The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1778-04-06 00:00:00, page 1

1. THE Kalendar; with a Table of Coins;
I the Quaker's General Meetings, and a
better Lift of Roads than published in any
other Almanack.
2. A Genealogical Lift of the Royal Family of
Great-Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Den
mark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Poland,
Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, Orange, Italy and
Turkey. /
3. The Extent and Situation of Great-Britain,
Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Prussia,
Turkey, Italy, Orange, Russia and Sardinia,
. with the Latitude and Longitude ot each King
dom, and their military Eltablifoment in Peace
and War.
4. Lift of the Peers of the Blood ofGreat-Britain,
Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts and Barons.
5. Archbithops and Biffiops of England, with the
Sum each See is charged with in the King's
Books.
6. His Majesty's most hon. Privy Council.
7. Knights of the most noble Order of the Garter.
3. Knights Champions of the most hon. Order of
the Bath.
9. Knights of the most ancient and most noble
Order of the Thistle.
10. His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State.
11. Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.
1% Lords Commiflioners of Trade and Planta
tions. (
13. Lords Commifrners of the Admiralty.
14. High Court of Admiralty.
15. His M jetty's Pott Matter's General.
16. A Lilt of his Majesty's Land Forces, with
them Colonels, Lieut. Colonels, and Time when
raised, &c. &c.
117. A compleat Lift of the House of Commons of
Great Britain, with the Towns, &c. they re
present.
I^. A Lift of the Royal Navy of Great-Britain,
with the Pay of the Officers in each Rate, from
the Admiral to a private Man.
19. Admirals of Great-Britain, and the Places
where they command.
20. Ships ot War on the American Station, with
the Names of their Commanders, and Number
of Guns.
21. Treasurer, &c. &c. of the Navy, and the Sa
laries allowed by the Crown. 1 # '
2Z. The daily Pay of each Rank in the Horse
and Grenadier Guards, and of bis Majesty's
Land Forces on the British Eftab'lifhment.
23. Precedency among Men and Women, as fet
tled by A&s of Parliament and other authentic
Documents.
24, A Table of all the Kings and Queens ofEng
land and Scotland,with the Time they severally
began to reign.
25. Peers of the Blood, Dukes, Earls, Viscounts
and Barons of Ireland, with the Peer^ffes by
Creation or Defceht.
26. Bishops, Archbishops and Deans of Ireland.
27. Summary ot the House of Commons of Ire
land.'
>B. Bankers of Dublin, Cork, Waterford and
Clonmell.
29. A general Description of America.
30. Enumerated Goods fubjedt to Duty in Ame
rica.
3'. General Establishment of all the Provinces on
the Continent of North-America, containing
the Names of the Council and Aflenibly of
Nova-Scotia, Canada, New-Hampshire, Massa
chusetts Bay, Rhode-Ifland, Connecticut, New-
York, Ne^-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia, North- Carolina, S. Carolina, Geor
gia, and both the Floridas ; with the Names of
their Judges, Cultom House Officers, &Q &c.
and dutiable Goods in each Province.
31. Officers of the Superintendent's Office in
New- York.
33. Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and
Children of Clergymen of the Church of Eng
land.
34. An Account of what Sums have been grant
ed to the different Provinces in North-America,
as far as appeals from the Estimates for the
Support of civil Government of each Province,
distinguishing each Year. And also of wha
Sums have been granted for the Support of the
Provincial Forces in North-America.
35. Staff of the Army under the Command of Sir
William Howe, K. B.
36. General Hospital in New-York.
37. Field Officers of his Majesty's Artillery, Dra
goons, and Ifnantry in North-America.
A White Loaf of the fineft FLOUR, to weigh
2 lb. 6 oz. for 14. Coppers, and in the fame
Proportion for Loaves of a lesser Weight.
JAMES ROBERTSON, M. G.
[llluftrated with ari elegant and accurate Coperplate
Plan of the City of New-York.]
CONTAINING,
N E W-Y ORK
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at „s. per Cent.
Publilhed February 2, 1778.
American and British Kalendar,
For the Year 1778.
Monday, April 6, 1778^
Universal Register ;
O R,
JUST PUBLISHED,
And to be had at the Bible and Crown,
in Hanover-Square,
W EE KL Y
Containing tbe eatlieff Ibices
GAINE's
Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
AND
38. Staff and Field Officers of the Hessian Corps
in North-America.
39. Field Officers, &c. of his Majesty's Provincial
Troops.
40. Computation of the most remarkable Passages
of the Times, from the Creation to the ^
general Peace.
41. Estimate of the Counties, Parities, Baronies,
Boroughs, Houles, &c. in Ireland.
42. Amount of any Number of Guineas (from 1
to 1000) in New-York Currency.
43. Value of Dollars in Sterling Money and New-
York Currency.
44. Directions to be observed by all Masters of
Vessels on their entering the Port of New York;
and Regulations for the Cartmen in the said
City,as established by the Commandant thereof.
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By MAJOR GENERAL
JAMES ROBERTSON,
COMMANDANT of New-York.
WHEREAS the Streets of this City, are con
trary to former Usage, much neglehed, to tbe
great Inconvenience and Annoyance of tbe Inhabitants :
And it being absolutely nectffary that tbe, foould be
cleanjed as soon as possible ; I do bereb, direfl and
order all occupiers of Houses and Lots in this City, and
all Sextons of Churches, immediately to cause the Dirt
and Filth in tbe Streets and Cellars, opposite to fucb
Houses and Lots, and Churches, to be fweeped and
raked into Heaps in tbe Middle of tbe Streets, ready to
be removed by Carts uvbicb /ball be appointed for that
Purpfe. And, I do further direfl and order tbe
Barrack-Mafler of this City, and all Superintendants
of Hospitals, immediately to cause tbe Dirt and Filth in
tbe Streets oppofte tofucb Barracks and Hospitals, and
tbe Dirt and Filth in tbe Yards and Cellars thereto
refpe&ivel, belonging, to be fweeped, raked and mo
ved into Heops in tbe middle of tbe Streets, read, to be
taken awa, b. Carts, as before mentioned.
And uxbereas nothing conduces more to procure Health
than Cleanliness ;I do further direst and order, that all
Occupiers of Houses and Lots, Sextons of Churches,
Superintendants of Hospitals, and tbe Barrack-Mafler
of this City, to cause tbe Dirt and Filth in Cellars and
tbe Streets, opptfte to those refpedive Lots and Build
ings, to be faeeped and gathered into Heaps in tbe
Middle,of the Street, on Saturday in ever, Week,
ivben Carts stall attend to remove tbe fame: And
upon Complaint being made to me, of an, neglea in
keeping clean tbe Yards, Cellars and Streets of an, of
the above described Lots and Building, tbe Person or
Persons convifled thereof, foall be feverel, punifoed,
preventfucb Delinquency for tbe future.
COLBORN BARRELL,
Has imported in the Lenox and John,
AFrefo fepp'd' which makes his assortment very
compleat of all kinds of goods suitable to this
market, which he continues felling oh the most reason
able terms for the caffi, and by wholesale only, at his
store in Watcr-ftrcet, between commissary Loring's and
Mr. Van Dam's.,
N. B. Light and defaced GOLD taken in payment,
at 61. los. per ounce.
WANTED,
IN a genteel family in town, a poor girl of about 11 or
12 years of age, to take care of children chiefly.-—
Any refugee or poor creditable family having such a gir^
and are willing to put her apprentice, may hear of the
above family, by enquiring of the printer.
N. B. A boy of 14 orTg years old is also wanted.
' Td"biTLE T T,'
(And entered on the firft of May next, for one year.)
THE dwelling house No. 28 in Duke street, wherein
the court of. admiralty is now .held, together.with
the store houses, &:. in the rear of it.—For terms apply
to Gabriel H. Ludlow, in Wa/I-fircct, or to Isaac Ogden,
ot Jamaica, Long-Bland,
Madeira
Lisbon l
Sherry > Wines.
Teneriffe I
Port J
Old Jamaica spirits,
Wcft-India rum of the befl
quality and high proof,
French brandy,
Cherry brandy,
Holland geneva,
Best London porter and Li
verpool ale in bottles
Molasses in hogsheads or in
barrels,
Coarse and' fine salt,
Mufcovado sugar in hogs
heads and in barrels,
Loaf and lump sugars,
Mould and dipt candles,
Caftile 'and common soap,
TO Bt SOLD BY
Remfen and Cowenhoven,
At their ftc re in Water-street, between the Coffee-Hcufe
and Fly-Market, opposite the house occupied by Mr,
John Mackenzie, upon the most reasonable terms, the
following articles viz.
Monday, ti Min. after 5
Tuesday, 7 Min. aftei 6
Wednesday, 55 Min. after 6
Thursday, 37 Min. after 7
HIGH-WATER atNEW-YORK, this Week.
4^ws|ii^
Best hylon, foufhong and be
hea,tea,
Coffee in barrels or less
quantity,
Chocolate and pepper,
Nutmegs, cinnamon, mice,
cloves and alfpice,
Tobacco,
Best Scotch fnuffin bladders
and bot'tles,
Mustard in bottles,
Cheshire, double and single
Gloucester cheese,
Shot in bags of different sizes
Short and long pipes,
Indigo, copperas and allum,
Writing paper,
Wrapping ditto,
Cotton by the bale or less
quantity,
And a few pieces oznaburgs.
Friday, 21 Min.after $
Saturday, 1 Min. after 9
Sunday, 43 Min. after ,
Full Moon tbe iitb,
THE
PETERSBURGH, Dec. 2.
SINCE the departure of the last Courier
which the Ministry have sent to Conffanti
nople, it has been reported, that he carried
Dispatches, in which the Empress declared,
that she was willing to enter into any Mea
sures that might conduce towards an Accom
modation between the two Powers: But hither
to those who are most likely to know the truth
of those Reports are so silent on the Subject,
that nothing transpires that can be depended
upon; only that the above-mentioned Courier
is the Bearer of some frelh Infractions to Mr.
Stachief, our Envoy at Constantinople.
Advices from Crimea import, that a Body
of between ten and twelve thousand difeon
tended Tartars had attacked and entirely de
feated two regiments of Hussars, and a third
of Pikemen; in which action two Colonels
had been killed, and another dangerously
wounded ; but it is added, that the Tartars
were afterwards in their Turn, repulsed by
another Corps of Ruffian Troops.
Constantinople, Oa. 20. On the 7th of this
month a grand Divan was held, tb which all
the Ministers of the Porte were summoned.
Mourat-Mollah and a few other officers repre
sented, that the Ottoman Empire had not yet
recovered from the losses sustained during the
raft war, and" in its present exhausted state, it
would be imprudent to expose it to frelh trou
bles. The majority, however, were of opi
nion, that the honour of the Porte could not
fuffer the infractions which Russia had made
in the last treaty of peace, by rendering the
Crimea dependent on her, and wanting to
fend Ruffian flhips of war through the Streight
into the Black Sea. Tho' we have not yet
learnt, that it hath been definitively resolved
to declare war, such preparations are making
that it is very soon expected. The janissaries
have been lately paid the arrears due to them
to the amount of three millions of piaftrhs.
The Sophis also expressed great difeontent in
not receiving their pay too; and disagreeable
consequences might have ensued if they had
not been fatisfied, to the amount of 300 purses,
which the Grand Vizir, the Captain Pacha,
and the Aga of the Janissaries, furnished be
tween them in equal Ihares, and the remainder
of their demand was borrowed of some Arme
nian Bankers.
Conftahtinopk, Dec. 18. The last Advices
received here from Baffora, advise, that Peace
is concluded between Persia and the Porte, to
the reciprocal Satisfaaion of both Powers.
Madrid, Nov. 17. There are now at Gibral
tar nine American prizes, laden with rice,
Ihip-timbe'r, wheat, tobacco, &c. which the
Englilh carried in thither; also a brigantine
which had failed from Nantz to America laden
with salt, woollen cloth, &c.
Stockholm, Dec. §. All the letters from Pe
terfburgh agree, that a rupture is most likely
to take place between Russia and the Porte.
The tragical end of the Prince of Moldavia
has not a little contributed to add to the mis
understanding between the two Courts, and it
is even asserted, that an immediate declaration
of war seemed to be a measure now in agitation
in the councils of Russia.
Lifbn, Dec., 10. The Qgeen has superse
ded the officer who commanded the fort which
defends the entrance of the Tagus, for having
fired with shot at a Dutch man of war. Her
Majesty at the fame time issued an order that no
foreign men of war, which might want to
enter the river, Should be fired on with ball.
Paris, Dec. 15. We have accounts from
Montbrifon, that a gang of robbers had taken
50,000 livres which were going from that place
to Lyons for the King's account, under the'
escort of two of the Marechauffee, one of
whom was killed, and the other escaped by
the fwiftnefs of his horse, but was so much
wounded that he died soon after.
Salonica, OR. 9. The Porte hath lately
sent orders to the government of this city to
raise a corps of 3000 peasants Urucks, (foot
soldiers) destined for the frontier places. This
corps will be formed and put in march imme
diately after the arrival of the Officer who is
tp command them, he being soon expected from
Constantinople.
Frankfort on the Main, Dec. 18. We have
accounts from Mentz, that the Hanau and
Anfpach troops destined for America had set
off for Bremerlehe, from whence they are to
take shipping for Ireland, to go from thence
to America.
Wheat per Bufliel, 12s. od.
Flour, 35 $. od..
Brown Bread, 20s. od.l
Weft-India Rum, 6s. 6d.1
New-England do. ss. od.'
GAZETTE:
MERCU R Y.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
,I Mufcovado Sugar, 51. ios.
I Single refin'd ditto, 2s. 2d.
IMolaffes, 2s. 6d.
!Beef per Barrel, 90s. od.
Pork, 5 1. ios.l
foreign anß Domeffick.
Hamburgh, Dee. 17. A war between the
Ruffians and Turks is still very much talked of;
and although the former of these two powers is
by no means inclined for war, provided the
Turks will entirely perform the articles of th
lad treaty of peace, yet the Porte seems deter
mined again to try the fortune of arms, m
hopes of repairing the losses they sustained
during the last war. Their preparations a ^
very great, a corps of 20,000 Janissaries a
already assembled near Babadag, and one <
40,000 in Natolia, on the coast of the Bla&<
Sea, and Aly Pacha is to command them a#
General in Chief under the Grand Vizir. The
Porte has also 44 ships of war ready armed,
carrying from 36 to 76 guns each, and manned
mostly with Algerines, Tripolitans, and Du'-
cignotes. It is said the Turks have had a.l
action with the Ruffians, in which the latte
loft 4000 men, but this wants confirmatioi
The party which the Porte has found means to
form among the Tartars, augments greatly,
insomuch that they have resolved to dethrone
the present Chan, and to place the Son of the
Chan Gueray on the throne, who is in tl•
neighbourhood of Bender with a confiderab.:
army of Budfiak and Crombolouk Tartars, t>
which the Porte have joined a confiderabl
body of troops as auxiliares; and we ar
assured that 30,000 Crimea Tartars have joine‘
them, because they were displeased with th
present Chan, Sahin Gueray, for attempting
to introduce the Ruffian manner of exercif?
among them, and wanting them to clothe i
a more convenient and shorter dress than they
now wear; that this caused a violent infurrec
tion, that the Commandant and Ruffian Off
cer, who were appointed to teach them, were
cut to pieces, and that the Chan, who cam
to quell the riot with some Ruffian troops, was,
after a bloody action obliged to fly. Ruff
seems to have united the greatest part of her
forces against the Ukraine? Count Romar
zow, whom it was imagined was going t
Crimea, will command them, and have his
head quarters at Kiow: Besides this, thre
other corps of troops are to go into those parti,
under the Generals Rzewufki, Zirkof, ant
Romanus.
Hamburgh, Dec. 2. According to authentic
letters from Warsaw, the Ruffians are assem
bling in the Ukraine ; and we are even assured
that a large detachment of that nation has al
ready entered Moldavia.
The epidemical distemper which had broke
out among the horned cattle in this neigh
bourhood, is entirely flopped by the care
which has been taken to kill and bury the
beasts on the firft symptom of the disorder.
However, but a small number have been facri
ficed to save the rest.
Hambourgb, Dec. 16. Notwithstanding the
differences which fubfiff between the Court of
Peterfbourgh and the Porte, the navigation of
Ruffian merchant ships in the Black Sea still
remains free.
Aleppo, Sept. 10. A caravan which arrived
here from Bagdat brings an account,, that that
city is relieved from the Persian troops in it
ihvirons, that Baffora, guarded by 3000 men
of that nation, is not so much harraffed as it
has been, although they are. far from being
restored to their former tranquility.,
Vienna, Nov. 22. We are informed, that
there will be encampments in the approaching
year, viz. five in the ufaal places, and one in
Gallicie, where 15 regiments of hussars and
lightkorfe now are; and the Emperor ir/erids
to repair thither in person.
Baron Van Swieten has obtained an annual
pension of 6000 florins, which his late father
enjoyed in quality of infpedQr-ger.cral pl the
library.
Warsaw, Dec. 10. We yefterday.received
certain advice that the new Hofpodar of Mol
davia has taken possession of his dignity. It is
also reported that the Tartars who are in t^e
interest of the Porte have invaded Podolia;
and we are assured that the Kipg of Prussia has
resolved to fend M. Zegelin to Constantinople
to offer his meditation, and if possible to pre
vent a rupture between Russia and the Porte.
.A Scheme has been published here some timt
ago for introducing paper-money into thi:
kingdom: The plan is supported by persons 01
the firft rank, who intend to use their endea
vours to get it approved by the Diet. Bu
numbers mean to oppose it ; particularly the
Prince Primate,
THE
Fine Salt, Bs. od
Coarse Salt, Bs. od
Indian Corn per Bu. 7s. od
Coffee, is. gd
IChocolate, 265. per Do.
[No. 1380.]