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^;^o.° f a letter from Lifan, Ma:cb 2fr
Several spurious copies c 'f a Liter, writ
t by the late King to the, I'rincefs de Brazil,
r present Queen, and which he ordered to
:: delivered to her as soon as he was dead, ha
• appeared in public, her Majesty, to un-
Aeivc the public, hath ordered the original
be printed, and diilribioed gratis ; of which
u e following is a true copy:
'' ho my dear beloved daughter the Prin
ts de Brazil, my successor, &c. Ac.
“ I. i expert from your virtuous and many
pp-eat qualifications, that youi government will
be mild and founded in justice, in order to
promote m, people's temporal and eternal wel
fare ; that you will be careful to maintain and
observe the laws divine and humane of this
kingdom ; that you will proted the true reli
gion, fupportthe rights and dignities of my
crown, and will preserve good harmony be
tween the Rate and church.
“11. I flatter myfeif that you will always
Tove and refpeftthe Q^ten your mother, and
have the fame regard for her as if I was alive.
“ 111. I recommend to you to finish the
building of the church, which! had vowed to
God to build, in gratitude for the many mer
cies.that! have received, which are weli known
to the whole kingdom.
“ IV. I abb Recommend to you to pay my
debts, /which I have not been able to fatisfy,
row account of the apprelienimn of an ap
proaching war, the preparations for which
have coll me considerable lums.
“ V. 1 request of you to take proper care
of the officers of my houfhold and ail my
domestics, particularly those whom you know
f to have felted me with zeal and fidelity.
“ Vl. 1 ct fire that you will pardon and Te-
Icafe all hate prisoners, whom you fnall think
Celerving pardon ; as for my part I have hear
tily forgiven them all offences that may have
been committed against the llate, or again*
my perlon, in hopes that God will also par.
con my fins and tranfgrrHiuns. JOSEPH."
Extrafl of a tetter from St Mdlocs, April 10.
“ The" Fler.zon, arrived here from Marti
nique, brills advice that the Conquest, an
P rGh Brig of war, two days before die left
tow place, had brought in there a provincial
privateer of 20 guns, which fire had engaged
ard taken about wo leagues from Martinique.
The conceit, although the King's vessel had
bar 14 guns, was rehdutely kept up on both
tides upward of five-glades, when the rebels
Yielded to the bravery of the britifh tars.
They were b^h terribly flattered, which was
the reason that they put into that Island."
Letters from Stockholm dated April 2, men
tion that the King, with the approbation of
the Senate, has issued an edi& for calling in
the paper credit now in circulation, and pro
poses to pay the whole of its.amount in specie
from the Treasury: a measure which, though
it will require a considerable time to carry
into execution, will make aTarprifing alterati
, n for the, better in the State, and which seems
the most effentia! and necessary policy, they
can adopt for the public good.
Extras of a letter from Paris, April 22.
“ The laid examination of Buri des Rues
was f) penetrating, and the arrival of a notary
and his clerk f m Lyons, have given so con
vincing a proof of his crimes, that he determi
ned to acknowledge one part of this horrid
wans ^ion. — He has difeovered that the Son
if M. de la Mothe died at Verfailtes the firft
cay of laJ Lent, and was buried in the parish
church (OfSt. Louis.—This unfortunate young
gentleman being conducted by Buri des Rues
to Versailles, under pretext of going to his
toother, befoie his departure he took from 'he
han is of his cruel conductor a cup of chocolate.
The poison mixed in it by des Rues was so
Brong, that the poor lad yomited all the way
<fhis journey, and when he arrived at Ver
sailles was so near death, that he was refufed
admittance at two or three hospitals, where
the villain des Rues applied fol-him to be
taken in. Notwithstanding this obstacle, Buri
aid with him at a lodgings, wnere, in three
days, his entrails were so much burnt that he
tided in the mod horrible convulsions. One
'who was prefect at this affecting, Scene has
^epofed, that des Reusfu,ported the fight with
due utmost composure, and.even mocked the
Almighty by failing on his knees at different
tares, and repeating certain firms of Prayers
t fed by the Church for those who are in that
bate of agony. He even went to the uncle of
this youth, who, by the story trumped up by
tie murderer, was so imposed on, as to bury
ids own nephew unknowingly, and under a
fictitious name. The corpse h^s been dug up,
and that des Rues and his wife might fee the
... durable object of their infernal contrivances,
t CT have been also conduced to Versailles.
Tough every flep has been pursued in this
; n^bT affair with the utmost speed and activi
t,,,ye: tfe villain will not receive the punifh
^ ^ due to his crimes till the next week. It
i- abb discovered that he has been the author
o r many other crimes."
Z^r Is. Yesterday at twelve o'clock his
1 sjefy went from the Queen's palace to St.
J mes'f, where he hap a numerous levee, at
which the Prince of Mecklenburgh, the fo
,ic.go Miniliers, and the following nobility
v re prefect ; the Lord Chancellor, the Dukes
of Chand.is and Roxburgh, Lords Oxford,
Guilford,' Herford, -Talbot, Ligonier, Roch
ond, Sandwich, Gower, Dartmouth, Pel
ham, Brownlow, Barrington, and Germaine ;
-dr. Rigby, Mr. Solicitor- General, the Ge
noais Hervey, Johnson, and Honeywood, &c.
The levee was over soon after two o'clock,
^ n his Majedy retired to the closet, where
o held a long conference with the Lords Sus
: Id Weymouth, and Germaine, which made
tnear tire 'o'clock before his Majesty returned
.' huekiDgbam hodfe.
We can allure our readers, from good an
•thcrity, ruat his Majesty will go to the House
of Peers on Tuesday the 3d of June, and by a,
most gracious speech from the Throne, put an
end to tne present Seffibns.
The Right Hon. Lord North will have ale
vee this day at one o'clock.
Yesterday his Grace the Duke of Chandois
presented a petition signed by all the inhabi
tants of the Parish of Weftham, four only ex
cepted, praying his Majesty would graciously
extend his royal mercy on the Rev. Dr. Dodd.
It is reported that the Duke and Dutchefs of
Clontefter are on their way home from Italy ;
his Majesty having written a private letter to
his brother which has had the effect of a recall.
May 16. Yesterday at one o'clock their Ma
jesties went to St. James's, where there was
a drawing room, which being very thin of
company, it broke up before three o'clock.
There were present the foreign Minsters, the
Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Ancaher, the
Lords Waldegrave, Guildford, Suffolk, A
boyne, Gower, Sandwich, Brownlow, Mount
fewart', Beauchamp, Onflow, and Amherst,
Sir George Howard, Sir William Hamilton,
&c. The French gmbaflador introduced to
their Majesties a foreign Nobleman, lately ar
rived from the Court of Versailles, who was
graciously received, as were several military
officers, who had the honour to kiss her Ma
jefly's hand on their late promotions.
immediately after his Majesty retired from
the drawing-rooin yesterday, there was a Ca
binet Council held in his Majesty's closet, at
which the Lords North, Suffolk, Weymouth,
Sandwich, and Germaine, were prefect.
Yesterday morning his Majesty reviewed the
brigade of Light Infantry, belonging to the
First Regiment of Foot-Guards, in Hyde
* Park, who went through several new pieces
of exercise, to the great fatisfaction of the
King.
Extras of a Letter from Portsmouth, May 13.
'' The prospect from this place is very mag
nificent. There are sixteen fail of the line
now at Spithead, which, with their attendant
vessels, form a very considerable fleet ; while
the boats, hoops,. &c. which are continually
paring between the harbour and the men of
war, add very much to the variety and busi
ness of the Icene ; the whole of which was,
Ithis afternoon, very much heightened by a
Ifull tide, a strong southerly gale, and a roll
-1 ing lea."
From the Pennsylvania Evening Post,
of July 17, 1777.
PHILADELPHIA, July 17.
i Extract of a Letter from General Schuyler to
General Washington.
" Dear Sir, Saratoga, July 7, 1777:
" ^OON after I had dTpatched the Letters
IO which! did myfelf the honour to address
to your Excellency from Stillwater, I met
with Lieut. Cob Hay, Deputy Quarter Master
General, who was at Ticonderoga: He in
forms me that on Saturday it had been agreed
upon to retreat fiom Ticonderoga and Mount
Independence: General SB Clair, with the
rest of the General officers and the army,
marched out of the lines at Mount Indepen
:dence; that Col. Long, with about fix hun-
Idred men, embarked on board our few vessels,
and in Batteau^: that jult before they arrived
at Skeeniborough, they were overtaken by the
enemy's vessels, in which we loft all cur ammu
nition.
“ The troops under Col. Long are arrived
at Fort Ann; where General St. Clair is with
the main body! have not yet learnt---Colonel
;Hay imagined he would come by the way of
I Skednfborough, if so, he will fall in with the
ienemy, who have taken possession there--Capt.
Dantignore, who is just arrived here, confirms
Colonel Hay's account, except as to General
St. Clair, who he understood was to maich to
No. 4~--this is not likely. I have dispatched
an officer to meet General St. Clair, and re
quested he Ihould march by the Ihortell rout to
Fort Edward. As I have related the above
from memory, I may have omitted some, and
misapprehended other circumstances. It is
impossible to fay what post we shall take: it
depends on the rout the enemy mean to
pursue."
Publifad by order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
Extrafl of a Letter from a Gentleman in Albany,
to bis Friend in this City, dated 'July, 10, 1777.
" The seventh instant we had a report of
the loss of Ticonderoga and Mountlndepen
dence, without a single circumllance, of c< n
fequence not easily credited. But at night,
Col. Hay, D. Q M. General, who was the
last off the ground, and had left Fort Ann that
morning, arrived; by him we got an account
that the evacuation of those polls was made the
most sudden, and with the greatest confufion
and precipitation, after a council of war of the
general officers, to the great regret cf the army,
who were in high Spirits, and enraged at leave
ing every thing behind them.
“ Gen. St. Clair retreated with the main
body ofthe garrison, by the way of Callletown,
and as yet has not been heard of this way.
What-batteux were fit for service, it is laid
about seventy, with some armed fchooners^nd
two howitz and about five or fix hundred men,
retreated by water up the South Bay to Skeenf
borcugh, and had got within two miles of that
place, when the wind failing, and being close
ly pursued by the enemy, who had a bomb
ketch that out failed them, after engaging
them some time, not being able to tow them
quite to the landing to get some cannon on
ffiore to make a stand, were obliged to abandon
boats and vessels, and were attacked by the
^nemy, who they beat back ; # and as Mr. Win
flow has left the pay office ; and in the artihery,
Mr. Pierce get up just time to secure the mi
litary chest and pubic papers which Mr.
Window had cauled to be put into a batteau;
and tor giving you any dihinft particulars, it
is impoilible. We have loft all our cannon,
ammunition, stores, provisions, medicines and
ba gg a £G boats, and vessels ; not a single thing
destroyed as we hear.
“ The day of the retreat the garrison was
reinforced with eight hundred men, whodrove
in ninety head of fat cattle, all which we
believe are gone, with all the waggons, ex
teams and horses, both public and private.
The enemy then attacked cur people, who
were retired to Fort Ann, they confined of a
patty cflight armed foreigners, and it is said,
some Canadians and Indians; they were beat
back to Sktepfhorough,and our party furreund
ed a large scouting party of the 'enemy, and
sent to General Schuyler, who is at Fort Ed
ward, for a Supply of ammunition, which was
immediately sent. The Claverack militia,
requeued to turn out volunteers to go with it,
they came up with the enemy, had a smart
Ikirmiih, took a Captain, Lieut. Ensign, Doc
tor, and some privates, prisoners. Major
Rensselaer brother to Phil, is wounded, ha
vinghis thigh broke. Half the militia,'on the
firll alarm, was ordered up, and since that the
other half; and yesterday Gen. Nixon set off
for Fort Edward with his brigade, suppose
about a thousand. You know what depen
dance can be placed on the'militia of this
county. If Gen. Schuyler can but collect a
refpehtable army of Continental troops and
militia at Fort Edward, this country may be
saved; otherwise nothing can prevent their
forming a junction, if Gen. Howe comes up, as
Sir John Johnson is at Ofwego, it is reported,
with eight hundred men besides Indians, others
fay only forty-five regulars, forae Canadians
and Indians, inviting the Indians to him there
with Butler, that he may speak to them cf
peace, as the commissioners at Albany have
done; and desires them only to go with him
as companions, and fee how brave he is; he
does not want any affiflance, he tells them.
I now take off my pen to hour farther.
Seven o'clock in the evening; Mr. Tucker and
Dr. Potts are just come in ; they left Gen. St.
Clair with the main body, at some place be
tween Bennington and Caftletown ; they are
to be with General Schuyler at eleven o'clock
to morrow morning; much fatigued, but in
good Spirits. By their accounts the rear of
Gen. St. Clair's was attacked about seventeen
miles from Mount Independance, and five
from Caftletown, by eighteen companies of
light infantry and grenadiers, and were enga
ged for two hours; our main body was got into
Caftletown, and on hearing the firing some
regiments were detached to support the rear
guard, when both parties quitted the firing and
retreated, seemingly fatisfied with each other.
A Col. Reed, a gentleman of veracity, decla
red he counted, with the point of his sword in
a certain circumference, fifty of the enemy
lying, and from the appearance of the slain
lying about, he believes on his honor, they
mull have loft three hundred dead on the
field: what our loss is cannot fay, but there
are four or five hundred miffing in that affiair.
Our people fell in with a foraging party, one
Capt. Frazer, forty-five regulars and a num
ber of Canadians and Indians; they fay they
drove the party, and got possession of their
cattle, on which they lived, having taken no
provision with them from Mount Independance.
" Ofthe prisoners taken in the affair, when
Major Rensselaer was wounded, a Capt. Mont
gomery, a relation of Gen. Montgomery,
wounded in the leg, and a Doctor are come in.
By the last accounts from head-quarters, we
have a strong party at Fort Ann ; have brought
off from Fort George forty pieces of cannon,
fifteen tons powder, a quantity of provisions,
and getting away the remainder of the Lores,
to be in readiness to destroy the vessels on that
lake, and evacuate the post which is useless to
us, unless we had a strong army here. Gen.
Schuyler and the troops with him are in good
spirits ; the militia from every part moving up,
but I hope will not prevent Continental troops
coming, for in th mis all our hopes. Oh for
some Virginia riflemen, Col. Morgan's regi
ment wfould be of great use this way. It is
reported that the road to the eastward is full
of men, but I much fear it is Tory news to
make people as ready to turn out, as was
the case after the death of General Montgo
mery, when they were afraid we Ihould have
twice the number of men necessary, so got few
er none. We (hall however keep ourselves in
readiness to secure the public papers and our
ba gg a g e ' but which way, have not yet deter
mined, Ihould we be obliged to move."
Kingston, (Jamaica) May 17.
On Friday evening, the ninth instant, came
into Port Royal, the sloop Hornet, a prize ta
ken by his Majesty's sloop Porcupine, com
manded by the Honorable Captain Cadogan.
She is the firft veflel of war out of Philadel
phia, under a commission from the Congress,
which has been taken and brought into this
island.—She is extremely well found and arm
ed, mounts ten carriage guns, besides swivels,
and has got on board a valuable cargo of in
digo and rice, with which she was going from
Carolina to Martinico.
St. John's, (Antigua) June 4.
On Sunday last his Majesty's ship Seaford,
Thomas Colpoys, Esq; commander, brought
into English Harbour three prizes, two of
which were Dutchmen, the other a small pri
vateer schooner. On board one of the Dutch
men was found seventeen hundred and fifty
barrels of gunpowder, with tobacco, indigo,
&G, &c, the; QthGr a very valuable cargo also,
, TAYLOR end ROGERS,
HAVE imported in the last flaps from England, a
neat affirmant of ENGLISH GOODS, which
me} are felling on the lowest terms, by whol file, at their
store N0.22<, Q^een-ftreet.
C A G ">
Salop,
Jesuit's bark,
Turkey rheubarb,
Jallep and ipeccacohanna,
Manoa,
Camphire,
Glauber salts,
Serna? leaves,
Flour of brimstone,
Isinglass,
Oil cf vitriol,
Orris root,
Pearl barley,
Sal prune! d'nitre,
Cream of Tatar,
Oil of lavendar,
The mercurial preparations,
Fine London! : vender water,
London tooth powder., with
1
harrow cloths,
German serges, embofs'd do.;
Sagothe.es, duroj s,
Shalloons, tammies,
Plain ana striped calamancoes
Printed durants, evcrla&gs,'!
Druggets, half thicks,
Cades, mcultons, frizes,!
Coatings, duffles, blankets,
Carpeting, hunters cloths, 1
Flannels,- baizes, wiltons,l
Swanskins,
Cotton and Genoa velvets,|
Ve!vcre:s, corderoys,
Cordurcens, thicksets,
Fustians, jeans,
jennets piain and printed,
Veivoret and jennet Shapes,
Vclverets saddle cloths,
Chintz waistcoat Shapes,
Dimothtes, counterpanes,
3 4^7 ^ 4% 5-4 and 6-4!
cotton and linen Manche-|
fter checks,
3-4, 7-$, and yard wide |
Irfh, Scots, ans Germany
linens,
Sheerings, ravens duck,§
Printed and check hanak^-l
chiefs,l
Cambricks, lawns, gauzes,l
Threads, fewn^ fiiks,
Tapes, bobbins, fiik laces,|
Braids, ferrets, galloons, I
Bindings, pins, neeobs,I
Shirt buttons, laces,
Trimmings, Freuch chain,
Grid and silver hat loops,
Buttons and bands,
Fans, ribbons,
Rich silk program,
Silk serge luteftimgs,
Satten, brocades,
Buckram, ber tchs,
Bed bunts, Irish ticking,
Felt, caflor and beaver hats,
Silk hats and cloaks,
Writing paper, quills, pens Grass and garden feeds,
And many other Articles.
~TO BE'S OLDRB Y
PHILIP KISSIC K,
VINTNER and DISTILLER,
At his house the upper end of Queen-street, between
Peck t-flip and the Frclh-water, the following arti
cles, viz.
CHOICE old Madeira, Terefffe and Fyal wines;
clar t, cherry, Lisbon and red port, choice Jamaica
ifuic, Weft-India and New-York rum ; English, loaf,
and mufeovtdo sugars, mohfles, coffee, tea, chocolate,
corks, pipes, best Durham m^ftard, Florence oil ; a large
quantity of all kinds of cordials. French brandy, horne
fpun brandy and gin, very little inferior to Holland gin or
French brandy. London porter by the hamper or dozen,
a few hams, Weft-India and New-Yo k rum by the hog
fficad, Scotch barley, rice, pork, beef and mackarel by
the barrel, with many other articles too tedious to
mention.
F° r Newfoundland,
Th- Brigantine
A^^ HARRIOT,
William Scott, Master;
T YING at Bralhcr's Wharf, and
id&^tL^ZriL#J / will lail the firft Opportunity:
For Freight or Passage, apply to the said Master on board.
TLNrC-ENTED
Fr^cb HAIR POWDER,
To BE SOLD BY
ABRAHAM 1. ABRAHAMS,
TOBACCONIST,
At No. 45, in King Street.
SP E TgTi
Chymist and Druggist,
No. 41,
Queen-street, between Burring and Beekman's Slip,
Has just imported from London, a general assortment of
druks, medicines, and perfumeries, amongst ; whick are
the following ;
brumes,
With many other articles in the medical way, which
will be fold 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 bufintfs.
F'0"1"N '1),
1— N the pasture of John Harris, tavern-keeper, at the
Red Lyon, Brooklyn Church, a mare. Whoever
can prove their property, paying charges, may have her
again.
MADEIRA WINE.
A CHOICE parcel of Madei:a wine, fit for im
mediate use, to be fold very cheap, for caffi, in
pipes, half pipes, or quarter calks, by
V. PEARSE ASHFIELD,
In Smith-Street, facing Garden-Street,
WHO HAS ALSO,
Best English refined sugar by the hundred or smaller
quantity, Mufeovado sugar ih barrels, best Taunton ale
in bottles,
COLBORN BARRELL,
At his Store No. 57, Maiden Lane,
IS ftili idling off on the most revocable terms ,by
wholesale, and for cafhonly, a prime assortment of
EUROPEAN GOODS, which he purchased in Great-
Britain from the firft hands, and brought with him in the
Ceres, Capt. Greig, and imported in the Adventure,
Capt. Ilenderfon.---Among his goods there is a great
variety cf best firft fuperfine cloths, ratteens, filefias,
orleans, caffimers, and extra thin cloths in patterns for
funs, with materials of the best kind to match them.
Also, the following Articles,
Coarse and nue broad and ^Sealing wax,
Shaving powder,
IPerfian soap,
Marble, Italian, and
Campbir'd wash balls,
HOWE'S ACID lor
PUNCH,
Turlington's balfm of life,
Stoughton's bitters,
Daffy's elixir,
Walker's Jesuit's drops,
Hooper's fimale pills,
Arderfon's Scots pills,
Lockyer's pills,
James's fever powders,
Balsam of honey,
Godfrey's cordial,
Betton's Britilh oil,
1, Bateman's drops,
, Dr. Lowther's nervous
h powders, &c.
^Account books, 'cards,
,Elegant paper hangings,
jlnk powder and ink cake,
|Cake blacking, lead pencils,
>Pewter, nails, steel,
/Anvils, bra fs kettles,
^Window glass,
^Knives and forks,
^Penknives, gouges,
Chizels, hammers, fl dges,
Saws, hinges and locks,
Latches, candlesticks,
[And-irons,
[Shovels and tengs,
Hair pins, cap wire,
Combs, knitting needles,
Knee garters,
Ruffir drill,
Mtns n^t shoes and boots,
English file and upper lea
ther,
/Silk, thread, cotton, worfled,
J and all other furtsof hole,
ISilk and worsted mitts and
I gloves,
jToys of all forts,
[Morea gowns, chintz,
ICallicoes, printed linens,
^Furniture checks,
[Furniture stripes,
[Fringe for trimming,
ICiocksand watches,
/Breeches patterns,
llribles and testaments,
[Prayer books, pfalters,
Spelling books,
A variety cf printed books
in history and the fcien,
ces, novels, &c.
Cordage, Russia duck,
British fail cloth,
Ofiaburghs, ticklenburghs,
Florence oil, nutmegs,
Cinnamon, cloves,
Macs and pepper,
, Loaf sugar, brimftene,
White lead,