The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1777-05-19 00:00:00, page 1

By His Excellency
Sir WILLIAM HOWE,
Knight of the most Honorable Order of the
hath, one of His Majesty's Commissioners
for restoring Peace to the Colonies, General
and Commander in Chief of all His Maje
sty'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
©,f His Majesty's Troops and others; and the
tiffing large Quantities of Hay, and other
Forage, will very much conduce to His Ma
jesty's Service, as well as be of general Use :
In Order therefore to give all due Encourage
ment to all His Majesty's liege Subjects, so
that they may cheaffully exert themselves in
railing such Supplies, under a full Affiance
of enjoying all polfible Protection in so doing,
I have thought fit to issue this Proclamation,
flridly charging and commanding, that no
Ferfon or Persons whomsoever, under any;
Colour or Pretence wWatfoever, presume to
trespass upon any Incloture belonging to any
other Perlon 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
feever, now Handing, or hereafter to be erected,
as they will answer for the lame at.their Peril.
And to tlie lLnd that this Proclamation-may be
more ftridly observed, 1 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 Marshal,
allfuch Persons as they Ihall find anting in Dis
obedience hereto, in order that such Offenders
may be brought to condign Punishment for the
fame; heieby declaring that any Neglect
herein Ihall be considered and punished as a
Breach of Orders. And I do further charge
2nd require the commanding Officers of any
of His Majesty's Forces, and Provost Marlhal,
from Time to Time to receive into Cudody all
such Offenders as Ihall 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, 1777.
W. HOWE.
By His Excellency's Command,
Robert Mackenzie, Sec'ry.
By HisEXCELLENC Y
Sir WILLIAM HOWE,
Knight of the Most H adorable Older of the Bath,
one of His Majdty's Commitfioners for restoring
Peace to the Colonies, General and Commander
in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces within the
Colonics lying on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova
Scotia to Well Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
%Y 7 HEREAS for the more speedy and effectual
^y Suppieffion of the unnatural Rebellion lub
fiftihg 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 Themftlve^fiom
the Miseries attendant on Anarchy and Tyranny, and
in restoring the Bleffmgs of Peace and Order with just
and lawful Government: As a Reward for the
Promptitude and Zeal wherewith his Majesty's
faithful Subjects have entered into the Corps now
raising, and as a further Encouragement to others to
follow their laudable Example, I de heieby, in Con
sequence of Authority to Me given by his Majesty
promise and engage, That all Persons who have, or
do hereafter, inlift into any of the said Provincial
Corps, to fervefor 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, shall, after being reduced or disbanded
obtain, according to their r,efp dive Stations, Grants
of the following Quantities es vacant Lands in the
Colonies wherein their Corps have been or thill be
raised, or in such other Colony as his Majest Y Ihall
&hink fit.
Every Non-commiflioned Officer 200 Acres,
Every private Soldier, 50 do.
The fame to be granted to such of the said Non
eommiflioned Officers and Soldiers as shall peifoually
apply, for the fame, by the Governor of the ref
pe&:ve Colonies, without Fee or Reward, fubjed at
the Expiration of Ten Years to the fame Quit-R nts
as other Lands are fubjed to in die Province within
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 30s. per Cent.
A White Loaf of the fineft FLOUR, to wejgh
glb. 40Z. fer 14 Coppers, and in the fame
Proportion for Loaves of a lesser Weight.
published January 10, 1777.
Monday, May 19, 1777.
NEW-YORK
AND
WEEKLY
Containing tbe catties Unices
^ Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, IN HANOVER-SQUARE.
which they shall be granted, and fubjid to the fame
Conditions of Cultivation and Improves ent.
GIVEN under my Hand, at Head Quarters,
in New-York, the zilt Day of April, 1777.
W. HOWE.
By His Excellency's Command,
Robert Mackenzie, Sec'ry.
By His Excellency
Sir WILLIAM HOWE,
Knight of the molt Honorable Order of the
Bath, General and Commander in Chief of
all His Majesty's Forces within the Colonies
lying ° n the Atlantic Ocean,fromNova-Sco
tia to Well Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS many Inconveniences arise
from Merchants and others, in this
City, charging their Goods and Wares in
Sterling Money, instead of the Currency of
the Province.
I have therefore thought fit to issue this Pro
clamation, hereby ftridly charging and com
mauding, that the Prices asked for all Goods,
I Wares, Merchandises, and Provisions, here
. after to be fold in this City, shall be in Cur-
Irtncy, agreeable to the following Rates: A
Guinea weighing 5 Pennyweight 7 Grains,
Oue Pound Seventeen Shillings and Four
pence; a Half Johannes 9 Pennyweight 3
Grains, Three Pounds Four Shillings ; a Moi
dore 6 Pennyweight zz Grains, Iwa Pounds
Eight Shillings; a Spanilh milled Dollar,
Eight Shillings; an English Shilling, One
Shilling and Nine Pence; of which all Per
funs are to take Notice, and govern them
selves, —under Pain of military Execution.
Given under my Hand, at New-York, the
Thirtieth Day of April, in the Seven
teenth Year of His Majesty's Reign.
W. HOWE.
By His Excellency's Command,
Robert Mackenzie, Sec'ry.
By Major General
ROBERT PIGO T,
'Commandant in New-York.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS great Numbers of the
Citizens and soldiers, make it a con-I
ftant Practice to throw the Dirt and Filth out 5
of their Houses and Yards, into the Streets ;
and Lanes of this City ; which not only ren-1
tiers f me of the Streets almoh impassable, but ]
may tend greatly to injure the Wealth of thel
Inhabitants.
I have therefore thought fit to issue this|
Proclamation, hereby ihidly charging and|
commanding all and every Person within thisl
City, who have already thrown any Dirt or
Filth into the Streets, immediately to cause 1
the fame to be removed: And I do herebyl
ftridlv forbid all Persons for the future placing
any Dirt or Filth in the Streets or Lynes of
I t is City ;of which all Persons are to take
Notice and govern thenrfelves accordingly,
under pain of "Military Execution.
GIYE N under my Hand at New-York, the
Tenth Day of May, in the Seventeenth Year
of His Majefi's Reipn.
Rt. PIGOT, M. G.
And Commandant in He<w York.
HUMOURG H, Feb. 7^
OUR letters from Peterfburgh give an
account of the revenues and expences
of the Ruffian empire; the funner of
which amount to the annual sum of 17,130,610
roubles, and the latter, including pensions,
presents, &c. amount to 14,208,537 roubles.
In the account of the revenues, the specie
current in the empire is not reckoned, on ac
count of the .great variation in it, and that
part of it particularly regards the mines.
Brufoick Feb. 4. Frederic Wm. Zacharis,
Profeffor of the Belles Letters, and well known
for his excellent competitions in poetry, cied
here the 30th of last month.
Lisbon, fan. 14. The newborn Princess,
daughter of the Princess of Brazil, died the
zzd of December.
Paris, Feb. 10. Although the Turkish na
tion is not a commercial one, and consequent
ly it can be of little confequehce to those
who trade in their country, yet their cbfti
; nacy in not executing the treaty with Russia,
iwhich obliges them to receive the Ruffian
HIGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, this Week.
Monday, 7 Min. after 7 Friday, 24. Min. after 10
Tuesday, 49 Min. aftei 7 Saturday, 52 Min. after 10
Wednesday, 31 Min. aftei 8 Sunday, 40 Mm. after si
Thursday, 16 Min. after 9 Full Moon the nd.
THE
Merchants, makes it apprehended that they
will bring a war on themselves, which may
be of worse consequences than the last.
Warfu^w, Feb. 5. The new taxes which
were laid on by the last Diet meet with foine
difficulty in the collecting of them, and cause
great murmuring again,ft the Permanent Coun
cil, which affembiy having ifiued aut an or
dinance to colled the flamp duy, great com
plaints were made againit it. One of the
Nuncios of the Diet in particular has entered
a protest against it, which is placed in the
Grodt.
Vienna, Feb. 8. We hear from Precop, that
the rebellious Taitars in Crimea had laid a
plot with rhe Baffa of Oezokow, and the No
gai and Budziak Tartars to assassinate all the
Ruffians upon an appointed day, and to take
possession of the places' they occupied; but
happily some of the faithful Tartars discover
ed the plot to the Ruffian 'Commanders of
Kerfche and Genecale, uho took precautions
to prevent it..
By the last accounts from Constantinople,
the differences between the Porte and Russia
augment more and more, as the former is de
termined not to let the Ruffian Ihrps pass into
the Black Sea. The Ruffian Minister has had
a conference with the Grand Vizir, in which
he laid before him all the complaints which
his Court had against the P<,rte; among the
rest, that they were hip.de ed from erecting
churches in Wallachia, Moldavia, and Crimea ;
to all which the Grand Vizir, very coolly
anfw.ered, that the Grand §ignior, his matter,
did not think himfelf obliged to adhere to all
the agreements made by the late Grand Vizir,
who was so fuperanp.uated that he did not know
what he did.
The fame letters add, that the Grand Vizir
was deposed the sth of January, and banished
to Gallipoli, and is to go from thence to Cy
prus. He is succeeded by Muftapha Baffa.
Madrid, fan. 27. Orders are sent to all
our sea- ports to return the salutes of the Ruf
fian ships, gun for gun, and to furnifh them
with every thing they may want.
LONDO N,
Feb. 25. On Saturday the guards which
were drafted off to go to America marched
from the parade in St. James's Park to the
foot of London-bridge, where they took water
to go on board the transports.
Extras? es a Letter from the Hague, Feb. 17.
" We have accounts from Paris of the fol
lowing melancholy event, which happened at
Angiers, the capital of Anjou, at the house
of the Peres de I'Oratoire: The cook of that
society, having, among other things, prepared;
a ragout, left it all night in the copper pan
wherein it was made, whicli occasioned its
poisoning eleven of the fathers, and several es
the domeflics, some of whom may pofhbly re
cover, but it is feared ieveral of them will die.
“ By letters from Hesse Darmftadt the mar
riage of the Hereditary Prince Landgrave with
the Princess his Cousin German, ypungeftl
daughter of Prince George of that illustrious ,
House, was to be celebrated last Saturday, the|
15th of this month. These letters add, that|
another marriage is on foot between the Prin-1
cefs Charlotte, filler to the above-mentioned|
lady,, and Prince George Augufius, of Meek-1
lenburgh. trelitz, Major-general in the service
of the Archduchy of Aufiria."
Extract of a letter from Hamburgh, fan. 24.
“ In an affembfy es the citizens held on
the 17th of this month, it was agreed, in con
cert with the senate, that in order to ease the
poor inhabitants of this city, an extraordi
nary impost should take place, under the
name of Grabengeld, viz. one mark-labs a
week on every citizen who keeps an equipage,
,or those who, without an equipage, ptEels
ice,coo marks-lubs; eight fols-lubs on those
who keep a saddle horse or a one horfc chaise
and a footman; four fols-lubs on those who
keep a domestic or a horse."
Extract of a Letter from Portfmoutb, Feb. 19.
“ Went cut of the harbour to Spithead,
the Exeter man of war, Capt. Moore; and
the St. Alban's, Capt. Onflow.
“ The Heder of 74 guns, Sir John Hamil
ton : the Terrible, Sir Richard Bickerton ;
and the Royal Oak, Capt. Faulkner, ate or
dered to cruise in the Bay, and arc expected
to fail in a day or two.
" This morning the JEolus frigate, Capt.
Atkins, made a signal for failing; in conse
quence, it is imagined, the Wcft-India fleet
;Wheat per Bushel, 9s. od.
iFlour, 30 s . od.
IBrown Bread, 255. od.
;Wert-India Rum, is. od.
j New-England do. s'. 0.1.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
GAZETTE:
THE
MERCU R Y.
foreign and Domeftich.
Mufeovado Sugar, 51. 10s.
Single rifin'd ditto, 2s. 9 1 .
Mollies, 3> . 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 90^. od.
Pork, 51. 10s.
Early on the Morning after the Cendemna
tion of John the painter at Winchester, he ex
prefled to the Perlon who attended him, an
earn64l Desire of laying befc ^ the Publick the
whole Circumdances of ho Life, and particu
larly that fart of it which has been engaged
in driving to injure his Country. THE Re
quest being made known to the Ear! of Sand
wich and the Junges, Sir John Fielding was
directed to fend h.s Clerk to tie Prison, in
order to take down his Conftflion, the Heads
of which were as f llow : That he left his
Country early, and wen Pinto America, where
he retired th&greatcll Part of his Time. That
the Scheme ler setting Fire to the Shipping
and Dock-Yards belonging to Grea-Britain
was originally of his own framing, That on
the breaking out of the American Deputes,
this Scheme came into his Head. That it was
continually running in his Mind, and the
more he thought of it, the more pra&icahle
it appeared. That he set cut for England in
order to take a View of the Docks and Ship
ping, the better to inform himfe.f of the Pef-
Ability of his Scheme; and after visiting all
the Dock-Yards, &c. in the Kingdom, he be
gan to lay down his Plad of Operations He
then proceeds to enumerate his various Routs
through the different Parts of this Kingdom ;
his Voyage to France, his Conferences at Pa
ris ; the Communication of his Scheme there ;
his Promises es hating a Comndffion in the
American Service ; his Arrival from France ;
his Attempts to set Fire to the Deck Yard at
Plymouth, and Reaions for not Succeeding ;
his Manner of letting Fire to the Storehouses
and Shipping at Bristol; his whole Tranfac^
tions at Portsmouth ; his real Name and con
nedions; his Conferences with the Gentle
man in London, to whom he was recommend
ed by Silas Deane; their Conference at a
Coffee House; difeoveis the Gentleman's Name
and Place of Abode; with a Number of other
Tranfadions.
will fail cither this evening, or early in the
morning, under convoy of the above frigate,
and the Sylph sloop."
March it. The following ships from New-
York are arrii ed at Corke, viz. the Dunmore
armed Ship, L ; eut. Edwards; the Tryal,
M'Mahca , the Mary Ann, Sims; the Hero,
Smith ; the Mary and Jane, Murray ; the
Knight, Dennison ; the Baltimore, Largmore.
Another Account fays, that in John the
Painter's Confiffion (besides the above Parti
culars) he declares, that had he not been taken
as he was, the Consequence mult have been
fatal to the Kingdom, as his Activity as an
Incendiary would have been forthwith engaged
on other Objects, still more important than
the demounting of the Stores at Portsmouth.
That the Party for whom he had Bills was not
a Merchant, but a Phylician — According^
his Sentence, he was to be executed Yesterday
at Portsmouth, unlcfs the above Couieffion
may have occasioned it to be deferred.
March 20. On Tuesday the Lords Commifii
oners of the Admiralty commifiioned the fol
lowing Ships of the Line : Stirling Cable of
64 Guns, Capt. Douglas ; Trident, 64 Guns,
Capt. D. Dent ; Ocean, 90 Guns, capt. J.
Hartwell.
'I his Day arrived a Mail from Lisbon in 16
Days to Falmouth.
'Extras of a Letter from Lifan, Feb. 25.
" On the 21st Inllant the Prince of Beira
was married to his Aunt the Princess Maria
Teresa; and on the 23d, departed this Life
Joseph I. King of Portugal. The Prince of
Brazil was proclaimed King, and the Prisoners
in all the Prisons (as usual on the Accefiion of
a new King) were set at Liberty.
An hundred Men have been draughted from
the Artiller, at Dublin, who are now on their
March to Corke to embark there for America.
Yesterday soon after 12 o'Clock, his Ma
jesty went from the Queen's Palace to St.
James's, where there was a very full Levee.
The foreign Ministers, and the following No
bility were present: The Earls of Guileford,
Talbot, Nugent, Antrim, Gower, Suffolk,
Sandwich, and Aberdeen; the Lords Wey
meuth, Townfhend, Hinchinbrocke, Amherst,
Polwarth, Edgecombe, Walpole, and Onflow ;
Sir George Howard, Sir Philip Hales, Sir
Francis Vincent, General Moyflon, &c.
Last Night their Majehy's honoured the
Duchess of'Argyle with a Visit in Giofvenor-
Squarc, when they were entertained with a
Concert of vocal and jnftrumental Munck. in
which Mrs. Sheridan fang fev^al favorite Airs.
Fine Salt; 10s. od
Coarse Salt, Bs. od
Indian Corn per Bu. 6s. 6d
Coffee, is. 9'l
Chocolate, 265. per Do.