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Given under my band, at Head-Quarters, in
'New-York, the 23d day of February, 1779.
H. CLINTON.
By his Excellency's Command,
JOHN SMITH. Sec'ry.
Regulated Price of Ship Bread.
Foor Pound fifteen Shillings per hundred weight.
NOTICE is hereby given, that from and
after the thirteenth day of this month,
no baker, or other person whatever, Shall alk,
demand or receive, any more or greater sums
than four pounds fifteen Killings currency,
per hundred weight, for Ship bread of the best
quality. Any person demanding or receiving
^poe than the above mentioned price, (hall
forfeit the Sum of Five Pounds, over and
above the value of the ship bread so fold, to
the use of the poor of this city.
All pe.foras that bake ship br :ad, are here
by ordered to mark the bifeuits withthe initial
letters of their names.
Andrew Elliot,
Superintendant General.
David Mathews, Mayor.
Peter Dubois,
Magistrate of Police.
Office ofPolice, New-York, Feb. 10, 1779.
By his Excellency
WILLIAM TRYON, Efy
Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province
of New-York, and the Territories depending
thereon in America, Chancellor and Vice-Admi
ral of ibe fame, and Major-General in his Ma
jeftfs Army.
€WNVI%CED by Experience, of the beneficial
a Fendency of the Assurances lately given by ihe
Admiral o his M ijtfl)\ Fleet,againft the impelling
vs certain P..f>m employed in the privateering Ser
vice, with the Encouragements I offered in my Pro
daination of the 24th of December lift ; and being
moved with Campaßian, to the Multitudes fuffering
undet theTyranny of the Fa&ion, \Vho are peififting
in a Re> dien which can no longer be Supported un
der tie D&uUe of a Contest for Safety either to Li
bc ty ev Property ; and which, according to fatisfac
h„ P:oof, is Jif.greeable to a vatt Majority of their
fellow Citizens, whom having fi^t deluded and dif
arnvd, they now inhumanly persecute : and are daily
ficdn&ing their Blood and Treasure, to gratify their
own Anbit^n and Avarice,and bring their Country
men into lubjr&iofy to a Popifli and arbitrary Power,
ihe Inveterate Enemy of Great -Britain, as the Bul
wark of the Purteftant Interest, and now infidiwnßy
affeaing Profeffions of a Zeal for the Liberties < f
Mankind, to enfhare his Mijefty's revolted Sutras
into a Confidence in her Fiiendflrp: I have there
fore thought proper by this Proclamation, toinfo in
mil those who are inclined to,efcape from the barba
rotis Domination of the Usurpers, and are desirous to
vontribuie their Aid to its speedy Subversion, and the
Re . elUbliihment of the Harmtny, Tranquility and
Frofperity of the Empire, that ample Piovihon is
made by the laudable Ardor of his Majesty's loyal
Snbje&s, for the Employment of all Seamen, Ship-
Carpenters and other Landsmen, lefurting to this
Port, in fhmt and fuecefsful Cruizes againtt his Ma
j4k's Eivmdes---tbat generous Bounties are given
to all the Adventurers, and Specially to such as are
-ble to save the Crew in the Capacity of Surgeons--
that I have already issued one hundred and twenty
one Commissions, to as many private Vessels of War
--that in the ihart Space of Time elapsed since the
%,huenth of September lafl, the Prize Vessels arriv
edhere, amount to one bundled and fixty-five, and
their total Value, according to authentic Information,
to above fix hundred trioufin 1 Pounds, Lawful Mo
ney cf New York, at the ancient Currency of eight
Shillings a milled Doflar-^nd that by these Cap
tores, and the signal Success of the Ships of his Ma
jority's Navy, and other private Letters of Marque,
the City of New-York is become an immense Ma
^azineof all Kinds of Supplies, for a very extensive
Com met ce.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
Sir HENRY CLINTON, K. B.
General and Commander in Chief of ail bis Majes
ty's Forces, within the Colonies laying on the
Atlantic Ocean, from Nova,Scotia to Wejl-
Flerida, inclusive, ^c. Efe. ^c.
PROCLAMATION.
W r HER2AS there are Several deserters
from his Maj^fty's troops, as well as
from the foreign troops under my command,
who are known to be serving with the Enemy,
and who from ajuit reflection upon the infamy
of bearing arms agaihft their Sovereign and
theif country, would return to their duty,
did not the fear of punilhment deter them : I do
hereby proclaim a free pardon to every desert
er, fwhatfoever ra,k or denomination, who
(halt voluntarily surrender himfeif to any of
his Molly's troops before the firft day of May
next.
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 80s. per Cent.
Published January 22, 1779.
A White Loaf of the finedFLOUR, to weigh
2 lb. for 21 Coppers.
Monday, March i I779.'TH E
NEW-YORK ^^^ GAZETTES
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W E E K L YMERCUR Y.
Containing the eatlici lSboices
0 Printed by 'HUGH GAINE, at the ^IBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
O R,
American and British Kalendar,
For the Year 1779.
[llluftrated with an elegant and accurate Coperplate
Plan of the City of New-York.]
CONTAINING,
i. ^T'HE Kalendar; with a Table of Coins;
the Quaker's General Meetings, and a
better Lilt of Roads than pubiifhed in any
other Almanack.
2. A Genealogical Lift of the Royal Family of
Great -Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Den
mark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Poland,
Prullia, 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 of each King
dom, and their military Ertabliihment in Peace
and War. l
4. Lift of the Peers of the Blood of Great Britain,
Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts and Barons.
5. Archbishops and Bilhops of England, with the
Sum each Sec 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.
B.Knights Companions of the molt hon. Order of
the Bath.
9. Knights of the most ancient and most n@ble
Order of the Thiltle.
10. His Maiefty's principal Secretaries of State.•
11. Lords Commiflioners of the Treasury.
12. Lords Commiflioners of Trade and Planta
tions.
13. Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
14. High Court of Admiralty.
15. His M+jefty's Pott Matter's General.
16. A Lift of his Majvfty's Land Forces, with
their Colonels, Lieut. Colonels, and Time when
railed, &c. &c.
17. A coinpleat Lift of the Houle of Commons of
Great Britain, with the Tewns, &g. the, re
present..
18. A Lift of the Royal Navy of Great-Britain,
with the Pay bfthe Officers in each Rate, from
the Admiral to a private Man.
19. Admirals of Great- Britain, and the Places
where they command.
20. Treafur r, &c. &c. of the Navy, and the Sa
laries allowed by the Crown.
21. The daily Pay es eatb Rank ia the Horse
and Gienaditr % Guards, and of his Majesty's
Lind Forces withe Britith Establishment.
22. Precedency among Men and Women, as fet
tled by A^s ot Parliament and other authentic
Document*.
23. A Table,ol all the Kings and Queens ofEng
jand and Scotland,with the Time they federally
began to reign.
24. Peers of the Blood, Dukes, Earls, Viscounts
and Barons of Ireland, with the Peerefles by
Creation or Defc+nt.
25. Bishops, Archbishops and Deans of Ireland.
26. Summary of the House of Commons of Ires
27. Bankers of Dublin, Cork, Waterford and
Clonmell.
28. A general Description of America.
29. Enumerated Goods fubjed to Duty in America.
30. General Establishment of ail the Provmce<on
the Continent of North-America, containing
the Names of the Courfcjl and Affemh y of
Nova-Scotia, Canada. Nefollampfhire, Mafla
chufetts Bay, Rhode-Bland, Connecticut, New-
York, New-jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
And, in Addition to the Admiral's Promise,
which extends without Exception, to every Seaman
or other Person, coming to any Officer at the British
Out-Posts, to engage in this advantageous Service;
I renew my own, of all the Countenance, Aid and
Proteaion they can reasonably cxpe&. Assuring
them alfe, that many more private Vessels of War
are preparing to be equipped, and that the Reports'
of a Want of Employment, and the Means of Sub
fiftmce here, propagated by the Rebellious French
Faftion, to operate upon their Fears, detain them
within the Sphere of their Tyranny, and induce
them to support it, are utterly groundless : And,
for the Comfort of such of his Majesty's Subjects,
as are held in Bonds and Dungeons by their Op
preifors, I do affine them of His most gracious and
firm Resolution, with the Bieffing of Almighty God,
upon his Councils and Arms, to persevere in all
those just and necessary Measures, requisite for the
Redemption of his faithful American Subjects from
the Miseries of the Usurpation, and the crafty and
malignant Deigns of all his Enemies both at home
and abroad.
Given under my Hand and Seal, at Arms, at
Kingferidge Out-Pofl, the 3tb Day of March,
1779-
WILLIAM TRYON.
By bis Excellency's Command,
B. J. Johnson, Po. Sec.
just publifoed and to be SO L D,
GAIN e's
Universal Register;
Monday, 16 Min. after 7
Tuesday, ' 4 Min. after 8
Wednesday, 48 Min. after 9
Thursday, 32 Min. after 9
HIGH-WATER atNEW-YOR K, this Week.
Friday, 15 Mln. after 10
Saturday, 59 Min. after 10
Sunday. 48 Min. after 11
Fad Moon To-morrow.
The objection of every republican against
this constitution is, that the executive council
are endeavouring to exercise Lordly Powers,
and that if eompofed of the word men in the
Rate, when once chosen they may keep their
feats for three years, unless impeached and
convided before themfelves, which will be found
a very untoward work.
The constitution we complain of, allows on
ly a J%' e branch of legislature. There is no
check upon any bills that may be proposed as
laws, by the assembly ; Should they be dictat
ed, as they have already been, by violence,
heat or prejudice. Eve^y state in the confede
ration, has though: it absolutely essential to
liberty to have two branches, Georgia excep
ted. That unhappy Rate had formed a con
stitution Similar to ours ; and by the like vio
lence, endeavoured to cram it down the
throats of their fellow citizens —What has been
the con Sequence? Faction and misrule dis
quieted the people Multitudes, groaning
under oppreflion, talked loudly, that one tyrant
a: three thousand tyles distance, was more to-
goons, and Infantry in North- America.
37. Steiff and Field Officers of the Hessian C°rps
in North-America.
38. Field Officers,^, of his Majesty's Provincial
Troops.
39. Directions so be observed by all Matters of
Vessels on their entering the Port of New-York,
and Regulations for the Cartmen in the laid
City,aseftablifhed by the Commandant thereof.
40 Computation ofthe molt remarkable Passages
of the Times, from the Creation to the last
general Peace.
41. Ships of War on the American Ration, with
the Names of their Commanders, and Number
of Guns.-
wg -<^^^a^&^
From the Pennlylvania Journal, or
February 24.
To the President of the State of Pennf/I
vania.
I AM told, Sir, you affeft to confider my
former address to you as a fort of medley ;
the meaning of which you. can scarcely under
hand, as partly for, and partly against you.
A true hate of fa&, and a faithful repre
fentatisn of the designs in which you are en
gaged against the common liberties of the free
men of this state, are whatl mean to convey;
and I will endeavour to be so explicit as not
to leave you the shadow of presence for not
understanding me in future^ Isl can recal you
to the path of public virtue, I (hall essentially
serve my country, and may, perhaps restore
you t.-.he good opinion of your former friends.
Your attempts to difeover the author of this
address, will only involve yourfelf and your
confederates in new difficulties. I may pro
bably fatisfy you on this head at aproper time;
and it is not any dread of your present power,
that leads me to deny you prefect fatisfa&ion ;
so far I will tell you, that if you have any credit
left with good men, your own acknowledge
ment might be produced to prove I am not a
Tory. I mention this, because this epithet is
often used by men of your party, as an artifice
to eftablilh their own power, and to diferedit
the most disinterested publications which are
offered for exposing their ambitious views.
But every illiberal practice of this kind merits
more than contempt.
To be more particular—one of the great
arguments of your partizans is, that the oppo
nents of the constitution want to have a House
ofL.^ s, as a second branch of the legislature.
Will you, Sir, deeply versed as you may be in
the arts of political fineffe and dissimulation,
assert in the company of a man of honour, that
a legislative council, to be chosen by the free
voice of the people, can become their heredi
tary lords, and tyrants ? Do not the articles of
confederation Solemnly eftablilhed in Congress
declare, that we are never to have Lords or
hereditary dignities in America ? And has not
this Rate assented to these articles ?
Virginia, North-Carolina, So. Carolina, Geor
gia, and both t^ Fumidas; with the Navies of
their Judges, Cuttom Houle Officers, &C, &c,
and dutiable Goods in ca-.liProvince.
31. A Fable, Shewing the Value of any Sum
from id. Sterling to £, 10,000 Currency.
3 2e A Table (hewing t^e Value of Guineas from
1 to to,ooo, in Dollars, Sterling Money, and
New-York Currency.
33: A Table reducing Half Johannes's into Ster
ling and Currency.
34. Staff of the Army under the Command of Sir
Henry Clinton, K. B.
35. General Hospital in New-York.
36. Field Officers of his M?jetty's Artillery, Dra-
Wheat per Bushel, 265. od.
F<''Wr>Bos. 04.
[(row.''Bread, 90> °d.
Well-Ind^ Rum, ss. 61
New-Erfo/id du. 46. od.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
Mufebvaao Sugar, & i o£ ,
Single refin'd ditto, is. ,d.
Molasses, ' 6 d.
Beef per Barrel, fl. o d„
i>ork >BJ. i os ;
foreign ana H)omenu§.
lerable than hundreds of petty tyrants llarti re
up among themselves.
Will no experience teach us wisdom? In
the neighbouring Rates, look, Sir, if you arc
not totally blinded by your present promotion
look, 1 fay, and answer me, whether therear:
not numerous examples of bills injurious to the
people, didated in passion, by one branch of
the legislature, which have been wifely a
mended or let aside byjhe temperate interpo
sition and arguments of the other? How dif
ferent is our situation ? Every law which any
prevailing party, or busy pra^matical^prefident
and council, for the fake of encreafing their
own powers, may find means to carry by their
creatures in assembly, however repugnant to
the spirit or letter of the conßitut ; on, and how
ever much subversive of the liberties of the
people, is to be immediately enforced. Till
the oppreffioi tbecomes intolerable, no mea
sures will be taken to enforce a repeal. Men
who have once possessed themselves of power,
can never be quietly persuaded to resign it.
Such men are averse to reformations ip . go
vernment, when they might be coolly and De
liberately made. They Rruggle till the fall
moment for their curled Mammon. Bloodshed
and civil war are the consequence; an 1 then
another reformation is attempted, equ J'v v
cious and blundering in the heat of party r.
and violence. To avert these difrual conse
quences, I have addressed you. My deiire is,
to the best of my abilities, to support a*d efta
blilh the liberties of this infant Rate upon a
lading foundation. If this (hould not be tle
case, we have drawn our swords to ii^le pu., .
pose.— Having contended with lions, let us
not be gnawed to pieces by vermin.
I (hall now take a view of your conduct, dur
ing the Ihort period of your present power,'
and fanciful fapremacy ; and alas, how changed,
how fallen,and how inert of your former bcanc
Since the treaty with France, the retreat of
General Canton, and his defeat at Monmouth;
from being considered as the avowed patriot,
and profeffed soldier, you now appear to have
wholly thrown off the ma(k—Seduced by mo
tives of private intereß, and a thirst of power,
you have joined the fopporters of a conftitu 3n
which you then affected to execrate. This
charge I,dare you to deny. Though yor be
fore refufed, for conference fake, the office of
Chief Justice, you afterward, at one and the
fame timeengaged yourfelf to double classes of
your part'zans, to serve in council and assem
bly, seeking a double chance of election. Ma
ny weeks elapsed after the meeting of Assem
bly, before your extraordinary advertisement
appeared, declaring your option of the place
of Councellor ; by which the city of Philadel
phia who had returned you was deprived of
one voice in sundry important deliberations.
The controverted elections were no: determi
ned, and it was uncertain, if you took your
feat in council, whether your party was strong
enough to procure you the president's chair.
Befidcs this, the harvest of fees was not fully
gathered in your little office of Solicitor, or
affiftait to a little attorney-general.
What I have said already, you will probably
think fully Sufficient . 1 proceed therefore to
Rate to you, Sir, and to the public, the grounds
of my charges: You now Support your power
by contending for the couftitution; 1 will
therefore remind you of some ofthe deviations
which, during your Short reign, you and the
council have already made, not only from the
constitution, but from the principles of liberty
jtfclf. Many more might be mentioned, which
have been made by late assemblies, under the
supposed influence of council, and Some even
by the present alfembly. To speak firft in the
military line, instead of encouraging eminent
officers who have signalized themselves in the
hour of danger (unless in one instance, where
you wished to advance your own importance,
by a tribute to unrivalled merit) you have set
yourfelf up as a capricious persecutor of those
who negleded to pay their ceurt to their new
ly acquired power. Under the authority of a
resolve ofCongrefi (which is no law of this Rate)
you ordered Major Claikfon, Aid de Camp to
General Arnold, to appear before you, to an
swer for a recommendatory letter written to a
commanding twicer in New-Jersey, relative to
a Lady palling to New-York. The Major re
fufed to attend you, and gave his reasons.
Enraged at this, and to gratify a refitment
which you have fufficiently manifefted against
General Arnold, you issued a precept, under.
.De salt, 6:
;Coarfe Salt, od
Indian Corn per Bu. 10s. 0
Coffee, o .
Chocolate, %6s. per Do