The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1777-01-27 00:00:00, page 1

Monday, January 27, 1777.
NEW-YORK
AND
WEEKLY
By RICHARD VISCOUNT HOWE,
Of the Kingdom of IRELAN D, and
WILLIAM HOW E, Esq^re,
General of His Majesty's Forces in AMERICA, the King's Commissioners for refloring Peace to His Majeftys
Colonies and Plantations in NORTH-AMERI CA, &c. &c. &;c.
PRO C LAATJTIOAI.
WHEREAS by our Declarations of the 14th of July, and i,th of September last, in Pursuance of His Majesty's most gracious Intentions towards His Subjects in the
Colonies or Provinces of New-Hamp/bire, Mafochufet's-Bay, Rhode-fond, Connecticut, New-Terk, Hew,er,y, PeanJyLmnia, The Three Lower Counties on ^^
ware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, all Persons speedily returning t@ their just Allegiance were prormled a free and general Laden,
and were invited to accept, not only the Bleflings of Peace, but a secure Enjoyment of their Liberty and Properties, upon the true Principles of the Comumtion : And
WHEREAS, notwithstanding the said Declarations, and the Example of many who have availed themselves of the Aflurances therein made, federal Bodies of armed Men, in open
Contempt of His Majesty's proffered Clemency, do still continue their Opposition to the Fftabhfhmcnt of legal Government and Peace; and divers other ill-dilpofed Persons, pursuing their
own ambitious Purpofei in the Exercise of a lawless Influence and Power, are using frefh Endeavors, by various Arts and Mifrcprclcntations, to alienate the Confidence and Afieaion of His
Majesty's Subjects ; to defeat every Plan of Reconciliation, and to prolong the unnatural War between Groat-Britain and her Cclomes; NOW, in order to the more effectual Accom
plishment of His Majesty's most gracious Intentions, and the speedy Restoration of the public Tranquillity ; And duly configuring the Expediency of limiting the i ime witnin which such
Pardon as aforefaid shall be granted, and of fpecifying the Terms upon which only the fame shall and may be obtained, W$ Do in his Majesty's Name, and by Virtue of tee Powers
Committed to Us, hereby charge and command all Persons whatsoever, who are assembled together in Arms against HL Majafty's Government, to disband I htmfelves and^ return to
their Dwellings, there to remain in a peaceable and quiet Manner; And WE also charge and command all such other Perlons as are assembled together under the Name of General, or
Provincial Congresses, Committees, Conventions, or other Affectations, by whatever Name or Names known and distinguished, or who under the Colour of any Authority from any iuch
Congress, Committee, Convention, and other Affbeiation, take upon them to issue or execute any Orders for levying Mersey, railing Troops, fitting out armed Ships and Vessels, im
prisoning, or otherwise molesting His Majesty's Subjects, to desist and cease from all such treasonable Actings, and Doings, and to relinqurfh all iuch usurped Power and Authority,
so that Peace may be restored, a speedy Remission of past Offences quiet the Apprehensions of the Guilty, and all the Inhabitants of the said Colonies fc enabled to reap toe benefit
of His Majesty's paternal Goodness in the Preservation of their Property, the Restoration of their Commerce, and the Security of their most valuable Rights, under the just and moderate
Authority of the Crown and Parliament of Grgnt-Eritain : And Wr do hereby declare, and make known to all Men, that every Person who within SI X pY DAV S from the Lay of
the Date hereof (hall appear before the Governor, or Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief in any of His Majesty's ( olonies or Provinces aforefaid, or buore toe General or
commaadiag Officer of His Majesty's Forces in America, or any other Officer in His Majefly's Service having the Command of any Detachment or Parties of His Majeßy's Forces there,
or before the Admiral or Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleets, or any other Officer commanding any of His Majesty's Ships of War, or any armed Vcffel in His Majesty's Ser
vice, within any of the Ports, Havens, Creeks, or upon the Coasts of America, and shall claim the Benefit of this Proclamation, and at the fame Lime teftify his Obedience to the Laws,
by fubferibing a Declaration in the Words following : “/, A. B ^ premise and declare, that Twill remain in a peaceable Obedience to His Mayfly, and will not take up Arms, nor e necurege
'' Others to take a, Arsis, iu Oppgiau to His Authority," ffiall and may obtain a full and free Pardon of all Treasons and Misprisions of Freafons, by him heretofore committed or done, and
of all Forfeitures, Attainders, and Penalties for the fame ; and upon producing to Us, or to either of Us, a Certificate of such his Appearance and Declaration, shall and may have and receive
such Pardon made and pafled to him in due Form.
By Command of their Excellencies,
Henry Strachey.
PA RIS, (Capital of France) Sept. 4
ONE of the firft Ads of the Prince de
Conti, since his Accession to his Fa
ther's Possessions in the Isle of Adam,
has been to give Orders that the Game thereon
Should be mostly killed and given to the Poor,
on Account of the Damage done by them to
the Corn in that Canton, and of which the In
habitants have for a long Time coroplained.
L OND O N,
Sept. 10. The Greenland Fiffiery has been
remarkably fuccefiful this Year not only to
Britain, but also to France, Holland, and those
States in Germany who fend out Ships for that
Fishery, several this Year having thrown away
a Quantity of Fiffi on Account of their not
being able to bring it away for Want of
Stowage.
Four new Sloops, of the fame Conftrudion
as the Fly lately launched at Sheerness, are or
dered to be immediately put on the Stocks, the
Conyeniencies in that Vessel with regard to
flowing the Men excelling any of her Rate.
Sept. 12. Captain James Jones is appointed
to the Command of his Majesty's Ship Beaver,
at Sheerness, which Ship is near ready for Sea,
and fappofed to be going to America.
The Paragraph in a Morning Paper of this
^ay, relative to the Death of the Bifhep of
Kildare, is founded on Misinformation, a Let
ter having been just received from his Lordship,
dated Dublin the ,th of September, at which
Time he was in perfe& Health.
Sept. 14. Four Greenland-Men just returned
ftom their Voyages have been taken into Go-
Yernment Service as Transports, and an equal
Number of Tonxege in fmallor Yeffsh is to be
Containing tie cariieff ^b&ice#
O Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, IN HANOVER-SQJJARE.
discharged, great Inconreniencies having arisen
from small Ships as Transports.
Yesterday William Matthew Burt, Esq; bad
the Honour of kissing his Majesty's Hand on
being appointed Capt. General and Comman
der in Chief of the Lee ward . Ilianas, in the
room of Sir Ralph Payne, Knight of the Bath,
resigned.
Extras of a Letter from Chatham, Sept. 13.
“ It is currently reported here that Commo
dore McKenzie will ihortly be promoted to the
Rank of an Admiral, and that he is to hoist
his Flag on board the Prince George of 90
Guns, now fitting up to serve as a Guardship
at this Port.
" This Day the Ardent Guardfhip, of 64
Guns, Capt. Middleton, was taken into Dack:
to be cleaned and breamed.
“ Yesterday was played in a Field at the Back
of our Barracks, a Match of Cricket between
Mr. William Bidwell, of the Prompton Club,
(who has particularly diftinguilhed himfelf this
Summer at that Game) and Mr. William Austen,
of the Chatham Club. In the firft Innings
they won three Notches each, but in the zd
Innings Bidwell gat eighty-three, and Austen
enly two, so that Bidwell beat by eighty-one.
It is very remarkable that Bidwell has got this
SaAfen between eighty and ninety Notches each
Time in fix different Matches of Cricket He
is the Chief Player in 'Squire Palmer's Club,
and it is thought will make one of belt Cricket
ters in England.
Sept. 17. Yefcrday Morning, between One
and Two u'Clock, a Fire broke out ata Trunk-
Maker's, the Corner of Rood-Lane, Fenchurch-
Street, which cenfumed the Inside of the fame,
and three ether Haufee in Brest, also feme in
GIVEN at New-York, this Thirtieth Day of November, 1776.
THE
Rood-Lane, and damaged several others. The
Flames were so rapid, that the Furniture and
Stock in Trade of several of the Houles ware
consumed, and the Inhabitants obliged to jump
out es the Windows to save their Lives. Three
young Men going up a Rope Ladder, it gave
Way, and they fell to the Ground ; one was
killed on the Spot, another is since dead, and
there is no Hope of the Recovery of the Third.
Besides the unfortunate Landlady of the Goat
Alehcufe in Shire-lane, Temple-bar, who ex
pired on Friday Night of the Hurts the received
in escaping the Flames, there was another Person
one Mr. Tudor, Clerk to an Attorney at Clif
ford's Inn, who lodged in the House, was aifo
loft in the Ruins; this Man had the Misfortune
of being very hard of hearing, and going to
Bed a little intoxicated with Liquor, was not
alarmed so soon as the rest of the Family. After
the Maid had secured the Child, ffie went into
his Room, and with Difficulty waked him;
when made sensible ofhis Danger, be ran down
Stairs in great Halte, though Mr. Davies, the
Landlord, called to him to come back, as there
was no Possibility of escaping that Way, the
Stair-case and Tap-room Floor being all in a
Flame; but either his Deafnefs prevented his
hearing him, or he had got so far down, that
a Return was impracticable : this is certain
however, he periled. His Body has not yet
been found.
Extras of a Letter from the Hague, Sept. 10.
'' It is reported here that the Duke of Ceur
land is fallen into Disgrace with the Court of
Peterfbourg, and that his Duchess, to whom
the Em, refs herfelf 'wrete a Letter to invite her
to partake of the Rejoicings on Account of the
Marriage of the Great Duke of Rudia, is let
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foreign an 3 H)omeni&
HOWE,
W. HOWE.
Sept. 19. Last Night, about Eight o'Clock,
a young Gentleman about 26 Years of Age,
was found in Mount Row, LanTdi, lying on
the Ground as war thought in a Fit, but being
carried to the Cattle, on examining his Pockets
a Copy of a Letter without any Name to it was
found, taking a lass Farewell of his Father, as he
fheuld shortly be no more in this World, which
fyes Reaton to think he has poisoned himfelf.
He was not dead at Nine this Morning, but
lay at that Time insensible.
Extras of a Letter from Southampton, Sept. 1,.
“ The St. Pierre, Gallienne, Master, from
Guerufey, fays, that they had just before he failed
from that Island one of the most violent Storms
he ever remembers to have felt, and which must
have done a great deal of Damage, though the
Accounts were not come in before he left that
Place. It came from the N. W. andconfequently
must have been severely felt on the French Coast ;
soon after the Storm was over the Wind camp
round to the Southward, and when he failed h,
saw a Brig going in that had loft ^ W^,
out for Petergrurg, and his taken with her
Jewels and all her rich Things, from which,
some concludes (be will return no more to Mit
tau: That the Duke petitioned te have Leave
to acetin, any his Duchess, which was refufed
by the Emprefi, who at the fame time caused it
to be fignified to him, that he must allow her
30,009 Crewns for the Expences of her Journey,
which, with 24,00 a more per Ann. that he must
pay her by Way of Dower, in case (lie ffiould
not return, will be a considerable Alternant of
his Income. On the other Hand, he is at pre
fect upon much better Terms wilh the Statesof
Courland than heretofore."