The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1777-01-13 00:00:00, page 1

Peterfurgh (the Capital of Russia) Jug. 16.
IT has been intimated lately by the Admi
ralty to all the foreign Officers who serve
in our Marine, that as it has been remar
ked that the greatest Part of the foreign
Officers fnew but very little Inclination to
make themselves Masters of the Ruffian Lan
guage, it has been thought proper to declare by
a particular Ukase, that for the future, noOfficer
of Marine shall obtain the Command of a Ship,
Frigate, or other Vessel, unless he hath perfectly
acquired the Ruffian Tongue, and undergone an
Examination in that Refpe&.
Paris (the Capital of France) Sept. 4. Some
frefh Bankruptcies have been declared here with
in these few Days; amongst others that of the
Sieur S -, whose Uncle left him a Fortune
of near Two Millions. The Debts of the Mar
quis de B amount to near 26 Millions,
which is very near the whole that is left of the
Succession he inherited from his Father. Mr.
P. de Monmartel, one of the richest Subjects in
Europe, who died about ten Years ago, little
expected that his immense Fortune would be
dissipated by his only Son before he attained the
Age of 27 Years.
Oa. 7. The Society eftabliffied here in
Imitation of that of the Arts and Sciences in
London, have offered three Premiums, one of
251. one of 131. and one of yl. for the three
bell Models of a Carriage for transporting of
Stone or other great Weights, either at Paris,
or elsewhere. The Plans and Medels to be sent
in before the eleventh of next November.
Palma (the Capital of Majorca) Sept. 3. Forty
fix Captives who were employed to draw Stones
from a Quary, at some Leagues Distance from
Algiers, at a Place named Genova, resolved, if
By Command of their Excellencies,
Henry Strachey.
WHEREAS by our Declarations of the 14th of July, and 19th of September last, in Pursuance of His Majesty's most gracious Intentions towards His Subje&s in the
C °'°'"% .° f ^-H^P^re, Maffacbufet's-Bay, Rbode-Ifand, Connecticut, New-York, New,rfey, Pennsylvania, The Three Lower Counties on Dela
ware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, all Persons speedily returning to their just Allegiance were promised a free and general Pardon,
and were invited to accept not only the Blessings of Peace, but a secure Enjoyment of their Liberty and Properties, upon the true Principles of the Constitution : And
whereas, notwithstanding the laid declarations, and the Example of many who have availed themselves of the Assurances therein made, several Bodies of armed Men, in open
Contempt of His Majesty's proffered Clemency, do still continue their Opposition to the Establishment of legal Government and Peace ; and divers other 111-disposed Persons, pursuing their
own ambitious Purpoles in the Exercise ofa lawless Influence and Power, arc using frefh Endeavors, by various Arts and Misrepresentations, to alienate the Confidence and Affedion of His
Majesty's Subjects ; to defeat every Plan of Reconciliation, and to prolong the unnatural War between Great-Britain and her Colonies : NOW, in order to the more effectual Accom
plishment of His Majesty's most gracious Intentions, and the speedy Restoration of the public Tranquillity ; And duly considering the Expedienc'y of limiting the Time within which such
Pardon as aforefaid shall be granted, and of fpecifymg the Terms upon which only the fame shall and may be obtained, We do in his Majesty's Name and by Virtue of the Powers
committed to Us, hereby charge and command all Persons whatsoever, who are assembled together in Arms against His Majesty's Government, to difba'nd Themfelves' and "return' to
their Dwellings, there to remain in a peaceable and quiet Manner; And we also charge and command all such other Persons as are assembled together under the Name of General or
Provincial Congresses, Commit, Conventions or other Affiliations, by whatever Name or Names known and distinguished, or who under the Colour of any Authority from any such
Congress, Commßtee, Convention, pother Afo ta k e upon them to iftue or execute any Orders for levying Money, raising Troops, fitting out armed Ships and Vessels, im
pnfomng, or otherwise moleftmg His Majeftys bubjeds todefift and cease from all s uch treasonable Actings, and Doings, and to relinquish all such usurped Power and Authority,
cr y uPST" quiet ^ e Apprehensions of the Guilty, and all the Inhabitants of the said Colonies be enabled to reap the Benefit
of Hrs Majesty s paternal Goodness m the Prefervanon of them Property, the Restoration oftheir Commerce, and the Security of their most valuable R iphts under the iuft and moderate
A ? th ^"' y ^ th ^'7 a " V'!'^ of G re ^-B r i tan : And W E DO hereby declare, and make known to all Men, that every P er so n who within SIXTY DAYS from the Day of
the Date hereof shall appear before the Governor, or Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief in any of Fis Majesty's Colonies r u rrom ^e^ay or
commanding Officer of Hi, Majety s Forces in so, or an y other Officer in His Majeds Service having the C^d of any f, ^"
or before the Admiral or Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleets, or any other Officer commanding any of His Majesty's Ships^f War or any T^"'
vice, within any of the Ports, Havens, Creeks, or upon the Coasts of America, and shall claim the Benefit of this Proclamation and th P Y“''''" S
by fubferibing a Declaration in the Words following: « I, A. B. and declare, that 1 well remain in apfoil Obfree Hi, " ' he
" Others to take up Arms, tn Oppofaon to Hts Authority, shall and may obtain a full and free Pardon of all Treasons and Misprisions of Trifons bv him '^,, r sage
of all Forfeitures, Attend, and Penalties for the fame; and upon producing to Vs, or to either of Us, a Certificate of Inch his A^r^ ^, d
such Pardon made and passed to him in due Form. '' declaration, inan and may have and receive
By RICHARD VISCOUNT HOWE,
Of the Kingdom of IRELAND, and
WILLIAM HO WE, Esquire,
General of His Majesty's Forces in AMERICA, the King's Commissioners for reßoring Peace to His Majesty's
Colonies and Plantations in NORTH-AMERI C A, &c. &c. &a
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Monday, January 13, 1777.
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^ Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
pcffible, to recover their Liberty, and Yesterday
took Advantage of the Idlcnefs and Inattention
of 40 Men who were to guard them, and who
had laid down their Arms and were rambling
about the Shore. The Captives attacked them
with Pickaxes and other Tools, and made them
selves Masters of their Arms, and having killed
33 of the 40, and eleven of the 13 Sailors who
were in the Boat which carried the Stones, they.
obliged the rest to jump into the Sea. Being
then Masters of the Boat, and armed with 12
Muskets, two Pistols, and Powder, &c. they fee
fail, and had the good Fortune to arrive here
this Morning, where they are performing Qua
rantine. Sixteen of them are Spaniards, 17
French, eight Portuguese, three Italians, one
German, and one Sardinian.
Madrid, (Capital of Spain) Sept. 17. Letters
from Cadiz announce that the Commander of§
the Brafils having received from his Court a
formal Order to iufpend Heftilities, he had dis
patched an Aid de Camp to Buenos Ayres, to
communicate this Order, and that in Conse
quence all Hoftilitfes had ceased from that Day.
LONDON, September 10.
Extraß of a Letter from Dantzick, Jug. 20.
" An Extraordinary Affair happened lately on
,board a Merchant Ship from Rotterdam, as she
; lay at Anchor at the Holm, in the Vistula, which
I the Prussians look upon to be within their Domi
'nions, but this City confiders as belonging to its
IJurifdi&ion. Six Sailors, hired at Rotterdam for
the Voyage to Dantzick, went of while the Cap
tain was on Shore, and entered themselves onl
1 board a Prussian Frigate in the Road, the Cap- 1
1 tain of which, being in Want of Hands, gave 1
GIVEN at New-York, this Thirtieth Day of November, 1776
THE
JOwrai^Oib^
very advanced Pay. Two Days after the Piloti
and Cook deserted the Rotterdam Ship, and leftl
the Captain quite alone. He applied for Relief
to the Dutch Commissary at Dantzick, whol
went to the Diredor of the Prussian Admiralty,|
and required the Dutch Sailors to be given up ;
which he premised should be complied with, if
it should appear that the Sailors in Queflion werel
not at Liberty to engage ^mfelves as they had
done. The Sailors were sent for to the Admi-;
ralty the next Morning, and confronted with the|
Captain, who proving he had engaged them for
his Voyage to Dantzick, the Admiralty ordered
the Prussian Captain to deliver them back, but
this he refufed to do ; and the Admiralty has not
yet thought proper to exert any Authority to
enforce the Obedience of its Orders. The Pilot
and Cock are returned to the Dutch Ship, but
the fix Sailors are kill in the Prussian Frigate."
Extraa of a letter from the Hague, Sept. 3.
66 The Harvest in our provinces is very plen-|
tiful, but there is a great Want of Hands to get
it in, owing to the Number of Rercuits phich are
raising in Germany, which prevents People ea
rning from different Parts as they used to do.
According to Advices from Poland the Corn is
extremely fine, and the Crops very large."
Yesterday his Excellency Robert Eden, Esq;
Governor of Maryland, killed his M^ft/s
Hand on being created Baronet of Great Britain.
A Dutch Merchantman having been taken
with an English Pass, occasioned the calling in
all the old ones, and altering the Mode ofiffuing
them in future,
A Letter from a Gentleman in Grenada, dated
June 14, 1776, to his Friend in Scotland, fays,
" We have, es late been greatly harraffed by
runaway Negroes, There is fddom a Week
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foreign and ^omeffick.
passes but we hear of some Estate being plunder
ed bythem. His Excellency Sjr George Ma
cartney, our Governor, arrived here some Time
ago; and it is said a Militia is to be eftablilhed
ina short Time."
Extraa of a Letter from Gibraltar, Jug. 18.
" On the 15th instant a very severe Engage
ment happened off Oran, between a Spanish
Man of War of 40 Guns, called the Valdavia;
another of 20 Guns, called the Don Gabriel;
and two ships of 30 Guns each, and three Gallies
belonging to the Pert of Mammora, and lately
fitted out there by Order of the Emperor of Mo
rocco. The Action began on the Side of the
Moorish Frigates, who bore down upon the
Valdavia, and fired upon her, killed two Men,
and wounded five; upon which the Don Gabriel
came up, and the Engagement became general,
which lafled near three Hours, when one of the
Gallics being funk by a Shot from the Valdavia,
and the two Frigates having been severely dealt
with, they bore away, leaving the two Gallies,
which immediately struck. The Valdavia loft
12 Men, had several wounded; the Don Ga
briel loft four, and had 18 wounded. The
Slaughter on board the Moors is supposed to be
very great."
Extraa of a Letter from Jamaica, July 5.
" The Kingftoh armed Schooner in Govern
ment's Service came in here Yesterday with a
Prize which !he had taken off Cuba. She is a
Brig, and is loaded with Flour and Lumber from
Philadelphia. The Crew, confiding of ten
Hands, are put on board the Admiral's Ship,
and the Schooner is failed again on a Cruize,
having had Intelligence of another Vessel, by a
Tartler who came in this Morning."