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Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the BATH,
General and Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's
Forces within the Colonies lying on the Atlantic Ocean
from Nova-Scotia to Weft-Fiorida, inclusive, &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS there are several Deserters from the
British and Foreign Troops under my Command,
who are serving with the Enemy, or are concealed in the
Rebel Country: I have thought fit to issue this my Pro
clamation, offering a free and unlimited Pardon to all
such Deserters, who shall surrender themselves to any of
his Majerty's Troops before the firft Day of June next.
And whereas there are many of his Majesty's European
Subjects at this Time serving in the Rebel Army against
their King and Country, who, stung with Remorse, and
sensible of the Heinousness of such an unnatural Pro
ceeding, would be anxious to return to their Allegiance,
did not their Demerits, before their Arrival in America,
make them doubtful of meeting with Protection and
Support within these Lines. Ido therefore hereby pro
mile to all such who ihall come in before the above men
tioned firft Day of June 1781, in addition to the Benefits,
Protection and Support, to which they would be entituled
under any other Proclamations, to procure for them his
Majesty's most gracious Pardon, for all Felonies and Trea
sons (Murder excepted) which they have heretofore been
guilty of, provided they will take up Arms in his Service,
and give their Assistance to the quelling this unnatural
Rebellion against his Government.
Given under my Hand at Head Quarters, in New-York,
the tenth Day of April, 1781.
H. CLINTON.
By his Excellency's Command,
JOHN SMITH.
General Pardon.
Sr. Excellentz Herrn Wilhelm Von Knyphau
sen, General Lieutenants und Commandeurs en
Chef des in Kneniglich Grofs-Britannilchen
Dienften ftehenden Auxiliair Corps Fuerftlich,
Hcffifcher Trouppen, Ritters derer Fuerftlich
Heffifchen Ordens, etc. etc. etc.
ALLEN und Jeden von denen Fuerftlich Heffi
fchen Trouppen in Nord America defertinen
Unter oofficiers und Gemeinen so entweder bey denen
Feinden noch dienen, oder fich in devon vom Feind
betfetzten Landen noch verborgen halter, wird hier
durch bekannt gemacht, dafs fie einen freyen und
vcelligen Pardon erhalten follen, wenn fie fich vor
dem iften Tag des naechft Kuenftigen Monaths
Juny, 1781, bey denen Koeniglichen trouppen ein
finden, und bey Ihren Regimentern darauf Stellen
werden.
Gegeben unter meiner Hand New-York den
iiten April, 1781.
KNYPHAUSEN.
Auf. Befehl, Sr. Excellentz,
Justin Henrich Motz.
New-York, March 9, 1781.
AL L Persons having any Claims 01 Demands
upon the Estate of the deceased John Grant,
Esquire, late Commiflary and Paymatter to the Royal
Artillery, are desired to bring in the fame, to Mr.
James Frafer,at his Office oppofi; St. Paul's Church,
on or before the 30th April next, in order to receive
Payment thereof: And all Persons indebted to the
said Estate, are requeued to makeimmediate Payment
to Mr. Fraser, he being properly apthorifed to re
ceive and discharge the fame.
JAMES FRASER.
Police Office, New-York, November 20, 1780.
Quality, Weight, & Price
OF
BREAD,
By Order of the Commandant.
THAT on and after Thursday the 23d instant, all
bread made of sweet flour of the firft quality, must
be baked into long loaves of two pounds weight each,
and stamped with the initials of the baker's name, and
fold for Sixteen Coppers each loaf
And all bread made of merchantable flour of an infe
rior quality, must be baked into round loaves, weighing
two pounds and one half each, stamped with the initials
of the baker's name, and fold for Sixteen Coppers each
loaf.
Any bskcr or retailer of bread, who (hall be conviAed
of demanding or receiving any more or greater fum.than
Sixteen Coppers for each loaf of bread as above men
tioned, /hall be fined TEN POUNDS for every such
offence,
In order that the above regulations may be duly en
forced, Balthafar Creamer, is appointed Infpc&or of
Bread,'with directions and powers constantly to visit the
several bake houses in this city, and to make seizure of
all such bread, as he may find deficient, either in the
abovementioned qualities, weight, or ftamp.r The
bread seized, to be immediately sent to the city alms
house, for the use of the poor, and report made to the
Police of the Cause of seizure, the quantity and the
baker's name from whom it was seized, that the f-me
may be published ; and upon conviction of a second of
fence, that the offender may moreover be fined Fifty
Pounds, and an entire flop put to his baking, if found
guilty of a third offence.
ANDREW ELLIOT, Superintendent General.
DAVID MATHEWS, Mayor.
PETER, DUBOIS, Magistrate of Police.
ASSIZE or BREAD.
Flour at 4!. per Cent.
Published September 19, 1780.
A White LOAF, of the fineft FLOUR,
to weigh 21b. for 16 Coppers.
Monday, April go, 1781.
N E W-YORK
AND
WEEKLY
Containing; tfr earheti amriccf
By His EXCELLENCY
Sir HENRY CLINTON,
O F
0 Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
HIGH-WATER at N E W-Y O R K,
THIS WEEK.
Monday, 42 Min. after 3
, Tuesday, 35 Min. after 4
Wedncfday,2i Min. after 5
Thursday, 14 Min. after 6
Foreign Intelligence.
Amsterdam, January 11.
HOLLAND has never received such a
severe Blow as Great Britain has now
given her, by taking such Numbers of
her Ships (we have Accounts of igo) but it is
not the Ships we so much mind, because we can
build new ones in a short Space of Time ; their
Cargoes indeed we could ill fpare,—but of all
our losses the Seamen are the greatest. We
have Men of War enough to serve our Pur
poses for the present, but have not Seamen to
man them (2000 and upwards are said to have
been taken on board the 130 Sail of Shipping.)
In three Ships alone there were almost half the
Number, viz. the two 50 gun men of war had
336 for their Compliment, and the East-India
Man near 200, making together 872, and if
we average the 147 at 12 Men for each Ship,
it makes 1764, and the two Numbers put
together, we Ihall find them to amount to
2636. Almost all the Ships that have been
taken belonged to this City, few to Rotterdam,
but none to the other Ports in this Country.
Amsterdam will pay for all that will be gained
by Great-Britain in the present Dispute be
tween that Nation and Holland : All the Trade
of the seven united States center in that City :
This has made the Merchants of Amsterdam
proud, imperious, despising all Nations, and
boasting that Amsterdam is the firft emporium
in the World.
His DWELLING-HOUSE, N 0.35,
Hanover-Square,
And STORE-HOUSE, No. to, Water-Street,
Are to be disposed of at private file; the latter
may be made into a commodious Dwelling House
at a small expence; it has hearth for fix fire places.
^l@o^@m@m^^
T Ntends embarking for Europe with the firft con-
I voy, he therefore requests those that are in his
debt to make speedy payment, and all persons who
have any demands against him are desired to fend in
their accounts for payment.
The remainder of his goods now on hand will be
disposed of for cash on very reasonable terms.
They consist of
JRISH linens,from 35.6d.|
1 to Bs. per yard,
Scarlet, blue, white, Lon
don brown, and garner
fuperfine broad-cloths,
with rattinets and trim
mings,
3-4 luteftrings,armozeens,
Ducapes, fattins,modes,
and pelongs,
Black and coloured Barce
lona handkerchiefs,
Spotted bandanoes and ro
mali handkerchiefs,
Sewing silk, cambrick and
lawns,
Scarlet, red, yellow, andi
white flannels,
Princes fluffs and fattinets,
H^gue, January 17. The Directors of the
Company of Commerce of Middlebotlrg, and
also the Directors of the Company of Assur
ance, as well as a great number of merchants
arid traders established in that city (Middle
bourg) have presented a petition to the States-
General, praying their High Mightinesses to
endeavour yet, by way of negociation, to pre
vent the damages with which the fubjeds of
the Republic are threatened by a war with
England, and if possible to come to an ami
cable accommodation.
LONDO N.
From the London Gazette, Extraordinary,
Published Tuesday Evening, January 9.
St. James's, January 9.
This day arrived Lieutenant Waugh, of
the invalids, at the Earl of Hillfborough's Of
fice, with letters from Lieutenant-Governor
Irving, of Guernsey, inclofing a letter to him
from Lieutenant-Governor Corbet, of the
Island of Jersey, dated Jersey, Jan. 6, 1781,
of which the following is an extract.
I AM now to acquaint you, that the French
landed this morning, about two o'clock, be
tween two posts, so distant, that the guards did
not perceive them. They marched across the
roads, and were in the market place^by fix
this morning. I was taken prisoner about 7 ;
but I was fortunately relieved by the very brave
Smith Ramadge
THE
^^^^^^^
Supe fine black ruffeh,
durants and moreens,
Men and womens ffk,
cotton and worded hose,
Callicoe and chintzes,
Ribbons and laces,
Jean fuftians,
Wbmenscallimanco shoes
Mens, youths and boys
Loudon made leather
flues,
Superfine hyfon and fu
fhong teas, from London
Old coniac brandy,
Mustard, turpentine soap,
Hair powder and starch,
With a few barrels of best
mess pork,
:Friday, 1 Min. after 7
Saturday, 52 Min. after 7
Sunday, 44 Min. after 8
First Quarter this Day.
Our loss may be ;o killed, and perhaps half
that number wounaed.
My friend Mulcaller, has, as usual, exerted
himfelf.
I am not hurt; but had two shots through
my hat.
I Ihall transmit particulars to-morrow morn
ing to England; but fend this if you can.
The following is an extras from an authentic
letter of a 'Jerje, merchant, dated Jerjey, Ja
nuary 7.
" The French landed about two in the
morning on Satu day the 6th instant, at a place
called Banc du Violet, about four miles from
town, not the intended place of debarkation,
as it was amongst the rocks, but the French
were driven thither by the tide. Four or five
of the transports, with troops were loft among
the rocks, as was a French privateer, that,
with some ocher armed vessels was to cover the
landing.
“ The French on landing, which was ef
feded between two posts, furprized the guards
therein, and immediately pushed for the town,
and tock post in the market place, secured all
the avenues to it, and detached a party to the
Governor's houle, n hich they surrounded, but
Qeing a few minutes before acquainted by
Captan Clement Hemery, of the town artille
ry, of the French being landed, had just time
to dispatch him with this very unexpected in
telligence to Grenville Bay, to the 83d regi
ment, and another metfenger to La Hogue, to
the 95th regiment, and a few minutes after
was taken prisoner, and instantly was conduct
ed to the French General, Baron Roloncourt,
at the Court house, in the market place, who
demanded him to sign articles of capitulation,
offering to grant honourable terms to the troops
and Islanders, on surrendering up the Island
and cables, otherwise he had orders to burn
the town and (hipping, and put every inhabi
tant to the sword, which Major Curbet, refuf
ed, and urged, that being a prisoner he could
not sign articles of capitulation, as the then
commanding officer could not be bound by
any thing he should sign.
" Word being brought that troops were as
sembling and forming on the heights, the Ge
neral repeated his threats of setting fire to the
town, unless he signed such articles of capitu
lation as he required; which he then did, to
save the town, and well knowing it could not
be of any force: that the General then insisted
on his going with a strong party to demand the
surrender of Elizabeth's castle, by virtue of
the capitulation ; but which, on being propos
ed to the garrison, was rejected by the com
manding officer of the castle, and Captain Mul
cafter, the engineer, who had retired there on
the firft alarm ; and the party advancing to
summon the castle to surrender, the castle fired
on them, and wounded several of the men,and
one officer, who had his leg shot off. The par
ty retreated to the town, and the General then
insisted on Major Corbet going with two of the
French officers, with the capitulation to Ma
jor Pierson, and the troops that were already
formed on the heights, clof^ to the town, but
which was rejected with scorn by the brave
Major Pierson, Captain Lumfdale of the High
landers, Colonel Pipon of the militia, and by
the united voice of every officer of the regu
lars and militia, who sent them back, and
Major Corbet with them, who was on his pa
role, with a message to the French General,
that they would begin the attack on him in 20
minutes, which attack actually took place on
all sides at the time.
" The French General insisted, as the army
would not agree to the capitulation, that Ma
jor Corbet should go with him, and share the
risk of the action, and accordingly led him in
the midst of the fire ; but in a few minutes the
French General received a (hot in the mouth,
which took off his chin, and at the fame time
received other wounds, he was led back by
and Ready behaviour of the troops and militia ;
and the Commandant then informed me, that
they fu-rendered prisoners of war: they were
ail taken, killed or wounded.
Poor Major Pierson, exerting himfelf at the
head of a brave troop of followers, at the clofc
of this affair, was unfortunately killed.
P. S We have about §OO prisoners. Some
hundreds are killed, and about 100 wounded;
the rest left their arms, and are fled into the
country ; but I hope to have them all to-mor
row.
I PRICE CURRR N T, in N EW.YO R K.
I Wheat per Bushel, 265. od.
Flour, 70s. od.
Brown Bread, 70s. od.
Welt-India Rum, ss. 6d.
New-England do. 4s. od.l
[No. r s4 i]
GAZETTE:
THE
MERCUR Y.
foreign anti Domefffck:
Muicovado Sugar, 51. tos.
Single refin'd ditto, is, gd.
Molasses, 2s. 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 81. od.
IPork, 81. 10s.
Major Corbet to the Court-house, at which
time Major Corbet received the two shot thro'
his hat.
" General Baron Roloncourt died a few
minutes after he returned to the Court-house.
“ By this time the French, unable to refill the
ardour of the regulars and militia, gave way ;
and the next in command of the French army
immediately desired Major Cor bet to re assume
his command, and he would, with his troops,
furrenHer themselves prisoners; Major Corbet
thereupon, with the utmost difficulty assisted by
the Britiffi officers, put a stop to the further
firing. Many of the French officers had already
thrown down their arms and fled into the
country.
" In the mean time Captain Campbell, with
part of the 83d regiment, from Grenviile-Bay, #
joined by Colonel Meffervy, with the east re
giment of militia, and Captain Clement He
mery, with some of the illand artillery, at
tacked a party of the enemy at La Roque, be
ing part of a second debarkation, many of
whom the killed, others fled into the country,
and the rest surrendered prisoners. Many
other boats full of troops, that were attempt
ing to land, after sustaining the fire of the ar
tillery, made good their retreat to some armed
ships and vessels that were sept to cover the
landing. Several parties were out in search of
the stragglers, many of whom were hourly
brought in, and no doubt the whole would be
made prisoners in a day or two. The biave
Major Pierson was killed in the moment of
victory, after the French had given way, and
many had surrendered. About 50 of the re
gulars were killed, and about twenty of the
militia, and several Wounded.
" Of the enemy's five companies which were
engaged and defeated, 2 Captains, 1 Lieute
nant, 5 Serjeants, 4 Corporals, 2 Drummers,
and 48 Privates killed. All the remaining of
ficers, commissioned and non-commifiioned,
and about 238 privates, laid down their arms,
and surrendered prisoners at diferetion. In
the whole I am informed that near £OO are
killed, and about 40 driven into the sea by the
grenadi rs of the regulars, and drowned; be
tween 3 and 400 wounded, and between ii
and 1200 taken prisoners."
Jan. 18. On Tuesday last two persons of
diftindion arrived in town from Holland, said
to be charged with dispatches for our Court.
The Dutch merchants meeteverv day and
have given great hopes of our bringing about
a reconciliation with their Court. And
A report was circulated at the weft end of
the town, that pacific overtures had been re
ceived from Holland.
The fame evening Mr. Staley, one of the
King's Messengers, arrived at the Secretary of
State's office, with dispatches from Russia, the
contents of which were laid before his Majesty
by Lord Hillilborough yesterday at St. James's.
From Havre-de-Grace we are informed, that
on the 2d instant, the Isabella privateer of 20
guns, and 180 mep, a fine new frigate, sheath
ed with copper, failed from thence on a fix
months cruize, but unfortunately in the even
ing it blew hard at W. S. W. and ffie drove
on shore and split to pieces upon the breakers,
about 8 miles westward of that place. The
Captain and about 70 men were drowned ;
the remainder got on shore on pieces of the
wreck, and were saved.
Lord Howe, it is said, has accepted the com
mand of the grand Channel fleet, and is to
hoist his flag on board the Vidory, as soon as
the fleet comes from the relief of Gibraltar.
Admiral Barrington, in this case, will certain
ly go out second in command.
This morming an express arrived at the
East India house, with the agreeable news that
eleven of their homeward bound Indiamea
were fafely arrived at Crook-haven.
The news of the arrival of the East Indiamen
is of the highest importance, as the value of
this fleet is iuppofed to be equal to the capital
of the India Company.
The East-India fleet failed from Madras the
7th of April, and from St. Helena the sth of
November.
The whole of our homeward bound India
men are not vet arrived, three more ships be
ing hourly expeQed.
The following East Indiamen were well in
June last, oft Johanna, bound from London to
Madras and China, viz. Lafcells, Wakefield ;
London,Webb; Bridgewater,SLottowe; York,
Blanchard ; and Duke of Portland, Sutton,
Fine Salt, 2s. do.
Co&fe Salt, is. do.
Indian Corn perßu. jot. do.
Coffee, is . do.
Chocolate, 261. per Do.