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Monday, March 13,17^0.
NEW-YORK
AND
WE E KLY
By JAMES PATTISON, Esq;
Major-General of his Majesty's Forces, Command
ant of New-York, kflc. ^c. £3c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS many Evils daily arise from
the unlimited Number of Taverns
and Publick-Houfes within this City and its
Precin&s. I have therefore thought fit, in Or
der to prevent the pernicious Effects thereof,
to direct, that in future the Number of Li
cences for those who come under this Difcrip
tion, be reftiided to Two Hundred, and that
th^ be granted to such House-Keepers only,
whose Charters are fufficiently vouched and
approved by the Magiffrates of Police.
And that no Inconveniencies may ensue from
this Reftriaion ; Notice is hereby given:
That such Perform who propose retailing
Spirituous Liquors, in fmaLler Quantities than
Five Gallons, may apply to the Policefor a
Special Licence for that Purpose, provided the
fame be not drank within their own Houles,
or fold in a less Quantity than a Quart.
Any Person detected in keeping a Tavern
or Public House, or retailing Spirituous Li
quors, in less Quantities than Five Gallons,
without having obtained such Licence from
the Police, or anting in any Manner contrary
to the true Intent and Meaning of this Pro
clamation, after the Tenth Inft.will have his
or her Liquors forfeited for the Benefit of the
Alms-House, fuffer Imprisonment, and be
brought to Trial before a Garrison Court Mar
tial for a Breach of Orders.
Licences will be immediately withdrawn
from fufh as shall be known to harbour or to
lerate any riotous or disorderly Companies.
Thomas Bayeaux and Thomas Dolton, are
hereby, appointed a&ing Officers under this
Proclamation, and are to follow such Orders
as they may receive from the Magistrates of
Police, towards enforcing and carrying the
fame into Execution.
By Order of the Commandant.
NOTICE is hereby given, in order to prevent
Gunpowder getting into improper bands, that
from arid after this date no Gunpowder is to be fold
at Public Vendue without a License having been firft
obtained for that purpose from the Office of Police,
Licenses will only be granted for such Gunpowder
as may be fold by order of the Court of Admiralty
for the benefit of the captors.
All owners of Gunpowder, and Vendue-Maflers,
that may in future fell Gunpowder by the above li
censes, are hereby ordered not to deliver any Gun
powder to the purchaser till he Shall produce a cer
tificate from the Offices of Police that he has made
oath that the fame is intended for retailing to the
inhabitants, or for the use of armed veflels, or for
such other purposes as may be approved of; Mer
chants and Vendue-Mafters are desired to retain ip
their hands the certificates as vouchers for their hav
ing complied with this order, and any transgression
will fubje& them to fine and punishment,
ANEREW ELLIOT, Superintendent-General.
DAVID MATHEWS, Mayor.
PETER DUBOIS, Magistrate of Police.
Given under my Hand in the City of Nevo
r^k, the Firs Day of. January, in the
Year of our Lord, One fhoufand Seven
Hundred and Eighty, and in the Twentieth
Tear of his Majeflfs Reign.
James Pattifon.
By Command of the General,
John L. C. Roome, Sec'ry.
MOORE and KERR,
At their Store in Wall-flreet, have for
SALE., by the Chest,
To be LET for Juch a term of years
as fall be agreed upon,
SUNDRY Lots of very valuable LAND, situate
at Greenwich, on the illand of New-York, on
both sides of the road leading from the Bowery <6
the 1 North-River road, and to the eastward of the
last mentioned road, opposite to the farms now oc
cupied by Commissary Grant and Mr. David Camp
bell, one lot of io acres thereof lies to the south
ward of, and opposite to the ground occupied by
Cafmer Simner. Proposals in writing for the lame,
or any part thereof, will be received by GeneralDe
Lancey. at his Quarters on Long-Kland, or John
Kelly, at No, 843, Hanover-Square, New-York,
who has sundry houses, farms, and lets of ground to
fell in Fee Simple, or Leafed
BOHEA, SUSHONG, and HY
SON TEAS, of the firft Quality.
They have also to difeofe of,
Part of an excellent CELLAR.
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 31. 10s. per
Cent. Published February 18, 1780.
A White Loaf of the fineftFLOUß, to weigh
2 lb. for 15 Coppeas.
Ccm^ning tec CRiUen ^ft^
^ Printed by HUGH GAINE,
twenty-ohojhips and a frigate ; with these and the tranf
porta I failed from St. Lucia on Saturday the 3d, and
next afternoon had intelligence from St. Vincent of more
than thirty fail of French men of war and armed Ships
having passed there on Thu fday, aid among them ap
peared to be upwards of twenty th pa of the line of battle;
it was farther reported that Monk de la Motte Picquet
had joined the Count D'Eftaing, about a week before with
adbrong reinforcement. Upon this information the Sig
nal was made instantly to bearup for Grenada, but it fell
calm soon after, and continued so until nine o'clock next
morning, about which time a small schooner that left
Grenada on Saturday evening came into the fleet, and
the principal person on* board her (a merchant) reported,
that the French had landed about two thousand five hun
dred troops near the town of St. George on Friday, made
an attack upon the fort that night, and were repulsed ;
that Lord Macartney expected to hold out a fortnight;
and that he had fecn the enemy's naval force there,
which, did not exceed eight Ships of the line, besides
board the transports, and every thing got in readioeff
without^ moments lofsol time; but intelligence being
received of a fl,,t teen that morning to leeward fleering
a course for Grenada, I wrote (0 Lord Macartney, by
one of his Aids de Camp, that happened to be at St.
Lucia, to give his Lord Chip notice of our motions, and
that tne troops and Squadron would immediately Conte to
his relief, if, at St. Vincent, or on the part^e thither,
we Should learn that Grenada was : attacked. Ilfcwiii
fentan officer in a.faft failing Schooner 'to lock ir/to Fhrt
Royal Bay, where he saw thirteen large hip% which be
foppofed Ships cf 'war, more especially as one of them
bore a flag at "the foretop-gallaht mail head; but a fri
gate andtome other fmdl craft giving himchafe, he was
prevented from going so near as hejntended.
The line of battle, to be transmitted herewith, will
frigates and armed transports. Another schooner from
Grenada joined us soon after, and brought a similar ac
count; only the matter of her, who had been frequently
a pilot on board the King's ships, reported, that the ene
my had between fourteen and nineteen fhipsof the line,
it being ray intention from this intelligence to be off St.
George's £ay soon after day-break, I drew the fops of
war fiompmoqg the transports, leaving only the Suffolk,
Vigilant and Monmouth for their protection, under the
orders of. Rear Admiral Rowley, which war intended to
conduct the debarkment of the troops; but he was to
jbin me with these ships if I law occafon for their fer^Q.
One of the enemy's frigates was very near us in the
night, and gave the alarm of our approach. Soon after
day-light on Tuesday the 6th, the perch fquirfon was
fcenoff St, George's, most of them at ancnor e %ut get
hngunder way, seemingly in great confufion, and with
little or no wind. The tignal was immediately made for
a general chace in that quarter, as well as for Rzar-Ad
mirgl Rowley to leave the convoy ; and as not more than
fourteen or fifteen of the enemy's appeared to be of the
line from the position they w&e in, the figuai was made
for the ships to engage, and form as they could get up ;
in consequence of which, Vice-Admiral, Barrington in
the Prince of Wales, with Capt. Sawyer in the Boyne,
and Cap;, Gardner in the Sultan, being the headmoft of
the British fq.uadroh, and carrying a™ press of 141, were
soon fired for at a great diflance, woich they did not
rctwnuhtil they got considerably nearer; but the enemy
getting the -breeze of wind about that time, drew out
their,ine from the duller they were lying in, by bearing
away and formin, ;to leeward on tbie starboard tack, which
shewed their strength to be very different frem our Gre
nada intelligence, for it was plainly difeoyeM they had
thirty-four tail of ships of war, twenty-fix or twenty
feven of which were of the line, and many of thole ap
peared of great force ; however the general chace was
continued, and the signal made for a cl'ole .engagement;
but our utmost endeavours could not eftrib that, the
enemy induftrioufty avoiding it, by always bearing'up
when out ships got near them ; and 1 was furry to ob-,
fetve, that their superiority over us in failing gave them
the option of diftapce, which they availed, themselves of,
fe as to prevent cur rear from ever getting into action ;
and being to leeward they did great demage to the masts
hnd rigging, when our Ihot would not reach them. The
ffiips that fuffcied most were thofc the aftion began with,
and the Grafton, Capt. Collingwood, the Cornwall,
Capti Edwards, and the Lion, Capt. Cornwallis. The
spirited example of Vice Admiral Barrington, with the
former three; exposed them to a severe fire in making the
attack ; and the latter three happening to be to leeward
Ifuftaitied-thc fire of the cuemy't whole line as it palled
Copy of a letter from the Hon., Vice-Admiral Byron to
Mr. Stephens, dated Princess Royal at Sea, th# Sth of
J ui y, 177,
SI R,
AGREEABLE to what I wrote yos by the St. AL
bans, duplicate of which will accompany this, I failed
from St. Christopher's the 15th of foft month,at the fame
time the trade left it for Europe, and proceeded to wind
ward of theiflands for pxote&on of thecofivoy, intend
ing to call at Barbados* in my way to St. Lucia ; but a
strung he current, with the wind at Eart, retarded our
progieft so much, that it wanna3oth of June before 'the
Squadron cohld weaker the iflane op Martinico. This
induced me to proceed, dried y to Si. Lucia, where I ar
rived, next morning, and learned that the French had
poffuftd themselves of the iflisd of Sr. Vincent, with a
very fmali force, and without oppofi ion. Upon a con
ference with Major-General Grant it was determined to
attempt the retaking of St. Vincent's, for which pu-pofe
the troops were ordered to be embarked immediately on
From the London Gazette.
Admiralty-Office, September id, 1779.
TrESTERDAY in the evening the Hun. Vice Ad-
J rural Barrington, and, Capt. Sawyer, of his
Majeftib ffiip the Boyne, arrived at this office with dis
patcher from the Hon. Vice-Admiral Byron, of which
the following are Copies and Extrad^
Shew that theSquadron under my command confined of
Monday, 43 Min. after 2
Tuesday, 39 Min. after 3
Wednesday, 4- )Min.after 4
Thursday, 37 Min. after 5
HIGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, this Week.
TH ^
t^BWWWt^^
Friday, 39 Min. after 6
Saturday, 37 Min. after 71
Sunday, 30 Mln. after 8
Full Moon 20th.
AT THE BIBLE AND CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
I on the Larboard tack • .the Monmouth likewise filtered
exceedingly, by Capt. Fanlhaw's having bore down in a
very gallant manner to stop the van of the enemy's Squa
dron and bring it to action ; but fromihe very /mart and
well dirtded fire kept tip by these ffiips and others that
were engaged, I am convinced they did the enemy great
damage, although their marts, rigging and fails appeared
less injured than curs. The four Ships last mentioned,
with the Fame, being so disabled in their masts and rig
ging, as to be totally incapable of keeping up with the
Squadron, and the Suffolk appearing to have received
considerable damage in an .attack made by Rear-Admiral
R:why upon'the enemy's van, I took in the fiscal for
chare, but continued that for close engagement, formed
the bed line which circumstances would admit of, and
kept the wind co prevent the enemy from doubling upon
us. and cutting oft" the r ranfports, which they seemed
iodl ned 1 to do, and had the latter very much in their
power, by means of their large frigates, independent of<
ffiips of the line. The French squadron tacked th South
ward, about three O'clock 'in the afternoon; and I did
the fame, to be in reading to Support the Grafton,
Cornwall, and Lion, that were disabled, and a great
way afters : but the Lion being iikewife much to let
ward, 2nd having loft her main and mizen topmasts, and
the rest of her rigging and fails being cut in a very extra
ordinary manner: She bore away .to the Westward when
the fleets tacked ; and, to my great furprice, no ffiip of
the earthy was detached after herb .The Grafton and '
Cornwall Stood towards us, and might have been wea
thered by the French if they had kept their wind, espe
cially the Cornwall, which was farther to leeward, bad
loft her main topmart, and was otherwise milch disabled ;
but they persevered so ftriftly in declining every chance of
ciofe a&ibß, not withltaQdiog* their great Superiority,
that they contended themfeives with firing upon thefe*
Ships, when parting barely within gun-Shot ; and fullered
them to rejoin the :fquddroa, without one effort tp cut
them off. The Monmouth was so totally disabled in her
marts and rigging, that I judged it proper to fend direc
tions in the evening for Capt. Fanmaw to mike'the best
of his way for Antigua ; and he parted company accord
ingly.
When we were clofc in with St. George's Bay, the
French colours were Seen flying upon the fort and other
batteries, which left no doubt of the enemy being in full
possession of thaifland. Todiflodge them wan impracti
cable, considering the Slate of the two fleets; I therefore
Lot orders to Capt. Barker, the agent, to make the best
of his way .with the transports to Antigua or St. Christo
pher's, which ever he could fetch, intending to keep the
King's mips between them and the French Squadron,
which at the ciofc of the evening was about three m les
to leeward of us. and I had no doubt, would at least be
as near in, the morning ; for although it was evident; 1
from their conduC throughput the whole day, that they
were resolved to avoid a close engagement, I could not
allowmyfelf to think, that with a force so greatly fupe-'
rior, the French Admiral would permit us to carry off the
transports unmolested ; however as his squadron was not
to be feea next morning, Icondude he returned to Gre
nada,
Iris my duty upon this occasion to represent, that the
behaviour of the officers arid men of his Mfyfty's fqu^
dron was fugh as became British fames, zealous.of the.
honQur of their country, and anxious to support their
* national chatafyr. The Marines IflfaCfe., and troops
that were embarked with their officers in,the King's
ships, behaved as brave soldiers ; and from the exempla
ry. good condole of those who got 'into adion, from the
vintfle elfed which their brisk and well dire.aed'fire had
upon the enemy's ffiips, and from that cool determined
relclurion abd very. Ifrong desire of coming to a clof: eu
gageraent, which prevailed uhiveifally throughout rhe
fqu^dron, I think myfelfju^fiable in faying, that the
great superiority in numbers and force would not have
availed the enemv so much, had not their advantage over
us,in failing enabled them to preserve a distance little
calculated for deciding such contests.
You will herewith receive a lift of the killed and
wounded : Vice-Admiral Barrington is among the latter,
but his hurt is flight, which is happily the case with a
considerable part of the wounded.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
J. BYRON.
LINEOF BATTL E,
The Suffolk to lead with the starboard, and the Grafton
with the larboard tacks on board.
Honourable Vice-Admiral Barrington's Division.
Men. Guns',
Suffolk, Rear-Admiral Rowley, ? 6
Captain Christian, 5
Boyne, Captain Sawyer, - - 520 68
Royal Oak, Captain Fitzherbert, - - 6>o 74
Prince of Wales, Hon. Vice Adm. Barrington 2 f
Captain Hill J 7
Magnificent, Capt. Elphinffon, - - 600 74
Trident, Capt. MAh% - - - 500 64
Medway, Capt. Affleck, - - - 420 60,
Honourable . Vice- Admiral Byron, Commander in Chief,
his Division.
^Ariadne Frigate to re,eat Signals]
# Y ! -',. ' Men. Guns.
Fame, Capt. Butebart, - - - 600 74
Nonfuch, Capt. Griffith, - - 50® 64
Sultan, Capt. Gardner, - - 600 74
Princess Royal, Hon Vice-Ad. Byron,7
Capn Blair, J
Albion, Capt. Bowyer, - - - 60 74
Stirling Cartle, CapLX^fcetty; /, rSOO 64.
Elizabeth, Capt. Trufrt tt, - 606 74
Rear-Admiral Parker's Division.
Men. Gunr.
Yarmouth, Capt. Bateman, - - ~ 590 64.
Lion, Hon. W. Cornwallis - f .500 64
Vigilant, Sir Digby Dent, - - -'gro 64
Conqueror, .Rear-Adm. Barker. Capt. Harmood, 617 74
Corn wall, -Capt. Edwards, - - - 6og 74
Mo.month. Capt. Fanlhaw, - - s°° 64
1 Grafton, Capt. Collingwood, - - 600 74
Wheat per Buffiel, 265. od.
Flour, 80s. od.
Brown Bread, 955. od.
Welt-India Rum, ss. 6d.
New-England do. 4s. od.
(N0.u84
GAZETTE:
THE
MERCUR Y.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
Mufcovado Sugar, 51. ros.
Single refin'd ditto, is. gd.
Molasses, zs. 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 81. od.
Pork, 81. ios.
ffonign anti Domenici
RELIEF of I RELAN D.
LORD North rose, and the House obferviug a pro,
fauna rilence, his Lordship proceeded to fulfil hi§
promise by making some proportions to the Haate ter
the relief of Ireland. He said he should only shortly
open the proportions he meant to offer, and refer them
to the cor.fiderati on of a Committee to be appointed for a
fu ire day. An honourable gentleman (Mr. Burke) in
the course of the debate, had asked him whether he
knew the ropofitisns he had formed would prove fatis
fadbry to Ireland ? In a foeftioft of such importance,
of such great magnitude, be said it was impossible for
him to undertake to answer for the confequcnces : but
from ali the information he bad been able to procure (and
he had made very ample enquiries) from what he had
learnt to be the opinion of the principal persons of Ireland,
and from having conversed with those who were the mft
capable of giving information on the fubje&, he was
himfeif convinced that they would prove fatisfa&Qry ; he
begged, however, to be underwood as here giving only iris
own opinion and not as taking upon himself the entire
responsibility ; by all he could learn of the real meaning
of th 6 Parliament of Ireland by the words a free trade,
ha did riot underhand, nor had it been said by any one
person, either here or there, that a free, untaked, 2nd
unlimited 0 ramerce with this country, was expected or
desired. The nal cause of the com; Lints of Ireland,
was the refyitliona on their trade; reftri^tynp begun to•
be impofcd in the reign of Charles the lid. and which
had since been, from time to time, enercafed on various
commercial principles ; his intention was to take off
such of those reftrifticns as were most burthenfome and
most complained of ; and not only this, he also intended
to 4 ,cn new fcurcds cf wealth and commence to Ireland,
not upon any speculative views of politicks, but upon
real, afceriainable grounds. To this measure his Lord-
Ship decided he was led froma thorough conviction that
the intererts of Ireland did not interfere with a collective
view of the interests of Great-Britain, and that it was
wife and poetic to give her as much encouragement end
relief as was confident with the ability of Great-Britain.
The language of the Irish Parliament was not a demand
but a petition ; in thrir ad#refi to his Mtjefy they had
complained in decent and dutiful language, of their dif
traffed and impoverished Situation, and pointed curia fret
trade, as the means which appeared to them the most
likely to enable them to retrieve their affairs; neither
did the Parliament of Ireland fay a word that amounted
to a complaint of any defects in their constitution, as had
been thrown out by some gentlemen in that House in
former debates, or state in any other grievance than such
as wascomprlhcnded under the idea, of a free trade. His
Lordthip, after dwelling for some little time on the na
ture of his fubjr&, read the r.efoluqons be meant to move,
when the House Should at a future day be in a Commit
tee on the affairs o'l eland. The firft was fubftahtially
as follows: “ That it.be expedient to repeal so much of
' 'an aft of Par!ia nent as prohibits,the exportation of gl fs
" manufacture, from the kingdom of Ireland.''
In explanation of the above* resolution, his Lord
ffiip said, that the reftrlchion on the woollen manu
factures of Ireland had bees ob.vioull, laid on under an
understood and implied compact between the two king
doms, relative to their refyeaive trades; under which
compact it was conceived that Ireland " was to have the
linen manufacture, and England the woollen. It had
indeed of late years ha, pened, thlt the linen manufac
ture had been established in Creat-Britain; that we had
participated with.lreland in the benefit cf that trade;
that both countries had tlnove with it, and at this d?y be
believed our lined t ade was about equal to that of Ireland.
Under this viewof the matter, he said it was but fair
to admit Ireland to a participation of the woollrn^tade
with us, and to let them Share the benefit of it, and pro
fit by their induhry which in this refpeCt h d certainly
been checked and impeded hitherto..
His Lord ship's Second rifoltition ws,
<'That i' ,be expedient to repeal so much of an aft
" made in the ninteenth.of Tis late M jefty George the
." second, as prohibits the exportation of* glass, glaU bur-.
“ ties, and oth-r zr'icles of goal's manafa&ure, from the
" kingdom of .L*@d, to any part of Europe, the Bri-
A Return of the Killed and Wounded on Board his Ma
jesty's Squadron Under Command of the Honourable
Vice-Admiral Byron, in an Action with the French
Fleer, off Grenada, the 6th Day of July, 1779.
Ships. Killed. Wounded©
Suffolk, - -' - - 7 25
Boyne, - - - 12 30
Royal Oak, - - 4 iz
Prince of Wales, - - 26 46
Magnificent, - - 8 jr
Trident, - - 3 6
Fame, * - 4 9
Sultan, / - 16 39
Princess Royal, - -3 6
Albion, - - 2
Stirling Castle, - - 2 6
Elizabeth, T - 1 2
Cornwall, - - 16 27
Monmouth, 25 28
Gr.il on, / 63
Medway, - - - 4
Lion-- not known with certainty, 1
but Lid by Captain Fanthawf<
hho f,oke her after ffie parted ( ~ d °
frusta the squadron, to be - J
' 183 346
OFFICERS.
Lieut. W\ Bow^ri Parry, of the Royal Oak
Lieutenant John Hutchins, 2d Lieutenant
of the Grafton ; and Mr. Necoll Bower ^Killed,
the Gunner ; Lieutenant Jonah Veale, of
the Marines, Sultan - ' - - J
Lip Ur. Richards, of Marines, Royal Oak; |-
Lieutenant B<«tt, of the Grafton; Lieu
tenant Caldwell, 46th Regiment, on board IWounded
the Sultan; and Lieut. Bowdens, of the 1
4th Regiment, Magnificent - - _
House of Commons, Decern. 9.
Fine Salt, 2s. do
Coarse Salt, is. do
Indian Corn perßu. 10s. do
Coffee, is. do
Chocolate, 265. pet Doz