The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1777-01-20 00:00:00, page 1

PARIS, (Capital of France) Sept. 9.
THEY write from Limoges, that about
five Leagues from that Town, on the
Side of Braffic, a violent Storm cf
Hail had done infinite Damage for many Miies
round. The Hail Stones, it is said, were some
of them from two to three Pounds Weight, and
several Persons were much hurt by them, and
some Sheep and a great deal of Game destroyed.
On the 3d of this Month a dreadful Sterm
destroyed twelve or fifteen Villages in Cham
paigne, between Kours and Perthes, near Vethel.
The Wind which blew from the North brought
on a dieadful Hail-storm. The Corn, which was
just ready for reaping, was destroyed through
out che Country. The Vines were likewise des
troyed, and many Labourers at work in the
Fields were wounded. No exaft Account has
been received, but we are assured that the Inha
bitants will be prodigious Sufferers.
1 he 15th of this Month, at Ten o'Cleck at
Night there was at Crecy near Dreux, a Stoim,
accompanied wi.il Hail, the Stones of which
wereof the Size of an Egg. It hath done infi
nite Damage to the Harvest, which was not yet
got in. In less than two Minutes there was not
a whole Pane of Glass in the Windows of the
Castle.
On Sunday and Tuesday last the Queen had
some further Attacks of the Ague and Fever. ;
The last Fit was more violent than any of the:
preceding. We know not to what to attribute 1
this Indisposition. Some are inclined to think
it an Omen of Pregnancy, and fervently pray
that it may prove so. Two or three grand
revivals (one on the King's Name-Day) have
been already put off on this Account.
By Command of their Excellencies,
Henry Strachey.
By RICHARD VISCOUNT HOWE,
Of the Kingdom of IRELAND, and
WILLIAM HOWE, E^^
General of His Majesty's Forces in AMERICA, the King's Commissioners for restoring Peace to His Majesty's
Colonies and Plantations in NORTH-AMER 1 C A, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHisREAS by our Declarations cf tne 14th of July, and 19th of September last, in Pursuance of His Majesty's most gracious Intentions towards His Subjects in the
Colonies or Provinces of New-Hampfoire, Mafochufa's-Bay, Rhode-kfland, Connecticut, Rew-York, New-ferfey, Pennsylvania, The Three Lower Counties on Dela
ware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, all Persons speedily returning to their just Allegiance were promised a free and general Pardon,
and were invited to accept, not only the Pleffings of Peace, but a secure Enjoyment of their Liberty and Properties, upon the true Principles of the Constitution : And
WHEREAS, notwithstanding tne laid Declarations, and the Example of many who have availed themselves of the Aflurances therein made, several Bodies of armed Men, in open
Contempt of His Majesty's proffered Clemency, doftiil continue their Opposition to the Establishment of legal Government and Peace ; and divers other ill-disposed Persons, pursuing their
own ambitious Purposes in th- Exercise of alawlefs Influence and Power, are using frefh Endeavors, by various Arts and Misrepresentations, to alienate the Confidence and Affection of His
Majesty s Subjects ; to defeat every Plan of Reconciliation, and to prolong the unnatural War between Great- Britain and her Colonies: NOW, in order to the more effectual Accom
plishment of His Majesty s meft gracious Intentions, and the fpeecy Refloration of tne public 1 ranquilhty; And duly conndering the Expediency of limiting the lime within which such
Pardon as aforefaid shall be granted, and of fpecifying the Terms upon which only the fame shall and may be obtained, We do in his Majesty's Name, and by Virtue of the Powers
committed to Us, hereby charge and command all Persons whatsoever, who are assembled together in Arms against His Majesty's Government, to difband' Themselves and return to
their Dwellings, there to remain in a peaceable and quiet Manner; And we also charge and command all such other Persons as are assembled together under the Name of General, or
Provincial Congreffus, Committees, Conventions, or other Aflociations, by whatever Name or Natnes known and distinguished, or who under the Colour of any Authority from any such
Congress, Committee, Convention, and other ALociation, take upon them to issue or execute any Orders for levying Money, raising Troops, fitting out armed Ships and V eflcis, im
prisoning, or otherwise molefling His Majesty's Sullas, to desist and cease from all such trcafonable A&ings, "and Doings, and to relinquish all such usurped Power and Authority,
so that Peace may be re-Sored, a speedy RemiGon of pad Offences quiet the Apprehensions of the Guilty, and all the Inhabitants of the said Colonies be enabled to reap the Benefit
of His Majefty's^ paternal Goodness in the Frefervation of their Property, the Restoration of their Commerce, and the Security of their most valuable Rights, under the just and moderate
Authority of the Crown and Parliament of ^reat-Britain : And We do hereby declare, and make known to all Men, that every Person who within SIXTY DAYS from the Dav of
the Date hereof shall appear before the Governor, or Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief in any of His Majesty's Colonies or Provinces aforefaid, or before the General or
commanding Officer cf I-gs Majesty s Forces in America, or any other Officer in His Majefy's Service having the Command of any Detachment or Parties of His Majesty's Forces there,
or before the Admiral or Commanaer in Chief of his Majesty's Fleets, or any other Officer commanding any of His Majesty's Ships of War, or any armed Veflel in His Majesty's Ser
vice, within any of the Potts, Havens, Creeks, or upon the Coasts of America, and shall claim the Benefit of this Proclamation, and at the fame Time teftify his Obedience to the Law s ,
by fubferibmg a Declaration in the Words following : ^I, A. B. do foe and dectoe, that I will remain in a peaceable Obedience to His Majefly, and will not take up Arms, nor enceurar,
<' Others to, take up Arm„ tn Opfon ^ His Authors shall and may obtain a full and free Pardon of all Treasons and Misprisions of Treasons, by him heretofore committed or done, and
of all F orfeitures, Attainders, ana 1 enalties for tne fame ; and upon producing to Us, or to either of Us, a Certificate of such his AppeaApce and Declaration, shall and mav have and receive
such Pardon made and palled to him in due form.
AY, January 20,
E W-Y ORK
AND
WEEKLY
Containing tbe earUeff SDBiccs
0 Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
Stockholm, (in Sweden) Aug, 30. By an
Express arrived here from EckhNmfend we
have the melancholy News, th<a Prince Charles
was Suddenly attacked Ycfterday with the epi
demical Fever which reigns at present in this
Kingdom. This Event has occaiioned the C'a
roufal to be fe'pended, which began on the
fame Day, this Prince being to lead cne of the
Quadrilles immediately after the King. The
above Malady has not yet manifefted itfelf in
the mountainous Parts of the Kingdom; but
the southern Provinces are so irfefted with it,
that in leveral Diltri&s the Corn is yet Handing
for Want of Reapers, and in other Places the
Grounds are neither ploughed nor sowed.
Great Damage has been done by Lightning;
a Village about iz Miles from hence was en
tirely destroyed thereby, and a Collection had
beer made at Court for the distressed Inhabi
tants. rhe Hatveft in this Kingdom has been
very great this Year.
Leghorn, (in Italy) Sept. 25. We hear
from the Coalls of Africa, that the Emperor of
Morocco has certainly refelved to cede the Port
of fangeirs t® the Court es Russia, for a cor.fi
derabie Sum of Money, and a Negotiation is set
on Foot on that Subject
Venice, Aug. 16. On the 16th of last Month
a great Shock of an Earthquake was felt here,
which, however did no Damage in this City or
its Neighbourhood; but in the Mountains of
rriuli, where the Shocks were repeated, some
Lives were loft, and considerable Damage done,
irooragch thas the Venetian Governors in those
Parts have preferred to the Senate Memorials in
Behalf cf the unhappy Sufferers.
Hamburgh^ (in Holland) Sept. 6. Mr. de
Laval, the English Resident here, has caused
GIVEN at New-York, this Thirtieth Day of November, 1776.
THE
Sept. 24, A very remarkable Cause was tried
in the C?urt es Common Pleas, Weflminfter,
before Sir William De Grey, Chief Justice. It
was an Action brought to recover 2000!. dama
ges on a charge of feduaien and criminal con
verfatioa with the Plaintiff's Wife. The charges
made by the Plaintiff were fully proved; but
when the Defendant was called t 5 his juftification
it came out in the evidence, that the woman had
been separated from the Plaintiff for several
years; that she had married, in the year 1770,
another Hulband, three years before the cause
of Adrion had accrued ; that !he had not coha
bited with the Plaintiff for fevaral years: and
that she now lived with another man. There
were several points ofLaw argued by the Coun
sel cn both sides, dating the ground on which
an Aftion for criminal conversation can be main
tained, and the Judge declared himfelf very ex
plicitly, that no feck Adrion will lay in any in
stance where the woman is known to be a com
mon Prostitute, or in which the man is privy to
the illicit commerce, either by dire&ly promot
ing it, or fecredy conniving at it. The juflifira-
Duffildorf, (in Germany) Sept. 7. John Louis
de Gulfiein, Count of the Holy Roman Empire,
Chamberlain and Privy Counfellorto the Ele&r
Palatine, and Siadthclder of the Dutchics ofju
liers and Berg, died here the sth of this Month.
L O ND O N,
two Ships of his Nation to be flopped, one
commanded by Captain Patrick Brown, baunu
to Oratava; the other by Capt. Lambert Wieik,
bound to the Madeiras, laden with planks, corn,
linens, and herrings. This Minister has good
reason to believe that both their cargoes were
destined for the Americans.
[No. 1317}
GAZETTE:
THE
MER C U R Y.
HOWE,
W. HOW E.
Foreign anti Domeffick.
Le?<ls. A few Days ago met in one House
at Ecclefall, near Bradford, two Grandfathers,
two Grandmothers, three Fathers, three Mo
thers, three Husbands, three Wives, two Bro
thers, two Sifters, two Uncles, two Aunts, a Son
and two Daughters, and a Grand Child, and
yet but seven Persons in the whole ; all of @ng
Surname.
trim brought matters in so ftrorg a light, that
toe Judge; without applying to th* Jury, order
ed the Plaintiff tp be ncn-fuited.
At a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
for Leeds, a Bill of Indictment, founded upon
the 30th of Gen. IL was found against a young
Man for obtaining Three Guineas fiom a Ser
jeant cf the 59th Regiment in this Town, by
talfe Pretences, The Case was this: The young
Man had run away frora his Apprentictfhip,
came here and enlitied, declaring to the Serjeant
who enlisted him, and also swore it before the
Juitices of the Peace who attested him, and who
examined him very particularly as to his being
an Apprentice, before he was attested, that he
was not an Apprentice.—After he had been en-
Idled feme few Days, the Master claimed him
fom the Regiment as his Apprentice ;by whicli
Means either the Serjeant or the Regiment is
defrauded of upwards of Three Guineas.—These
Tricks are frequently played upon recruiting
Parties, who cannot pcffibly know whether the
Person who offers toenlift is an Apprentice or
not, other than by his Declaration: but it is
hoped this Prosecution will put a Stop to such
Practices in future. By the above A& offences
of this Kind are punifhab'e by Fine and Impri
ferment, or to be put in the Pillory, or publicly
stripped, or to be transported for seven Years.