To all whom it may concern:

New-jersey, ss. NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admiralty will be held at the house of Zachariah Rossel in Mountholly, on Wednesday the fifth day of August next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, then and there to try the truth of the facts alledged in the bills of Timothy Shaler,¹ (who as well, &c.) against the sloop or vessel called the Speedwell, lately commanded by Charles Ellis: Of Samuel Ingersoll,² (who as well, &c.) against the schooner or vessel called the Lovely Nancy, lately commanded by William Moore; the sloop or vessel called the Betsy, lately commanded by Arthur Harper; the schooner or vessel called the Molly, lately commanded by Joseph Pearson; the sloop or vessel called the Alexandrine, lately commanded by John M'Neal; and the vessel called the Sun, supposed to be a dogger, lately commanded by one Garland: Of Abraham Boys, (who as well, &c.) against the sloop or vessel called the Chance, lately commanded by James Neill; and the sloop or vessel called the Elizabeth, lately commanded by John Stedham: Of Joseph Wade,³ (who as well, &c.) against the sloop or vessel called the Duck; and the sloop or vessel called the Betsy; with their respective tackle, apparel, furniture and cargoes: To the end and intent that the owner or owners of the said vessels respectively, or any person or persons concerned therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the said vessels and their cargoes should not be condemned according to the prayer of the said bills. 

July 15, 1778