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fl Sail uprn her ftarbo 'd Quarter, bearing
down 5 at Five was 1* neai to fee that' the was a
Schooner, under A can Colours, at the
fame Time the are f vcral Guns: At fix came
f, nigh, that her ffiot reached over them feve
jal Times, which they returned with their fterh
Chaces: At seven came so nigh, that hie sent
Grape Shot on beard them. They then had
their Courses up, and got every Thing ready
so n Attack, wore down upon her, and gave
h r several Broadsides from their larboard
Gups. There being little Wind, she pulled
round her Stern with her Oars, ciofe upon their
(larboard Quarter, and gave a very hot Fire,
for the Space of four Glasses, with great Guns
and small Arms ; at the fame Time the Fanny
returning the Compliment; they could fee her
Yards, Main-Sail and Boom, all coming down,
and heard very melancholy Cries, “ For God
in Heaven's Sake pull up your Oars, get off."
It being then calm, they kept a continual
Fire at the Schooner, as long as they thought
they could do her any Damage; and about
Eleven she got out ofour Reach. From that
Time till Twelve, they saw her Lights, fore
and aft, in great C°nfufion, and afterwards
101 l Sight ofher. A light Breeze Springing up,
they hood for her ; but at Day Light could Re
nothing of her. From which they conclude,
and are almost certain, that the tpuft have gone
down ; as they are convinced the Fannys Shot
fruck her low.—She carried 14 or 16 Carraige
Guns'.-
The Marlborough in her Passage out, took
a Scm oner from South Carolina, laden with
Rice, bound to Bilboa.
parts.
Warsaw, April 30. We have accounts from
Courland, that Jeveral Ruffian officers, both horse
ardfot, have entered Livonia to march to the
VTydne ; the very numerous army which Raffia is
preparing, makes it not doubted but a war will
TZ/E learn from Bologna, that the Court
VV of Madrid hath sent orders to the
CommiTiries who pay the Pensions of the
Ex-Jesuits, to forbid them writing to their
relations or friends in Spain, on pain of the
loss of their Tendons; that, however, if they
should be indifyenfably obliged to write, they
may deliver the letters unsealed to the Cora
miffaries, who will take care to forward them
after reading.
It is also ordered by the King, that the Ex-
Ifuits speak with circumfpedion of Palafax,
of Pope Ganganelli, and of the Court of
Spain.
'Berlin, Ma, 13. His Prussian Majesty is
perfectly recovered from his late fit of the
gout, and attends the military exercises of the
iealon as usual. On Friday last his Majesty
dined at Ch^rlottenburgh, and returned to
Berlin in the evening. On Saturday the seven
regiments of infantry in garrison here puffed
the special review ; and on Sunday the corps
of Gens d'Arms and General Zeiten's Hussars.
Petersburg, Ma, 2. This being her Imperial
Majefry's birth-day, there was a numerous and
brilliant Court in the morning ; and in the
evening there will be a ball.
G^ca, Ma, 3. Letters from Madrid bring
advice, that the grand fleet from Cadiz, un
* der the orders cf Don Cevallos, is arrived at
Buenos A. res, and that in their passage the
Spaniards took an English vessel, laden with
gold, hirer, and other contraband goods,
vhich she had taken on board at different
places in Spaniffi America, besides intercept
ing three others of the fame nation, that were
carrying military Lores to Brafil.
Terra, in S^edife La,land, March 30. Aldio'
we are situated in the 66th degree of North
latitude, yet we have had so little cold this
Winter, that our weather may be remarked
as a prodigy, which has not been remembered
by the oldelt person living. The snow has
been but a few inches asep, whereas in gene
ral the whole country is covered with it from
Autumn to Spring. If.we had been aware of
such weather we might have tried many expe
riments, as it is not doubted but we should
have had a good harvest cf any grain we
might have sown, one would imagine our cli
mate had been transferred to German,, where
the weather has been so severe that many have
perilled with cold.
Boris, Ma, 23. The residence of the Em
peror in this Capital will be longer than was
at firft expended. He hath deferred his de
parture till the 10th or 12th of next month,
because there kill remain to be seen by his
imperial Majefiy divers objects of take and
curie fity.
Confantmople, March 18. Our last accounts
from Crimea mention, that the Ruffians keep their
pflticn at Precoft, and that the Chan Dewlet
Gneray has received letters from the Porte, exhort
ing him and the Tartars to avoid all adts of hojii
ciy with the Ruffians, representing to them at the
fame time, that they (the Tartars) tbemjelves in
writing dfred to he independent, and therefore
trey ought not now to retract from a treaty which
cannot he Jet afde. These accounts, and that Gen.
Preformfey ferfes the Chan very much to acknow
ledge this independence ; and it is likewise said,
znat the Ruffians will never give up the toxins cf
Rerjeb curt fenecad, let them ts r what confla
tion they will, and that they likewise require fatis
fcaien for the bleed fpilt in a Jecond engagement
letween the Coubales and Scheid Gueray, and that
the latter is returned with an augmentation of
l&rces to Taman, where, he has^taken a fort.
Copenhagen, May 3. The Afatic Company
have ceded to the King their pflfuns in the Eaf
Judie:for 170,020 rix dollars, hat the trade thither
is to remain open noth to the Company and private
piffle : the former to pay 6 per cent, and the lat
scr 8 per cent. Jor the liberty of trading to those
R O M E, April 30.
fan break out betaken that Poiver and the Porte :
it is said, that Prince Re,min ewill have the com
mand of the army. The Baron de Reaviffy, En
vo, from the Court of Vienna is recalled.
Paris, May 9. Last month the BiJho, cf Cler
mont baptised into the Chrifian.faith a fe^ of
Amflerdam, named Ijaac Bofoc, who was in
frufled b, Father Alexis of Dublin. The ,rofel,te
solicits that the controversy between him and the
Friar, which ladled 18 months, may be made ,üb
lic, in hopes by that means of converting Jome of
his brethren,
L O ND O N,
Ma, 28. Yesterday Morning a Messenger
arrived express at the Admiralty, from Admi
ral Mann, Commander in Chief of the Me
diterranean ; on which accounta Board was
immediately summoned, and afterwards a
Council.
Mr. Stephens, Secretary to the Admiralty,
has wrote a letter, dated May 24, to Mr.
Souifa, Secretary to the Russia Company,
informing him, that a privateer, of 16 guns,
and 150 men, was cruizing off the Mouth of
the Elbe; but that some cruizers were sent in
search of her.
Letters from Madrid, of April 24, menti
on, that a treaty of marriage is on the carpet,
between his Catholic Majesty, and the Prm
cefs Maria Anna of Portugal. They also fay,
that the differences between those two Courts
areTnally fettled, and that it is hoped Por
tugal will join Spain in an alliance with France
and Austria.
This morning advice was received at the
East India-house that the Earl of Sandwich,
Capt. Dean, one of the Company's Blips
that was supposed to have been loft, was put
into Hainau, in the China Seas, and cannot
save her passage to Canton this season.
Last Monday morning the Duke and D,u
chefs of Cumberland arrived at Calais, after a
fine passage from Dover, where they were fa
lued by the Guns at the Castle. They were
received by the Governor with the most
diflinguiihed marks of honour, and from
thence, at two in the Afternoon, they took
their route towards St. Omer,
Extract of a Letter from Vienna, Ma, ~
" Several new alterations have been made
in the Turkish Ministry. Th:Kiaya has been
deposed, and a new Lieutenant of the Admi
ralty appointed. It is thought, that matters
will be amicably adjured between the Porte
and Russia; as provisions are very scarce and
dear at Constantinople, insomuch that meat
can hardly be procured, an inconvenience
that will lessen the inclination of the Turks
for a war, especially as some advices from
Persia are unfavourable. Notwithstanding this,
they are making every preparation of war with
activity, particularly the marine, and even
press, to compleat the number of Seamen, a
practice hitherto unknown in Turkey : In
pressing there is no diftindion made of age,
I rank, or religion.—The Artillery is put on
I the best footing, and the Grand Signior daily
launtsI aunts at their experiments."
;Extract of a letter from Gibraltar, May 2.
" We are in daily expectation of our new
I Governor General Elliot ; preparations have
I been making for him some time past, and all
;for the departure of our Lieutenant Governor,
! Col. Boyd, who hath gained great commen
dations during his residence among us,
" We hear much talk of the American
privateers; scarce a master of a ship from
England or Ireland enters this port, but we
have a long story about his being chafed by
them.
The Duke of Cumberland, it is reported
will shortly hoist his flag at Spithead ; and
this is said to be the reason of his sudden re
turn from the continent.
Orders are given for two sloops of war to
be got ready immediately, to cruize in the
latitude of the western islands, to protest the
Blips from Greenland.
'1 he exports from Ireland, from November,
x 775' to ^e firft of May, 1777, exceeded in
value the several imports, upwards 0f600,0001.
fune 2. This day, the Lords being met a
messenger was sent to the Honourable House of
Commons, by Sir Francis Molyneux, Gentle
man Ufhqr of the Black Rod, acquainting them
that the Lords, authorized by virtue of his
Majesty's commiffiun for declaring his Royal
ader.t to several ahis agreed upon by both
Houses, do desire the immediate attendance
of this Honourable House in the House of
Peers, to hear the commission read; and the
Commons being come thither, the said com
,:2ion, empowering the Lord Archbishop cf
Canterbury, the Lord High Chancellor of
Great Britain, the Lord President of the Coun
cil, and several other Lords therein-menti
oned, to declare and notify the Royal assent
to the said ads, was read accordingly, and
the royal assent given to
" An ad for raising a certain sum of money,
by loans or Exchequer bills, for the service of
the year 1777.
An ad for the better supply of marines and
seamen, to serve in his Majesty's flip cf war,
and on board merchants Blips and other tra
ding vessels.
An ad to authorize the carrying of the
Captures therein-mentioned into any part of
" By the good conduct of the Governor
not one dispute has happened between the
two corps of British and Hanoverians."
June 4. Letters from Elfineur, dated the
20th ult. mention, that since the froft broke
u P' upwards of 200 ail of ships had already
palled the Sound, which is a considerably
greater number than have of late years been
in that trade, owing to so many of the Wert-
India ships that used to trade to different parts
of America being in that trade to the Eart
Country.
An aft for enlarging the public goal of the
county of Warwick; and for other purposes
I therein mentioned.
his Majefiy's dominions in North America ;.
and for afeertaining the value ofluch part of
fllips and goods as belong to the re-captors.
An aft to prevent the clandestine unihipping
from, and receiving goods at sea on board,
vessels employed in the Eart India Company's
fcrvice; for afeertaining the manner of dis
charging bonds given for the true exportation
of certain goods frem Great Britain to Foreign
parts; and to oblige the Masters of British
or Irilh ships, failing from any of his Majelly's
dominions, in the Baltic, to deliver a mani
feft of their Cargoes to the British Consul
residing there.
An act for repealing the nth rule in the
book of Rates, so far as the fame relates to
making any allowance upon the importation of
damaged currants and raisins, and for making
the importer of such goods an abatement in
the duties in lieu thereof; and for explaining
the said rule with refpe& to such allowance
for damage on other goods; and to permit
the exportation of tobacco pipe clay from this
kingdom to the British Sugar Colonies or
Plantations in the Weil-Indies, for a limited
time.
C^TRAYED from the encampment of the 26th regi-
Q ment, on Thursday morning the ziftdnftant, ada k
brown horse, upwards of 15 hands high, turn'd 4 years
old, in low condition, cut rail, which he does nut carry
well, and is a little galled under the crupper. It is re
quested that if any gentleman meets him, he will te so
hi das order him to be flopped ; and if any other perfect
gives intelligence where he is to be found, he will be
properly rewarded, by applying to Capt. Mjers, of the
26th regiment, Bloomingdale.
And to thirteen other private bills.
Extract of a letter from Warsaw, April 30.
" Yesterday we received advice from Cour
land, that a body of 15,000 Ruffian troops,
consisting of infantry, cavalry, and Cossacks,
had entered the frontiers of that country, and
that another corps is soon expeded. They
are to proceed on their march to the Ukraine,
where an a,my of 60,000 is drawing together
under the command of Prince Repnin. Seve
ral magazines have been ereded in that quar
ter, for the accommodation of the said aamy."
Extras of a letter from Vienna, April 28.
" Yelterday her Imperial Majesty was sud
denly taken with a kind of raffi, resembling
the Measles, in the face, which was soon after
followed by a fever; on which account l.r
Majesty lies confined to her Bed. The nobi
lity and inhabitants of this town, who have
been thrown into the utmost consternation by
this sudden event, daily flock in numbers to
Schonbrum, to be informed of her Majesty's
situation, which, according to all probability,
is very precarious.
An ad to allow master dyers within the
counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surray, and
Kent, to'employ journeymen in their trade,
who have not served apprenticeships thereto.
An ad for preventing abuses in the making
and vending bricks and tiles.,
An ad for allowing further time for the
inrollment of deeds and wills made by Papists,
and for relief of Protestant purchasers.
An ad for enlarging the times appointed
for the firft meetings of Commissioners, or
trustees, for putting into execution certain
ads of this session of parliament.
An ad to indemnify such persons as have
emitted to qualify themselves for offices and
employments; and to indemnify justices of
the peace, or others, who have omitted to
register or deliver in their qualifications within
the time limited by law, and for giving further
time for those purposes; and to indemnify
members and officers, in cities, corporations,
and borough towns, whose admissions have
been omitted to be Stamped according to law,
or, having been damped, have been loft or
mislaid; and for allowing them time to pro
vide admissions duly stamped; and to give
further time to such persons as have omitted
to make and file affidavits of the execution of
indentures of clerks to attornies and Solicitors.
An AT for the better securing the duties on
soap, and the duties on rum of the sugar
plantations put into warehouses, &c. for
allowing a drawback of the duties on rum
flipped as bores, to be consumed on board
merchants ships on their voyages, for a limi
ted time.
An ad to continue the several laws therein
mentioned, relating to encouraging the ma
king of Indigo in the British Plantations in
America ; to the registering the prices at
which the corn is fold in the several counties
of Great Britain, and the quantity exported
and imported ; to encouraging the manufac
turing of leather, by lowering the duty paya
ble upon the importation of Oak bark, when
the price of such bark shall exceed 'a certain
rate; to the allowing timber and wood to be
exported from the Inland of Dominica into
any other of he British Islands, Colonies, or
plantations in America; and to the allowing
a bounty on the exportation of Britiih-made
cordage.
An ad for further continuing an ad, parted
in the 6th year of his present Majesty's reign,
intituled, An ad to prohibit the importation
of foreign made silks and velvets, for a limi
ted time, and for preventing unlawful com
binations of workmen employed in the silk
manufacture.
An act for, amending and rendering more
effectual the several laws now in being, for the
more effectual preventing of fraud and abuses
by persons employed in the manufacture of
hats, and in the woollen, linen, fuftian, cot
ton, iron, leather, fur, hemp, flax, mohair,
and silk manufactures; and also for making
provisions to prevent frauds by journeymen
dyers.
the following ;
SA G O,
Salop,
Jesuit's bark,
Turkey rheubarb,
Jallop and ipeccacohanna,
Manna,
Camphire,
Glauber falta,
Sennaeleaves,
Flourof brimstone
Ifihglafs,
Oil of vitriol,
Orris root,
Pearl bancy,
Sai p-unel d'nitre,
Cream of Tartar,
Oil of lavendar,
The mercurial preparations,
Fine Londonlavender water,
London tooth powder, with
brushes,
With many other articles in the medical way, which
will be f>ld, on the most reasonable terms, wholesale and
retail, for ready cash. Orders put up in the neatest
manner, and faithfully executed.
An apprentice is wanted to the above business.
Just Published, [Price, One Shilling]
And to be had of HUGH GAINE,
S E R'M O N
Occasioned by the Death
OF THE
Revd. Dr. AUCHMUT Y,
Renter of Trinity Church, in the City of New-York.
Preached March 9, 1777.
By BENJAMIN MOORE, A. M,
PUBLISED BY DrsifK.
Chymist and Druggist,
No. 41,
Queen-street, between Burling and Beekman's Slip,
Hatjuft imported from London, a general afiortment of
drugs, medicines, and perfumeries, amongst which are
To be folri at public auction at 1 o'clock, oA Thursday
the 28th instant, at Brooklyn-Ferry, the famous
flallion, called,
BAS H A W:
HIS pedigree and peifc&ins are f>,, universally known
in this country, that it is needless to pubiifn any
more particular account of him here.
Madeira Wine.
A Choice parcel of Mad-ora wane, fit for Immediate
us; to be fold v r cheap by the pipe, hodhrid,
qu utererfk or in bottks/ y V'PE 4R\E A HFIELD,
in Smith's-street. facing Garden-street. Wi> has also
best Jamaica fpirrts by the puncheon, rd mufeovado sugar
in barrels.
PUBLIC noti:.t # is.hereby gi co to all persons having
X any demands on the estate of Jacobus Roofeveft, fate
or the said city, merchant, ,decealed, t: bring in their
accounts to the fubferiber, that the fame may be adjusted
and paid; and all others, who are iid bred to the Lid
eftarc, either by bond, bock debt, or otherwise, are re
quested to difeharge the fame to
AUGUSTUS VAN CORTL \NDT,
The 0 y idling executor
in the fais city of New-Yrnkj
Edward and William Laight,
AT their store Mo. 190, Q^een-freet, near Burimg's
flip, have for file a large afErtment of Irish linens
and cotton checks; cambricks and lawns; dowlafs.
Raven's duck, pistol lawns, be, ticks, broad cloths, coat
in 8 s > striped and rose blankets, writing paper, blank bocks,
wax, wafers and quills, best beaver and felt hats, Fl eore
oil in jars and bottles, currants, rauftard in bottles, with
A GENERAI ASSORTMENT OF
Ironmongery and Cutlery,
A large quantity of BAR IRON, WOOD AXES
and HATCHETS. Also soap and candles by the box,
a few half pipes of excellent ferry wine, bend leather
soles, London pewter, 1 Arlington's Balaam, Daffy's Elixir,
James's Powders, Anderson s' Pills, &c. &c.
//large cellar obe let : Enquire as above.
'MO O RTnL'NE ALE,
Maleira, sherry,
Lilbon, port,
Mountain, malaga,
Frontinac, Calcavella,
Claret, London and Irish,
Pickles in affortmeut,
Ketchup, soy, and
Cayanne pepper,
Brown sugar,
Double refined and lump
sugar,
At their store the corner of
on the most real
Nails of all forts,
Figs and raisins,
Pearl barley,
Nutmegs, cinnamon,
Mace and cloves,
Lemons,
Barcelona and walnuts,
Starch,
Picked isinglass,
Sago powder,
Assortment cf Queen's ware,
Ditto of glass,
A quantity of choice Barbados rum and spirits.
FOl SALE BY
WILLIAM HERVEY,
Opposite the Fly-Market,
A general affurtment of Goods, aniongft which are the
following,
BE S T fuperfine broa<
:cloths,
Second do.ditto and wiltons
Bath coatings, frizes,
Duffles, ftript blankets, role,
ditto, and rugs,
Caffimers, serges, flannels.
Silk and worsted breeches
pieces,
Pruneiloes, everlastings,
Calamancoes, faninets,
Sigothees, rattinets,
Shalloons, durants,
Tammies,
Tablets and moreens,
Irish sheets °s, Ruffiadi'to,
B aven's dock, drillings,
Belgian Meetings and ozna
burghs.
Yard wide and 7-8 Irish and
German linens,
Yard wideind 7 8 cotton
ard linen checks,
Double purple and India
callkoes and chintzes,
Cambricks, lawns, muslins,
SPEAIGHT,
ALSO,
'Shaving powder,
Persian soap,
Marble, Italian, and
Camphir'd wash balls,
,HOWE'S ACID for
PUNCH,
(Turlington's balfim of life,.
Stoughton's bitters,
Daffy's elixir,
Walker's Jesuit's drops,
Hooper's female pills,
Andgrfon's Scots pills,
Lockyer's pills,
James's fever powders;
EAlfam of honey,
,Godfrey's cordial,
Betton's British oil,
, Bateman's drops,
, Dr. Lowther's nervous
> powders, &c,
Muftird,
Soap, caftile and common,
Sallad oyl,
Cordage.
Fine white salt,
Ditto in baskets,
Stoughton's bitters,
A new 13 inch cable,
Coffin furniture,
Gold leaf.
Yhite and black figur'd
gauzes,
Gauze and lawn handker
chiefs,
Cable ejoths from 6 to 11-4
Russia and clouting diaper,
'ordered diaper Metfeilles,
Quilted, corded ano flower'd
dimities,
Jeans, fuftians and colour'd
drabs,
India nankeens,
) .ptncil'ti fhapis for waifc
cats,
Men's and Women's silk,
icotton and thread hose,
Men's buckskin and brown
thread gloves,
Women's lamb, kid, silk
and wotfted mitts and
gl v,,
lantuas, t :ffeties, peelongs,
mod ^ and damafeus,
Barcelona, vith a variety of
other silk handkerchiefs,
and m>ny other things
too ted.ous to mention.
Irish street, in Water-street,
Enable terms,
Saxon end fig blue,
Scotch barley,
Aflortment of stationary,
Best May butter,
Irish ditto,
Iri!h beef, velvet corks,
Newcastle coal,
Burgamot boxes,
A quantity of fashionable
buttons,
Aflortment of hardware,
Round hats.