The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1780-07-10 00:00:00, page 1

By JAMES PATTISON, Eiq ;
Major-General of bis Majesty's Forces, Commandant of
New-York, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS in consequence of informations I have
received, that difeoveries have been made that
Various goods and merchandize, to a ccnfiderable amount,
have of late, in violation of the eftablilhed regulations,
been conveyed from this city in a clandestine manner : i
have therefore thought fir to issue this PKOCLaMA
TION, hereby warning all persons whatever a,ain't por
ting on board any ship, veffcl, pilot-boat, or other tmali
craft, goods or merchandize or any fort : Abo all m^d rs
or persons having charge of ships, vessels, pilot-boats, 0:
other small crafts, against receiving on board any goods
or merchandize, without permidron from the offices ap
pointed by Sir William Howe's proclamation of the 17th
July, 1777, and agreeable to the powers and regulations
therein contained.
And I do now hereby ftriftly forbid all persons from
Shipping, or being concerned in Dipping, or receiving 0
board any veffels,^ny goods or merchandize which arc to
be conveyed to places not comprehended in the powers
vested in the above mentioned offices, until permitfion is;
firft obtained from the office of police, or a fpccial licence]
granted for the fame, by the commandant. # # [
Any person or persons, wholhall be convicted before a;
court-martial, of having afted contrary to the trueriotenu
and meaningof this proclamation, (hall be liable to luchi
fines and penalties as the court may adjudge, according]
to the nature of the offence, besides the forfeiture.ot the!
goods; of which one half of the net proceeds will be|
applied to the city funds, and the other hast given as a|
just reward to the person or persons who (bail, by giving]
the proper information, bring to light such unwarrantable!
practices,. ~|
Given under my hand, in the city of New-Yurz, ta^
fixteeoth day of May, io the year of our Lord, one
thousand seven hundred and eighty, and in the
twentieth year of his Majesty's reign.
JAMES PATTISON.
By command of the General,
John L. C. Romm, Sec'rv, ________
Nr W - York, May T 5, I, So.
By order of the COMLMANDAN 1.
WHEREAS the Superintendent General of the
hofp'tals, has represented that the parents in
the General Hospitals, as well as the convalescents be
longing t) the fame, do daily purchase spirituous liquors
from the licenced public houses, to the groa fr detriment
of th air health, and the subversion of good order and regu
larity! Notice is therefore given, that any person or
persons, who for the future shall be detected in felling
spirituous liquors to soldiers, coming under the above
description, or of fending any into the hospitals, will be
immediately deprived of his, her, or their licence, and be
liable to such punishment as a court martial Ihall adjudge#
And in order that no one ffiall be deceived, or plead
the not knowing convalescents from other soldiers, all
those who may be allowed to walk abroad as such, in
future, will wear the diftingui/hing mark of an H, made
of blue cloth, and sewed upon a conspicuous part of each
arm., ,
And whereas also, some patients have been encouraged
by inhabitants, to fell and difyofe of not only their own
nloathing, but likewise the bedding and utensils ot the;
hospital; all persons are hereby cautioned against pur
chasing from soldiers any of the above mentioned articles,l
as they will be amenable to a court-martial, for trans
gressions of this kind.,l
And whoever /ball give information to Mr. Mallett/
purveyor of the hospitals, of any person offending herein,
Ihall, upon his or her convi&on, receive a guinea reward.
STEPHEN P. ADYE, Aide de Camp. I
By JAMES PATTISON, Esquire, Major-General of
his Majesty's Forces, Commandant ot New-York,
&c &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is highly necessary and expedient for
the faluority of the air and the health of the
inhabitants, as well as for the fake of that decency and
good order which ought to be observed in ever! well
governed city, that the public Greets Should be kept clean
and free from nuisances of every kind.
I have therefore thought fit to issue this Proclamation,
Avidly forbidding all persons to throw out or lay down
in any of the streets, lanes, alleys, docks, flips, open
lots of ground or ruins, (to the southward of Fre/h-Water)
from theirdwelling-houfes, stores, stables, yards, or cellars,
any dirt, filth, garbage, broken ware, or other rubbish ; but
do hereby order that they regularly cause the fame to be
carried away once in every week, at their own expence, and
thrown into the open lots in the swamp, (near the Jews
burying-ground) which are under water.
And it is further directed, that
rOf the South Ward on every Monday,
lOf the Dock Ward on every Tuesday,
I Of the East Ward on every Wednesday,
J Of Montgomery Ward on every
The Inhabitants' Thursday,
•Of the North Ward on every Friday,
I And,
lOf the Weft Ward on every Saturday,
Do cause to be raked together and swept up in heaps on
the streets before their refpeftive dwelling houses, stores
or stables, all the dirt, dust and filth, which the common
intercourse of this city may occasion, in order that the
fame may be taken away by the public carts employed
for that purpose.
Any person or persons, who shall be convi&ed before
the Police of neglect, or refufal to comply with these
orders and directions, shall, for every such offence, be
fined at the diferetion of the Magistrates of Police, in a
fura not exceeding Forty Shillings currency, to be paid
into the hands of the Treasurer of the City Funds, for
the use of the poor.
The inhabitants are also Arialy enjoined ?#d retired
not to enoumber any of & streets, lanes, alleys, w'^fy,,
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flout at % t.s.
per Cent. Published February iB, 173)
a White Loaf of the finelt FLOUR, to
weigh zlb. for , Coppers.
NE W-YOR K
AND
WEEKLY
MoiKty, July io, I„°-
Containing ^ mitett imice#
^ Printed ar HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE AND CROWN, IN HANOVER-SQUARE.
IMonday, to Min. after 4.
Tuesday, 55 Min. afar 4
Wodnefday,49 Min. after 5
Thursday, 3 8 Min. after 6
HIGH-WATER atNEW- YOK K, this W eek.
or piers ot the cuy, won *.:, kind ot lumber that may
limptdethe free passage thereof, on penalty of having th.
[fame removed at uu expence of the Proprietor, and bein>
[fined, at the defcretionof the Police, in a sum not exceed
bog Ten Pounds currency for each offence.
lAad to the end that the salutary intentions of theft
I emulations may be fully answered, I do hereby nominate
had appoint, William Hill, acting officer under thi.
[Proclamation, with inftru&ioDs to report all Delinquents
of the Police.
Given under my hand, in the City of New-York
the sixth day of April, in the year of our Lou
One thousand seven hundred and eighty, and in
the Twentieth year of his Majeftv's reign.
JAMES PATTISON.
By Command of the General,
John L.C Roome, Secretary.
'lbis Day is pubiijhed,
And T® BE SOLD BY
HUGH GAIN E,
At the Bible and Crown H a~over-'quar E,
MEDITATIONS
AND
CONTEMPLATIONS.
In TWO VOLUMES.
Containing,
VOL. I.
Meditations among
the Tombs.
Reflections on a
Flower Garden;
And a Descant on
Creation.
By the late Reverend
JAMES HERVEY, A. M
Rector of Wefon-Favell, in Northamptonshire.
THE SIXTEENTH EDITION.
r
Just published, and to be Jeld by
HUGH GAI N E,
At bis Book-Store in Hanover-Square,i
The Young Clerk's
VADE MECUM:
O R,l
Compleat LAW-TUTOR.,
Being a ufeful Collection of a great Variety of the
most approved Precedents in the Law, and adapt
ed to almost every Tranfa&ion in Life wherein an
Attention to legal Forms is indispensably neces
sary.
And confining chiefly of
Bonds,
Special Conditions,
Letters of Attor-
INEY,
Awards,
Articles of Agree-
I MENT,
Bills of Sale,
Contracts,
[Covenants,
Charter Parties,
Leases,
Assignments,
To which is added, .
A Collection of English Precedents,
Relating to the
l Office of Justice of Peace.
Imported in the lalt vessels from London, and
, to be fold by
HUGH GAIN E,
In HANOVER-SQUARE;
}[,IBLES, Testaments, Spelling Bovks, and;
Primers; Bailey's and Dyche's Dictionaries, 1
[Salmon's Grammar, Young Man's belt Companion/
lYoung Clerk's Vade Mecum, Cherterfield's Letters,
Rollin's ancient Hittory, Smollefs History of Eng
land, and Smollet's History of all Nations, Guthe
rie's History of Scotland, Shakefoeai'sWorks, Pope's
Works, Tatler, Rambler, S; eflator, Tillotfon's
Sermons, Whitefield’s Sermons, Leland's Hittory
of Ireland, Manual of Devotion, Whole Duty of
Man, Elaboratory laid open, Cramer on Metals,
Baron Fabricius's Letters to Charles the XTltb of
Sweden, Wyld's Surveying, Hervey’s Meditations,
Dilworth's Schoolmaster's Assistant, Robinson Ctu
foe; with a few
Family Bibles and Common Prayers.
Y^REAS-the c^artnerlhip EM£EN
and COWENHOVEN, betng differed by
mutual consent, they requett all thole who are in.
debted to said Copartnerfhip, to call and p*.y off
their Accounts to John Remfen, at his store No.
935, Water-street, or to John Cowenhoven, No. 14,
Oueen-ftreet.
WANT EQ
A SMALL House and Store in the Fly Market,
1 or in William-Street, for which a Premium
•will be given. Apply to the Printer. 3W.
Proceedings upon 1
, Distress tor Rent,
Deeds,
Indentures,
Mortgages.
Marriage Articles
Wills,
Fines and Recoveries
Writs,
Declarations and
Proceedings at
Law.
[Friday, 31 Min. after 7
I Saturday, 22 Min. after 8
Sunday, 15 Min. after 9
Full Moon the 16th.
VOL. ir.
CONTEMP! ATIONS Oil
the Night.
Contemplations en
the Starry Hea
vens; and
A Winter Piece.
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THE
* —rM —fort —+% —fl —H — —H —H —H —* a *~^
1 A Sovereign Remedy for the t
f Whooping Cough.j
' Dr. RYA N's *
Incomparable Worm-destroying
SUGAR PLUMB S,
Necessary to be kept in all Families.
SO exceedingly valued by all People who have bad
of them in Great-Britain and Ireland, Jar their
tranjeendent Excellency in the defraying Worms of ah
kinds both in the Bodies of Men, Women, andChtidren,
by not only breaking the Knots in the Duodenum or Gur
next the Stomach, but they pass through the fmallen
Pafag^s of the Body, &a purge aivay the ropy and
(limy Humours <which are the cause of those pernicious
Permin, andthe Source of many oth'r Disorders; they
are one of the bed Purges in the asshole World for grof
bodied Children that are apt to breed Worms, and have
large Bellies • ,their Operation is mild, faje and plea
fant ; they ^wonderfully cleanse the Boauels of all /if
ondclammy Humours aubicb fop up the Paris am
prevent the 'juice of Food being conveyed to the Liver
and made Blood, -which is often the Case -with Children,
2nd is attended with a hard Belly, finking Breath,
Frequent Fevers, Rickets, and a Decay of Strength in
the lower parts 1 Likewifefettled Aches and Palns in
the Head, SweHings, old Sores, Scabs, Tetters, or
Breakings-Out, will be perfectly cur'd, andthe Blood
and Skin refloredto its original Purity, and Smooth
nefs ; they purge by Urine, and bring away the Gra
uel, and effectually cure all Objiruaions of the Urine,
lor Ulcers in the Kidneys. Ihey at once frike at th
true cause of the Scurvy, and entirely defroy it, at ati
fcorbutick Humors and EffeEls, Root and Branch,J
as never to return again, and what makes them mo'
commendable is, they are full as agreeable to both taf'
and fight, as Loaf Sugar - ,and in their Operation a
innocent as new Milk.
I have by these Plumbs cured a great many Children
"of the Whooping-Cough, and Agues, which DiJ
[tempers are ver, common and troublesome to Families,
land the Want oj these Plumbs are the Ruin oj Many
'Children's Confitutions.\
The Plumb is a great Dieurefick, cleaning the Reins',
of Slime-,it expels Wind, and is afovereign Medicins
tin the Cbolick and griping of the Guts. It allays and
carries off four Vapours which eccafon many Difordere
'in the Head. It opens all Obfruftions in the Stomach,
Lungs, Liver, Reins and Bladder; causes a good Ap
petite and helps Digestion. It hath been found won
derfully facelsful to Jucb Persons as are going into
I Chronical Difempers, as Aflbmas, Pbthificks, Short
!refs of Breath, Dropf.es and Yellow Jaundice, Now
\I hope all impartial Persons are fatisfed, that the Me
'dicine which works upon fuels Humours, will almofi
teach any Diflemper, if not too far gone, fate Corru,
Lion and PutrejaElion are the Fore-runners of all Dij
cases; therefore no better PhyJick can be taken for at.
Ages, Sexes and Confitutions, from Infant, to at oD
Age. Sold by HUGH GAINE.
[Farther Advices by the Packet.
M A D R I I), March 27.
Camp at St. Roche, April 6. 'I he enem)
daily encreate their fortifications, exiecif
[their troops, and place cannon on the emi
'nences. They have not fired for some days
past ; and they have sent back to us 303 or
lour prisoners in exchange for a like number of
[theirs, which we have given up. On the 31k
of Maxell the „h battalion of Spanish guards
/entered the camp; and the 16th battalion of
[Walloon guards arrived here on theist ink.
I Paris, April 2. The Court of Madrid has
[given the molt pressing orders for the convoy
destined for Vera Cruz, and the Havannah
to put to sea in the course of this month.
The convoy is to be escorted by 12 (hips of
the line and four frigates, which are defined
to different places ; the King has freighted;
many Merchant fhip 3 for the transportation of
troops to the number of 12.000 men; there!
will only remain a fufticient number of men!
at the camp of St. Roche to guard the lines/
and batteries. The fiegc is no more thought]
of, they only mean to continue the blockade.j
Pref, April 21. The Blips of our squadron
still continue at single anchor. It is not so
much owing to contrary winds that they have
not failed, but on accountof there being 13
English ships cruizing off Ulhant. On th<
15th inst. the frigates I'Amazou and la Survey
lante failed to Beithome with 22 tranfporu,
to wait there for the squadron, but they wer
all obliged to return ®n the 17th. One of tl<
ships, named la Comteffe de Noailles, in g<
ing out with them, ran foul ofle Conquerant
and is much damaged ; happily none of tin
2,0 troops on board her were loft. On tin
:17th the Languedoc took Gre, but by tb
I Wheat per Bufhcl, 265. od.
!Flour, 80s. od.
Brown Bread, 955. od.
Welt-India Rum, ss. 6d.
New-England do. 49. od.
price current, an new-york.
GAZETTE:
T H £
M ER CU R Y.
Mufeovado Sugar, 51. 101.
Single refin'd ditto, is. gd.
Moiaffes, 2s. 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 81. od.
Pork, . 81. 10s.
Speedy assistance given to her (he received very
little damage; it has however occasioned a
'great alarm, as she was near the Royal Louis,
[and but a little distance from several maga
zines•
L O ND O N, April ig.
They write from Stockholm, that his Swe.
diffi Majesty has lately published an ordo
nance which forbids the fubjeds of Sweden
from entering into foreign service: and also
recalls those who are at present engaged in the
army or navy of any foreign Prince, whose
return is fixed to a certain periods
Monday night orders were sent off to Ports
mouth, fur four frigates to be got ready imme
diately to fail for Newcastle and Shields, in
order to convoy a fleet into the Baltic.
Extras of g Letter from Minorca, March 1.
" Yesterday the St. Peter, Capt. Morgan,
arrived in the harbour of Mahon with a large
Ihip called the St. Jerome, which (he took off
Mount Cobbre : she is laden with naval stores,
which they were carrying from Alicant to
Barcelona; and it is apprehended has dollars
concealed among the billatt, for which great
search will be made as soon as ihe can be un
loaded : the latter information has been given
by one of the crew, who is a Portuguese, and
has been offered his liberty and a fiee passage
to his own country; ifhis information proves
true."
Extras rfa Letterfrom Plymouth, April 11.
“ Yesterday the Apollo and Milford frigates
failed from hence on a cruize, in pursuit, it is
laid, of a French privateer, that has been some
time making depredations upon our coast."
Extras of a Letter from Dover, April 10.
" This morning was taken, within aleague
of this port, and brought into our pier,, a
French privateer of 12 guns, called the Re
venge.
lExircHI ExircH of a Letter from Smyrna, March IQ.
" An Englilh letter of marque, of 20 guns
[and 80 men, arrived here the beginning of last
/month, and landed a cargo which she had
[brought from England ; and as soon as ffie had
[done, began to set out for a cruise, and took
125 Turks on board to be at small arms, and,
receive pay and prize money.—This is not un
common here, for several letters of marque
did the fame last war, and took several prizes,
which they received an equal partition of.
I “ During her fitting out, a French mer
chantman came in here with a rich cargo on
,board, flaid ten days, and then departed ; the
letter of marque went to sea three days before
her, and on the loth from her leaving this
port, the returned with the Frenchman as a
prize.—The Captain of the latter vessel has
applied to the Governor for redress, as he pre
tends to fay the capture was made too near
the coast to be lawful ; as yet we know not the
determination."
Extract of a Letter from Portfeouth Dock yard,
Aprils.
" We work very hard here in getting the
men of war ready for sea as fall as possible, as
it is reported the intentions of Government are
to have the grand fleet on the ocean much ear
lier than last year, in order to prevent a junc
tion of the Frem. h and bpariffi iquadron, which
if our flops take a proper Ration, it will be
impossible for them to effect. The Spanish
ships are very fine vessels ; the Dons build good
[hulls, but they equip them badly ; for rigging
they are the worst I ever saw ; their cordage is
'good, but badly set up. They cut a different
figure now, I assure you."
;Extras? of a Letter from Gibraltar, April 29.
" The Spanish fleet unmoored this morning,
and flood to sea at noon ; they were out of
fight to the northward. The Porcupin'e
frigate is gone to watch their motions, tho'
we imagine they are gone for Cadiz to join
their grand fleet, all well."
Extrafl of a Letter from Weymouth, May 4.
“ Yesterday three gentlemen landed out of
a Danish East India ship, and fay th^y left the
Cape of Good Hope in January last. A
French Admiral in a 60 gun flip, another of
ho gans, and five frigates being there, de
tained Captains Gore and Lennox, the two
miffing ships, being afraid to fail, as the,
would be followed. These gentlemen likewise
fay, that the French at the ifla^ds are in the
greatest want of all kinds of stores, provisi
ons, and men : The Ofterly, formerly be
longing to us, but taben bv the French, and
Jiotdgn ano iDomffliu.
Fine Salt, „. do
Coarse Salt, is, do
Indian Corn perßu. ios. do
Coffee, is. do
Chocolate, x6s.pei Do
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