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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
Sir HENRY CLINTON, K. B.
General and Commander in Chief of all his Majes
ty's Forces, within the Colonies laying on the
Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia to Wes-
Florida, inclusive, &c. l^c. 15c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS there are several deserters
from his Majesty's troops, as well as
from the foreign troops under my command,
who are known to be serving with the Enemy,
and who from ajuft refledion upon the infamy
of bearing arms against their Sovereign and
their country, would return to their duty,
did not the fear of punishment deter them: Ido
hereby proclaima free pardon to every desert
er, of whatsoever rank or denomination, who
shall voluntarily surrender himfelf to any of
his Majesty's troops before the firft day of May
next.
Given under my hand, at Head-Quarters, in
New-York, the 23d day of February, 1779.
H. CLINTON.
By his Excellency's Command,
JOHN SMITH, Sec'ry.
4 By his EXCELLENCY
Sir HENRY CLINTON, K. B.
General and Commander in Chief of all his
Majesty's Forces within the Colonies laying
on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia
to Weft-Florida, "inclusive, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.-
PROTECTION and encouragement is here
by given to the possessors of farms and
gardens, to raise plentiful supplies of grain,
orovifions, vegetables, and forage. Whatever
person or persons shall presume to take away,
or destroy any part of the cattle, dock, or other
produce of any farm or garden, or do any
damage to the habitations, garden, orchards,
or lands: destroy or break down the fences,
shall, upon proof thereof, be most severely
punished. Complaint is to be made to the
Commandant of New-York, or to the officer
commanding the nearest post of his Majesty's
This Day are published,
By H. GAIN E,
And to be fold at his Book-Store in Hanover-Squire,
L E T TERR
WRITTEN BY
THE LATE RIGHT HONORABLE
PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE
Earl of Chefierfield,
TO HIS SUN,
I PHILIP STANHOPE, Esq;
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 80s. per Cent.
Published January 22, 1779.
troops.
Given under my Hand at Head-Quarters,
the Eighth Day of March, in the Year
of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hun
dred and Seventy-nine.
H. CLINTON.
By his Excellency's Command,
John Smith, Sec'ry.
PARDO N.
By His Excellency
Sir HENRY CLINTON, K. B.
General and Commander in Chief, of all bis
Majefly's Forces, within the Colonies lying
on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia
to Weft-Florida, inclufae, ^c. ^c. &fc.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the well-known Anxiety of
the Enemy, to keep from the Know
ledge of their Troops every Information,
which might give them a just Idea of their
Situation, may have prevented feme Deserters
from this Army, from reaping the Benefit of
my late Proclamation, of which so many have
happily availed themselves :—I have thought
fit to extend the Term of said Proclamation,
that it may have an Opportunity of being
more generally known : •And Ido hereby
promise A FREE PARDON to every DE
SERTER, who will voluntarily surrender
himfelf to any of his Majeftv's Troops before
the FIRST DAY OF JULY next.
Given under my Hand at Head-Quarters, in
Neve-York, the Fifteenth Day of April,
] 779-'
H. CLINTON.
By his Excellency's Command,
John Smith, Secretary.
Monday, May 3, 1779. THE INo. 1437)
XE W-Y ORK GAZETTE:
AND ffaE
WEEKLY M E R C U R Y.
A White Leaf of the fineftFLOUß, to weigh
? lb. for zi Coppers.
Containing the catlicO aDbices,
^ Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
WHEREAS it has been represented to me,
that innumerable Riots and Disturban
ces have happened in the Streets of the City,
to the great annoyance and apprehension of
the Inhabitants, by Seamen belonging to his
Majesty's Ship's, Transporter, Victuallers, &c.
Notice is hereby Given,
To the several Captains/ Commanders,
and Officers in his Majesty's service, and in
the employ of Government, that they are not,
on any account whatever, to grant leave, or
permit Seamen belonging to their refpe&ve
Ships and Veffeß, to be on (here after dark ;
and should any so far trangrefs, as to be
found .in the Street, after Gun Fire in the
Evening, they will be taken up by the Polite,
arid punished with the Severity, which a
breach of Orders merits.
GEORGE COLLIER.
Rainbow, offNew-York,
9th April, 1779.
*sß^^ ^^^^^
CORNELIUS DUANE,
At Nr. Wash's, next door to Ma Augustus Van
Horne's, Smith-freet, in the boufe formerly
occupied by Dr. F AR QU H A R.
WHERE he pra^ifes the profeffion of a
NOTARY in the fulleft extent and
variety; particularly draws the following wri
tings in the most perfed, legal, and commercial
methods, viz. Protests for damages of Ves
sels sustained from various causes, ditto for
Bills of Exchange for non-acceptance ditto
for non-payment, Charter Parties, wills,
POWERS of ATTORNEY, AWARDS, ARTICLES
of AGREEMENT, BILLS ofsALE, CONTRACTS,
COVENANTS, LEASES, ASSIGNMENTS, DEEDS,
indentures, &c. &c. &c. the above perform
ed with the greatest accuracy and dis
patch. Constant attendance from fix in the
morning to seven in the evening.
N. B. Public notice will be given when
and where his office will be opened.
SR. Hochfuerftlichen Durchlaucht des Regie
renden Herrn Landgrafen zu Helfen
hoechft bellellter General Lieutenant,undCom
mandeur en Chef des in Kceniglich Grosbrit
tannifehem folde ftehenden Auxiliair Corps
Fuerftlich Heffischer Trouppen, Chef eines
Fusilier Regiments und Ritter derer Fuerftlich
Heffifchen Ordens, &c. Ich Wilhelm von
Knypbaufen thue kund, und einem Jeden,
so es angehet, hietmit zu wiffen:
Nachdem seine Exceilentz der Koeniglich
Gros-Britannifehe General en chef, Sir Henry
Clinton, K. B. unterm zgten February diefes
Jahrs, einen General Pardon suer alle und
Jede Deferteures von der Kceniglichen Armee
erlaffen haben, welche fich vor dem 1 ten
nechltkuenftigen Monaths May, bey denen
Kceniglichen Trouppen von felbft wieder her
ftellen werden; und Ich dann in betracht,
daiz vielleicht verfchiedne Deferteurs von dem
meinem Commando anvertrauten Corps Fuer
ftlich Heffischer Trouppen der Engleandifchen
fprache unkundig feyn mcechten, suer ncethig
finde, felbigen folches in Ihrer Landes Sprache
bekannt zu machen, und vor fie deshalb ob
gedachten Termin zu verlaengern : Als er
theile Ich hiermit alien und Jeden vom
Heffischen Corps in Nord-America defertirten
unter Officiers und Gemeinen, auch folchen,
welche etwa bey denen Feinden Dienfte ge
nommen haben, die aber das fchaendliche
Verbrechen der begangenen meineydigen
Desertion bereuen, und zu der, der Crone
Gros Britannien geleifteten Eydes Pflicht, und
Ihrem Durchlauchtigtten Landes Fuerften
fehuldigen Trene und Ge Q 1 zuruckkehren
wollen, wenn fie fich v ten Tag des
naechft kuenftigen Men jeny bey der
Kceniglichen armeee ein,:;.. nd bey ihren
Regimentern darauf lluk^ werden, einen
freyen und vollftaendigen Pardon also und der
geftalt, dafz fie nicht nur von aller Leibes
Straffe, fondern auch von der Confifcation
Ihres in Heffen habenden Vermcegens be/reyet
feyn follen.•
Gegeben unter meiner Hand im Haupt-
Quartier, zu New-York,den 2, ten Martii^y/g.
KNYPHAUSEN.
Auf Befehl Sr. Lxcellentz.
Justin Henrich Motz, Ober-Auditeur.
Monday, 28 Min. after 11
Tuesday, 16 Min. aftei 12
Wednesday, 5 Min. aftei 1
Thursday, 52 Mm. after 1
HIGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, this Week.
General Pardon.
Public Notary,
Friday, 4o Min,after '2
Saturday, 25 Min. after 3
Sunday, io Min. after 4
Firs Quarter the Sth.
Office of Police, April 12, 1779.
m INFORMATION having been lodged at
I this Office, that perlons bringing flour
and meal for sale to this city, have exacted
from th^ purchasers, premiums for their trou
ble in bringing such flour and meal to market,
in addition to the regulated price ; and also that
the retailers of flour and meal in this city, do
aik and receive greater prices than the estab
lished rates; for the prevention whereof in
future, the inhabitants are hereby call'd upon
to give information at this office of any prac
tices repugnant to the regulations established
by the Commandant in his Proclamation of
the 22d of January Jaft, in order that offend
ers may be punished.
ANDREW ELLIOT, Superintendent Gen.
DAVID MATHEWS, Mayor.
PETER DUBOFS, Magistrate ofPolice.
By Order of the Commandant.
NOTICE is hereby given, that permissi
on will be granted by the Police to any
persons properly recommended, who may in
cline to employ themselves in filing with
seines or otherwise, any where within the pro
tection of his Majesty's ships for the purpose
of fuppying the markets of this city.
ANDREW ELLIOT, Superintendent Gen.
DAVID MATHEWS, Mayor.
PETER DUBOIS, Magistrate of Police.
Office of Police,
April 12, 1779.
Q^^xfo^^:^,Q^ifo^djiff^ife^-M^^,
Thursday Evening lajt his Majesty's Packet Boat the
Grantham, Ca,t. Bull, arrived here in
40 Days from Falmouth, by whom cue have
, the following Advices, viz.
From the LONDON GAZETTE.
Whitehall, Feb. 22, 1779.
Extras of a letter from Valentine Morris, Esq;
Governor of the Jjland of St. Vincent, to Lord
^/George Germaine, dated St. Vincent, 'January
, I and 3, 1779.
MY duty and the times oblige me to be
very troublesome in my correspondence,
but as I have great reason to believe Admiral
And as the King's, service has fuffered ma
terially by Privateers, Letters of Marque, and
Merchant Vessels inticing Seamen to desert,
they are to take Notice, that whatever Ship or
Vessel shall be found to harbour a Deserter, or
in which a Deserter shall be found, will have
every Man (except the Commander) without
Exception, impressed for his Majesty's Service,
and it is fignified to them that the Excuse of
not knowing him to be a Deserter will not avail
or be received, unless the Proof is perfectly
clear, that neither the Owners, Matter, or
Mate, knew of his being fnch.
But if notwithstanding the Mercy held out
to Offenders who have left their Ships, there
should yet be any so incorrigible as to persist in
their Crime, and not return to the service, they
may depend upon being proceeded against if
taken, with the utmost Severity, and punished
with Death if the Court Martial shall sentence
them to it.
Given on board His Majeftv's Ship the
Rainbow, off New-York, the 13th Day
of April 1779.
GEORGE COLLIER,
By Command of the Commodore,
JOHN MARR, Secr'y.
By Sir GEORGE COLLIER, Commodore,
and Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's
Ships and Vessels employed in America, from
the North Cape on the Island Cape Breton to
the Bahama Blands, and Florida i^clufive^
WHEREAS many Seamen have been late
ly inveigled from His Majesty's service
into Privateers, Letters of Marque and Mer
chantmen, owing often to Drunkenness and
wantof Consideration of the heavy Penalty at=
tending such a Crime, which is Death by the
Sentence of a Court Martial.
And whereas I have had it represented to me
that several of such Deserters repenting oftheir
Offence, are only refrained from returning to
their Ships thro' fear of Punishment.
I hereby think proper to give Notice, that
such Seamen or Marines who will return either
to their own Ship, or if she is not present, to
any other Ship or Vessel of his Majesty's, ac
knowledging their Crime, and claiming the
Benefit of this Proclamation, shall be pardon
ed their Desertion, provided they give them
selves up within a Kalendar Month from the
Date hereof.
Wheat per Buffiel, 265. od.
Flour, 80s. ed.
Brown Bread, 95 s * od.
Welt-India Rum, ss. 6d,
New-England do. 4 L od.|
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YOKK.
Mufcovado Sugar, §l, ros.
Single refin'd ditto, 1; gd.
Molasses, 2s. 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 81. od.
Pork, 81. los.
fete^ ^rc Doru^kh
Kingfon, Dec. 19, T77S.
ON thurfday the 10th inst. arrived at Bar
badoes from New-York, a considerable
body of very fine troops,commanded by M for
general James Grant, under convey of the fol
lowing vessels, viz. Pretlon of 50 guns. Com
modore Hotham, St. Alban's, or 6.,, Captain
Onflow, Monmouth,oF64, Capt. Griffith, Isis,
of 50, Capt. Rayner, Centurion of 30, Capt.
Braithwaite, the Carcass bomb, feme frigates,
&c. and on the faturcay following they failed
(joined by Admiral Barrington and his fleet)
on an "expedition againit St. Lucia, where the,
arrived the next day, and landed the troops
without opposition, at l'Ance Chee, a little to
windward of the Carenage.
On the evening of the 1 3th the Pearl fri
gate, Capt. Lindsay, arrived at Baibadges from
Rhode-lfiand. She was dispatched by Admiral
Byron the 17th of November, to apprise Ad
miral Barrington, that d'Eftaign, with 1;
Ships failed from Bolton the 3d of November,
as was supposed for these seas. The Pearl ar
rived at Antigua the 4th of Degem. id not
finding Admiral Barrington there, pr^eded
immediately for Bar badges, About 7 leagues
to windward of Antigua she fell in with a
Dutchman, who had been boarded the night
before 18 leagues to the windward of Defeada
by one of the 7 .French men of war fromßofton.
Capt. Lindsay, to be certain of the fa&, sent
for the Capt. and his log-book, in which he
found the circumstances clearly related. The
French flips were cruising, and when they
spoke the Dutchman,landing to the northward
but afterwards put about, and flood to tbe
fouthward.lt is presumed the rest of d'Edaing's
squadron were cruinng to windward of Barba
does, as some vessels were seen from thence the
day the fleet failed, which caused an alarm to
be fired there. Byron's squadron, it seems, was
driven from the mouth of Boston harbour, in a
gale of wind, theist of November, and went
to Rhode-lfland, from whence he was to fail
in two or three days after Capt. Lindsay/; so
that in all probability, ere this, he is arrived
at Barbadoes, which is the place of rendezvous.
Immediately after the arrival of the Pearl, who
was much difabled,theßoreas failed with Capt.
Lindsay's dispatches to the Admiral. The Bo
reas went away with the fleet, but sprung her
sore-top-mast, which obliged her to put back.
Extrafl from the St. Vincent Gazette and General
Adverrifer, of Saturday, Dec. ig, 1778, rfr
red to in the above Letter.
Barrington is too ciofely blocked up at St.
Lucia co give your I/odlhip any information
respecting himfel', 1 luffer, notwithstanding
the present embargo, a vessel to fail 'from
hence bound to Lancaster, in o r der to acquaint
your Lordihip, additional to what ir, lad f
December zg, anc ..,r
which is pretty txa& ^a: on Fw od^ iZh^t,
Admiral Barrington was n/'Juft!; bl eked up
at St. Lu^ia, that twodtferent teffels fh^e
sent to give him inteUi mcc, ::;d to. receive
such, could not vat '0 boo On the 29th a
nother vessel I had foie to Barbadoc's, to (corn
if Admiral Byjon &,as arrived, whenv . ,5
leagues of the lapd, as an ±:• •b^.c'- v:TT,
with Dutch rzxi^ ^ere cbo.ed by Cunning
ham, ( /he ;..:ely inferred the British sea)
qui.e to the ports, of iitis IflacT, thr Dutch
vessel having been brought to, and long de
tained by Cunningham; the Captain and a
passenger learntSy the crew that Byron was
not yet arrived, altho' eight of his vessels only
were by the French expected hourly; and
Cunningham was with others cruizing i there,
to carry the news to D'U&aing when he ihould
arrive.
I have another fwift-failing schooner, which
I sent with letters from Admiral Barrington to
Barbadoes, and which he entreated me, if pel
fible, to get conveyed thither. I have directed
the Captain of her to proceed to the Admiral,
if possible, after going to Bai badoes. 1 wild
he may be able to effied it.
January 3. Nothing could have happened
more opportunely, for the immediate fahtvof
this island, than the happy news Uie inclofea
contains, of which i beg leave to congratulate
your Lordship. it came by a person whom I
have sent to the Admiral. A french frigate ar
rived from Boston to Martinico, which occasi
oned the French fleet and troops quitting St.
Lucia.
;Fire Salt, „, 6d
Coarse Salt, is. cd
Indian Corn perßu. 19$. od
Coffin, is. cd
Chocolate,' 265. per Do