The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1777-06-30 00:00:00, page 1

By His Excellency
Sir WILLIAM HOWE,
Knight of the most Honorable Order of the
Bath, one of His Majesty's Commissioners
for restoring Peace to the Colonies, General
and ' Commander in Chief of all His Maje
fly's Forces within the Colonies lying on
the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia to
Weft-Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION,
WHEREAS a plentiful Supply of
Vegetables, and of frefh Provisi
ons of all Kinds, will greatly tend
to the Preservation of the Health
of His Majeffy's Troops and others; and the
railing large Quantities of Hay, and other
Forage, will very much conduce to His Ma
jesty's Service, as well as be of general Ule :
In Order therefore to give all due Encourage
ment to all His Majesty's liege Subjects, so
that they may chearfully exert themselves in
railing such Supplies, under a full Assurance
of enjoying all possible Protection in so doing,
I have thought fit to issue this Proclamation,
ftri&ly charging and commanding, that no
Person or Persons whomsoever, under any
Colour or Pretence whatsoever, presume to
trespass upon any Inclofure belonging to any
other Person or Persons, or to take or carry
away any Produce from the Owner or Owners
thereof, or to break down, destroy, or in any
Manner injure any Inclofure or Fences what
soever, now Handing, or hereafter to be eroded,
as they will answer for the fame at their Peril.
And to the End that this Proclamation may be
more grisly observed, I do hereby further
charge, require, and command all Officers,
Soldiers, and others, to seize and deliver over
to any Officer commanding any Part of His
Majesty's Forces, or to the Provost Marlhal,
all such Persons as they (hall find adingin Dis
obedience hereto, in order that such Offenders
may be brought to condign Punishment for the
fame; hereby declaring that any Negled
herein Shall be considered and punished as a
Breach of Orders. Andl do further charge
and require the commanding Officers of any
of His Majesty's Force:, and Provost Marlhal,
from Time to Time to receive into Custody all
such Offenders as shall be brought to them as
aforefaid, and duly to make Report thereof.
Given under my Hand at Head Quarters,
in New-York, the Twentieth Day of
March, <77.
W. HOWE.
By His Excellency's Command,
Robert ^Mackenzie, Sec'ry.
By His EXCELLENCY
Sir WILLIAM HOWE,
Knight of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
one of His Majesty's Commissioners for restoring
Peace to the Colonies, General and Commander
in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces within the
Colonies lying on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova
Scotia to Welt Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
YM7HEREAS for the more speedy and dFe&ipl
VV Suppression of the unnatural Rebellion sub
sisting in North-America, it has been thought proper
to levy a Number of Provincial Troops, thereby
affording to his Majesty's faithful and well-dis
posed Subjects, Inhabitants of the Colonies, an Op
portunity to co-operate in relieving Themselves from
the Miseries attendant onAnatch) and Tyranny, and
in restoring theßieffings of Peace and Order with just
and lawful Government: As a Reward for the
Promptitude and Zeal wherewith his Majesty's
faithful SUbjeffs have entered into the Corps now
raising, and as a further Encouragement to others to
fallow their laudable Example, J do hereby, in Con
sequence of Authority to Megiven by his Majesty
promise and engage, That'all Persons who have, or
do hereafter, inlift into any of the said Provincial
Corps, to Serve for two Years, or during the present
War in North-America, and shall continue faithfully
to serve inany of the faidCorps agreeable to such their
Engagements, flrall, after being reduced or diSbanded
obtain, according to their refp< &ive Stations, Grants
ff the following Quantities of vacant Lands in the
Colonies wherein their Corps have been or shall be
railed, or in such other Colony as his Ma JEST Y shall
think fit.
Every Non-commissioned Officer 200 Acres,
Every private Soldier, 50 de.
The fame to be granted to such of the said Non
commissioned Officers and Soldiers as Shall, personally
apply for the f..me, by the Governor of the ref
peaive Colonies, withcutFee or Reward, lubjed at
, the Expiration of Ten Years to the fame Quit-Rent^
Mcnday, June 30, 1)77;
N E W-YORK
AND
WEEK LY
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 30s. per Cent.
A White Loaf of the fineft FLOUR, to weigh
gib. 40Z. for 14 Coppers, and in the fame
Proportion for Loaves of a lesser Weight.
Published "January 10, 1777.
Containing tbe earliea aobicea
0 Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, IN HANOVER-SQUARE.
as other Lands are fobjed to in the Province within
which they Shall be granted, and fubjeft to the fame
Conditions of Cultivation and Improvement.
GIVEN under my Hand, at Head Quarters,
in New-York, the 21st Day of April, 1777.
W. HOWE.
By His Excellency's Command,
Robert Mackenzie, Sec'ry.
Office oj Lommtyary-General, Mew-Fork, June 12,
1777.
WHEREAS his Excellency Sir WILLIAM
HOWE, General and Commander in Chief
of His Majesty's Forces, hath thought fit to order
and diie& Magazines of Forrage to be eftablilhed,
for the bet.er Supplying of the troops under his
Excellency's command : Notice is hereby given to
the several Land-holders, Farmers, and others, upon
Yoik-Ifland, Long-Island, and Staten-Island, who
may be able to Supply the laid Magazines with Hay,
Straw, Oats, and Indian Corn; that the following
raes will be paid for the fame, viz.
Good Fresh Hay, at the rate of Five Shillings per
Hundred Weight.
Straw, at Two Shillings per Hundred Weight.
Oats and Indian Corn, according to its quality.
And for the better encouragement of such persons
to supply the said Magazines, an allowance of One
Shilling per Mile, for every Ten Hundred weight,
will be paid, over and above the price Stipulated
aforefaid, for the carriage of the fail Forrage to the
refpedive Magazines hereafter mentioned, viz.
YORK ISLAND.
King's-Bridge, Marlton's Wharf, City of New-
York.
LONG-ISLAND.
Brooklyn Ferry, Hempftead-Harbour, Oyster-Bay,
Great-Neck.
STATEN-ISLAN D.
Cole's-Ferry, Decker's-Ferry.
At which said several places proper persons will be
appointed to receive the fame, to ascertain the weight
thereof, and to certify the delivery : and upon cer
tificates, ascertaining such weight and delivery, being
produced at this Office, the^faid Forrage will be paid
for immediately.
H's Majesty's Service requiring tbefe Magazines to
be est blifhed as soon as the season will permit, it is
expected and required that all persons who raise for
rage, do furni/h a certain quantity, proportionable
to the produce of each person refpe&ively.
Daniel Wier,
Commissar, General.
TraK^^i^ R^rere^w^mux&^A^^^
8, f be Swallow Packet, Capt. Robinson,
who arrived here las Thursday, tn 40 Days
from Falmouth, we have the following Ad
vices, viz.
„ MADRI D, March 14.
AN event has happened here which
causes some apprehensions of an at
tempt against the life of our monarch,
of which the following are the particulars :
In the night of the 3d of this month one of
the guards, in the apartment where the King
Sleeps, hearing a noise, gave the alarm, upon
which the King's officers and the life-guards
immediately assembled, and searching all the
rooms, they found in the anti chamber a rope
ladder tied to the balcony, and near it a poig
nard and a little bag, which contained instruc
tions for the person who was to make use of.it.
His design is not yet known, and although
near 30 persons have been taken up on sus
picion, yet it does not appear that any of
them are the people actually concerned jn this
affair, which, from the circumstances, appears
to have been designed for an attempt against
the life of our King. Since the discovery the
guard has been doubled, and patroles set on
foot.
Hague, April 2. Sir Joseph Yorke, the Eng
lish Ambassador, has had a conference with
the President of the States General, and with
the Members of Government.
Conflantinople, Feb. 16. The fucce's of our
arms against the Persians has not yet been con
firmed, any more than the report of the Death
of the Regent. We are so much taken up with
our differences with Russia that we hardly think
of 'our affairs in Asia; nevertheless, it is not
yet determined, whether war is openly to be
declared with the Court of Peterfburgh or not.
The Grand Signior seems as wavering on that
head as ever, and has frequent visits with the
Divan about it. On one hand the effects of the
late war are too severely felt to hazard another,
if it can be avoided ; whilst on the other. Go
vernment does not care to give up any part of
the advantages of the navigation of the Black
Sea, through the Dardanelles, to arival power;
particularly as it is imagined Russia not or^y
Monday, 2 Min. after 5
Tuesday, o Min. aftel 6
Wednesday, 49 Min. after 6
Thursday, 45 Min. after 7
HIGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, this Week.
THE
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Friday, 48 Min. after 8
Saturday, 41 Min. after 9
Sunday, 34, Min. after 10
New Moon next Friday.
wants to trade in those parts, but to bring
ammunition and warlike stores into that sea,
as it appears from the cargoes of the two vessels
which were flopped and unladen in our porfo
These considerations alarm Government very
much. The Ries Effendi has, it is said, decla
red to Mr. Stachieff, that notwithstanding the
desire the Porte has to fatisfy Russia, it is not
possible that that Power can be granted a fr^e
passage, without agreeing to the cuftem of this
port, which would prevent any merchandize
from being sent into the Black Sea, but such as
was refused here. No one, nor even does
Government think that the Court of Peterf
burgh will agree to this; so that we are pre
paring againit the worst. Considerable bodies
of men are raising, and the whole empire is in
motion, as if it were at the eve ofa war. Our
arsenals, founderies, and dock-yards, are all
fully employed.
Notwithstanding the appearances of a rup
ture, we have Still some hopes that matters will
be accommodated between our Court and
that of Russia, as two Ruffian Blips have just
landed here some ammunition and other ef
feds which they had on board, and afterwards
failed for the White Sea, with passports from
the Grand Signior, in order to go and load
with corn in the gulph of Volo (on the coast
of Macedonia) on the account of our Govern
ment. Another Ruffian Ship is this moment
arrived in our port from Leghorn, laden with
various English commodities, on the account
of the merchants established in this capital.
Hanover, March 17. The new war in the
Levant makes a great noise. It is said that
Mr. Stachieff, the Ruffian Minister, is upon
the point of quitting Constantinople, Since the
answer of the Divan, who have determined in
favourof war, though it is a matter of wonder
what could induce them to this decision in the
present circumfcances. In the interim, Russia
is arming a fleet at Azow. The campaign will
open in the canal of Constantinople by sea,
whilst the Ruffian army, already possessed of
Crimea, will make a diversion on that fide.
Rome, April 5. The Duke and Duchess of
Glocefter, after Staying here one year and four
mohths, intend leaving this city the 15th of
this month. It is said their Royal Highnesses
are going to pass the summer in Switzerland.
L O ND O N,
April 8. A private letter from Lisbon brings
advice, than an American privateer of twenty
guns had put into the Tagus, but was ordered
to depart immediately, which She did, and
the next day off the rock of Lisbon, fell in
with two flout Portuguese merchant-Ships,
which the privateer made prizes of, and car
ried off with her.
Letters from Stade, dated March 21, tell
us, that the Brunswick recruits to fill up the
body of their troops in their English pay were
reviewed that morning by Colonel Faucit, and
after taking the oatli of .fidelity, they were
embarked on board three transport vessels,
which were to carry them on board two Eng
lish transport Ships waiting in the Elbe to take
them on board, in order to fail for America.
We learn from Corke, that a French Schooner
bound to Nantz, was Stopped on the 26th ult.
at Cove, and Several letters found on board her
directed to the rebels in America. These let-,
ters are supposed to have been written by some
friends of the Americans in that city.
Advices received yesterday from Amsterdam
declare, that the late dispute between the
States General and Sir Joseph York have been
amicably adjusted.
No less than two and twenty foreign noble
men, exclusive of German Barons, are at pre
sent in London, which is more than ever was
known before.
Agreeable to the contrasts made five months
Since, we Shall have twenty new frigates afloat
next month, it being foecified in the above
contrasts, that they Should be built in fix
months.
April 15. Yesterday Sir Henry Clinton had
a conference with his Majesty, previous to his
departure for America, which will be in a very
few days.
Some Ihftru&ions to his Majesty's Commis
sioners in America, are now preparing, which
will be entrusted to the care of General Clin
ton.
Thy write from Mentz, that the transports
with the Hanau troops on board for America,
palled by that city theist instant These
Wheat per Bulhel, ,s. od.
Flour, 30s. od.
Brown Bread, 255. od.
Welt-India Rum, Bs. od.
Nev-England do. ss. od.
t/7 t^ 74c-]
GAZETTE?
THE
MERC U R Y.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
Mufcovado Sugar, fl.
Single refin'd ditto, 2s.
Molasses, 3s.
Beef- per Barrel, 90s.
Pork, 51.
Foreign anu DcmefhCß.
troops consist of a body of chaifeurs, all young
fellows, between the ages of 17 and zq years,
the greatest part perfect in their exercises, and
all seemed happy and fatisfied. Aft'ei ^e
Lieutenant-Governor of Mentz had been on
board, and had fatisfied himfclf t! ut F.ere
were among them no native's of that ci.y,
thd vessels continued their rout for England.
Extract of a letter from Gofbort, April 14.
" Saturday last failed from St. Helen's, his
Majesty's Ship Fou'droy net, on a cruize.
“ Yesterday evening failed from St. Helen's,
his Majesty's Ship Romney, Admiral Mounta
gue, and the Squirrel Sloop, with a fair vied,
bound to Newfoundland.
" His Majesty's frigate Blond, is under *
ing orders, bound to Quebec, fuppefed° :
part of the foreign troops."
On Tliurfday the Lords with white ft
waited on his Majesty at St. James's, with'
address voted by the House of Peers on V
nefday, in anf.ver to his Majedy's meh
relative to the debt of the civil lilt. To wK
address his Majesty made a most gracious ar, 1-
fiver.
The House of Commons, in a Committee
of Supply, on W^dnefday, came to the fol-,
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That there be granted, 618,340!.
9s. 6d. to his Majesty, to difeharge his debts
and arrears due and owing upon the civil lift,
on the gth of January last ; and
That for the better supply of his Majesty's
houfhold, and for the honour and d, njtypf
the Crown, there be granted to Ids M ^efty,
during his life, out of the aggregate fund, the
clear yearly sum of 100,000!. to commence
from the sth of January, over and above the
800,0001. fettled on his Majekv, by aft of
Parliament, on his accedion to the thy, re.
April if His Majesty's Ship Triden:, of 64
guns, now at Chatham, is put into ejmmifli
on, the command of which is given to Capt.
Digby.
The following authentic article of intelli
gence will prove the full,eft refutation of the
various ,accounts of the prodigious Succours
and affiilances given by the Court of France
to our rebellious colonies : —The Marquis de
Fayet, an officer in the French army, nearly
related to the Duke de Noailles, and possessed
of a very large fortune, took it into his head
that he would embark for America, to join
the Provincial forces with a certain number of
his dependents; but knowing that the French
Ministry, so far from countenancing such a
measure, would immediately prevent it by an
arrest, if it came to their knowledge,—he
came over to England some fews weeks Since,
and purchased an elegant frigate that was late
ly built for the use of a lady ; She failed im
mediately for Rochelle to take in her guns,
and the necessary stores for her voyage to the
other fide the Atlantic, which being completed,
the Marquis with his whole suite embarked,!
and left the port about an hour before a lettre de
catchet arrived in pursuit of him ; a storm how
ever arising almost immediately afterwards,
the frigate loft her foremaft, in consequence of
which She was obliged to put into Rochelle
that night to refit, when he and his whole re
tinue were taken into custody, and carried to
Paris under ^ strong guard, where they are
now confined close prisoners, waiting for the
sentence of his Majesty on this extraordinary
tranfadion.
The French King having Signified his royal
approbation for any of his officers joining the
forces of his friendly brother his Britannic
Mafefty, in support of his just authority ever
his rebellious colonies ; several French mili
tary gentlemen are about to follow the exam
ple of Cpunt Bulkley, by embarking immedi
ately for America, as volunteers in the British
army.
Apr^l 19. Yesterday General Clinton, and
his nephew, with a grand retinue, set out for
Portsmouth, to embark for America, as did
several other officers of the army.
Extrafl of a Letter from Chatham, April 16.
" Our artificers and workmen carry on their
work here with the greatest dispatch and ala
crity, owing to the encouragement given them
to work two tides a day ; the following Arps
are now building in this dock-yard, viz. or
midable, of 90 guns ; Montague, of 74;
Alfred, of 64; Leander, of 50 ; T' ! A, cf
44 ; and Nymph, of 14."
It is publickly fid, that his Majesty will
review the grand squadron which is r -^ez-
los.q Fine salt; tos. ri
9d.;Ccarfe Salt, Bs. 0%
6d.!lndian Corn per Bu. 6s'. 63
od. I Coffee, 1?. 9I
lOS. ; Chocolate, 265. per Do.