuch truft the next Minifler in femority of the fame denomination fhall fucceed him fuch femority to be accounted from the time of fettlement of fuch perfon as Minifler of a Congregation i ill or UCar lljc idiu Provided alfo That in cafe the choice of a new Treflee perfona by this Atl conftituted and appointed Truftees in the room and flead of any cf the ecnons hft named of fhe faid Uuiverfity and their fuccdfurs duly chofeot nr their fucaffors fhall be difcllowed by the Houfeof Af nominated and appointed be one community body poll a A ZV SI I lx fo fl 1 A aAw A A A I 4Ivn MM CAtlOW 'rrihiv within fix months the i ruitees man oe oqiizco io Be it lherefore enafled and it is hereby enafled by the make choice of fome other perfon fl lie A 1 I A AB A 1 a A fl fl i aS fl A I nna oe ic lurucr cudiicu me bsuvimw That inftead of the oath or affirmation and declaration which were tpjoiaed and required to be taken' aad made by the fecond or additional charter herein before referred to of the faid corporation by the Truftees Provofl Vice Provoft and Profeflbrs of the faid College Acade my and Charitable School which oath or affirmation and declaration being totally inconfiftant with the indepen dence and conftiiution of this Commonwealth are here by abrogated and repealed the faid Truftees herein be fore appointed and their fucceflers and the Provoft Vite Provoft and Profeflbrs and every of them hereafter to be appointed in fuch manner and form as herein is direfled and required before he or they enter upon the duties of their truft or office fhall befqre two Juftices of the Peace of the city of Philadelphia or of fome county of this State take and fubferibe the oath or affirmation prefcribed by the fortieth Seflicn of the Conftitution of this Common wealth to be taken by the officers of this State and alfo the oath or affirmation of allegiance direftedto betaken by the fame officers in and by thefeventh and eighth Sec tions of an Afl ef Affembly made and paffed the fifth ria December in the vear of our Lord One thoufand feven hundred ane feventy eight infilled A further and after being duly qualified as this Afl prefcribes pro I ft rt it A A CL 1 a kt Afl aa fl a al fl2flAfla uupp iement to iiw aci jihiiivu ij ur inc iuiuvr fecurity of the and 11)311 alfo take ah oath or affirmation for the faith lu 1 difeharge of their truft or of A 1 1 fl fl fl fl S9 A A fl maaaCa rinQ 06 ii itirincr vu3Cicu oy inc auinoiiiy That all and every the daufe and daufes in the faid char ters wherein and whereby the Truftees of the faid Col lege Academy andCfcaritable School are direfled and en joined to make their rules ordinances and ftatutes not repugnant to the laws in force in the Kingdom of Great Britain nor to the laws in force in the Pro vince of Peunfylvaniii be and they are hereby annul fund (or ti maintenance the Provofl Vice Provofl led npealed and made void and the Truftees i i 1J ArtJ Ia karuin otirl KafAv nnninfp Jr pHUtrrf nnn PH illlfl 10 UpiJVlU aU UJCJCiYG IHV ssvsvsfs oisv sv A 1 1 ffl flltflflAfl fl A A A aS AA joiuca io review inc ruics uruuiduicB uu naiuico heretofore nude by the former iniitees or tne taia temi nary whicn fo far as they are repugnant to he Con (litu tion and laws of 'he State are hert by repealed and to frame the fame if neceffary and all rules ordinances and fta hereafter to be made confident with the Confiituti aid laws of this Commonwealth And be it further enafled by ihe authority aforefaid That the bufinefs of the (aid corporation (hall and may be tranfafled performed and determined by the major vote cf a meeting of feven at lead of the Truft ee appoin ted by this and their fucceffors duly notified and called other than the choice of new Truftees the nomi nating and con flituting or thsdifmiffing of the future Pro aft Vtce Provoft or Profeffors or any of them or the years or any extraordinary and new expenditure of tne in come or other perfonal eflate of the faid Corporation or the altering any falary or the granting degrees to the fcholarsfof the faid Univtrfity or to other perfons or to tut anv ordinances ftatute or bye law which ci and periormed oy a majority oi ar lean eleven ur rue faid Tru fleer duly notified and convened as aforefaid and not othtrwife And be it further enatted by tne autnonsy atoreraia i Ws to devolve upon arid be veiled in the Prcfident of the whereby the Truftees thereof were limited to be mhabi Suoreme Executive Council of this Commonwealth the tants of Pennfylvania rtfidiug within five miles the A VimrefiJent of the fame Council the Speaker of the cademy and School aforefaid although licence was given JW TA I aIaL aaaa Aa Ca inia nno urithin Affembly the fehiet juiuccs or tie oupreme Court of Judicature the Judge of Admiralty and the At torney General for time bring in virtue of their feve ral effiers and the fenior MinUter in Handing ef the 'foifcoo I ChudKsaod Conyreg tions and the fenior Mi oifler (landing of the Prefby erian Churches and the feii or Minifler in Handing of the Baptift Churches and the fe nior Mimfter in Handing ofthe Lutheran Churches and the fonini Mmifter in Hand me in the German Calvinift Chur Churchts whefe Churches or Houfes of public worfhip are or fhall be in the city of Philadelphia or within two miles ofthe old Court Houfe in High flreet in the (aid ci jy together with the Honorable Benjamin ranklin Duc or of Laws Minifler Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to His Moft Chrifliin Majefty the Honorable William Sbippen rederick Muhlenberg and James Searle Elquirer Delegates in ttie Cocgrefs of the (aid United States lor Pennfylvania the Honorable Willi Tsi'niirP nd fht HnnnrSthlR TnEn Evans Efqu re jolliers of the Supreme Court of Juuica fulforthe Truftees of the (aid College to fummon any hire Timothy Mitl ck Elquir Secretary of the Su perfon fo refofing before any two Juftices of the Peace of' uretiie Executive Council this State David Riltcnhoefe the cityor the county where the faid real eflate lies or fefnuire Treafurerof this State Jonathan Bayard Smith the detainer of any of the records or other artifles afore JEfamre Samuel Morris fenior Efquire George Bryan foid refides who are hereby authotrzed and impowered Efouire Thomat Bond Dcflor of Phifiick and James to inquire into the faid complaint in a fummary way Hutcinfon Defter of Phyfick which faid civil Officers and give judgment there nas to them fliall feem meet A fa 1 aJ thu rrrit hi A if ft nf th ft Cafft and if Mimnert ci tne goipci ana uuicts uctwu wumrvucu ud appointed for and during their continuance in the.