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people that were taken. In particular, there wash Je
suit on board, in irons, who had been deeply concerned
in the revolt ; and he, yeu may imagine, is not very re
served. This news, when it arrives, must necessarily
throw Spain into the utmost confufion. Their who e
exertion must now be directed, not for the recovery of
their loft pdfeflions, for that is impossible, but for the
fccurity of those that are left. In the mean time, their
Applies and refomces are cut est ; and it will be impossi
ble for them to continue the war with Great-Britain.
We were already risen to an equally with the combined
power of France and Spain; and furcly we /hall be su
perior to France, when Spain is withdrawn. The ap
prehenfiona from the northern powers have entirely sub
sided ; and the late manoeuvres of the Ruffians have
been quite friendly,
I mentioned too the taking of dispatches from Con
graft—they were bound to Holland, with Mr. Laurens,
and two other principal persons, who, among other
things, were to solicit a loan of £.600,000. The con
tents of the dispatches are not yet made fully known to
the public. Thus we are undoubtedly in possession of
many ft ate secrets, which must be of no little importance.
“ The eleflionsa-e now mostly over, and have turned
out favourable to Administration. The Patriots are not
a little mortified. Hartley, Temple, Ltrterell, T. Pow
nall, General iiowe, and many others have been flung
out. Burke has been rejected at Bristol; Sir William
Meredith has given up; and Mr. Gafcoigoe, a high go
vernment man, succeeds him for Liverpool : Even Saw
bridge failed fur the city of London."
A letter from St. Kitt's, dated November 1, fays, that
9 French ihips with troops and stores are carried into that
[(land, being part of a flr-t of 50 fail, frem Old France
for Martinico, and federal others of the fame fleet were
" On the tenth of October, about 10 P. M. came on
to blow a tempest till 2A.M. on the 12th. Barbadoes
is laid smooth ! not a vessel, house, sugar work, tree er
winged fowl left on the Island. About 3000 fouls perished.
Grenada and St. Vincent have shared the fame hapless
fate ; St. Lucia has fuffered almost as much : The Ven
geance, Egmont, Montague, and Ajax, all of 74 guns,
bifmafted by the board, and gone co Antigua to refit.
The Andromeda and Laurel frigates loft at Martinico,
where the French behaved with the most exemplary sen
sibility, not considering them as prisoners, lent all that
remained alive, being 28 fouls, to St. Lucia. No da
mage at Antigua, some amongst the Groping at St. Kite's.
Not a fliip left in any port at Martinico, that Iflind fuf
fered immenf/ly. About 10 fail of merchantmen frem
Old France, under two frigates, drove to sea in the gale,
molt of which are carried into St. Kitt's and Antigua.
Guadah upe has Buffered much ; the for ever to be re
membered Experiment, which once passed round Loog-
Island, and a French 74, drove afhoie. St. Euftaiia's
lower town, received much damage; the ships in the road
mostly got to sea."
The Minerva Barque from St. Kitt's, has brought hi
ther fix captains who bad loft their vessels in the late gale :
From the newspapers and letters received by this vessel
we are informed, that Lieut. Colonel Mitchell, of the
27th regt. Mr. Knowles, Surgeon to the Gen. Hospital,
with his Lady, and Mr. Orr, Surgeon ofthe 35th regt,
all perished in the gale of wind ; they were on board the
Beaver's prize; the damage done by this calamity at
St, Euftatius is computed at 150,000!. sterling.. At St.
Kkt's, 50 fail of vessels were defiroyed or driven to sea.
La Junon, a large French frigate or 40 guns, foundered
at her anchors in St. Vincent, all on board perished
Eight fail of Dutch ships went on shore at the fame place,
most of the lives loft; and 1200 French troops had been
reported to Gen. Prefcot at St. Kitt's, to have been car
ried into the neighbouring Islands. The house in which
was Major General Vaughan, and his Aid de Camp,
(supposed to be Captain Bryan Bell) was blown down,
the General much bruized, and Capt. Bell's thigh broke ;
both happily recovering.
NEW-YORK, December $
Extract of a Letter from Lisbon, by the Lord North,
dated October 21.
" Mr. Huffey (who accompanied Mr. Cumberland on
a negociation for a treaty of peace with Spain, and who
is now at the court of Madrid) arrived here a few days
ago from Madrid, and failed for England in the Kite
cutter, The Ruffian men of war failed a few days ago,
part for England and part for Leghorn. We are arming
eight fail of the line, and five frigates—-I believe not
against Old England !"
By other letters and passengers from Lisbon, we are as
sured, that ten fail of the Ruffian line of battle took
under convoy a number of British ftorelhips and victuallers,
bound for Gibraltar: And the ocher seven failof the line,
which were bound home, also received under their pro
tection the merchant ships destined for England; it
having been declared to the British commanders, that as
long as they continued within reach of the Ruffian guns,
they should be perfealy secured from harm.
The Hurricane in the Windward Islands.
Extract of a Letter from St. Kittl, by the Minerva,
in thirty days:
have been too fuccefsful in capturing our packets ; but let
them know that we can take packets too. You may tell
them, and it will make their ears tingle to hear it, that
we have lately taken one from South America to Spain,
and another from congress with all its papers, with Henry
Laurens, who was entrusted with them, and who is now a
prisoner in England. The dispatches for Spain were of
the utmost importance, advising of nothing left than a
general revolt of their rich dominions in South-America,
Taking the advantage of Spain's being engaged in an Eu
ropean war, the object of which too was to eftabiiffi the
independency of the British colonies, they so well con
certed matters that their rebellion broke out the fame
day (May 6) in the capitals of Cufeo, Arequipa, Lapaz,
Cochabamba, Potts, and St. Jago^ including all the coun
try between the degrees us 14 and 28, south latitude, and
the richest mines in America ; and it was spreading on all
tides. Before the failing of the advice drip it had reached
across to Buenos Ayres. They killed feverai of the King's
Governors end principal officers, Bishops, &c. and took
pnffeflion o' all the King's money. The mines of Potofi
were secured by a body of 8000 men.
Ship Buckskin Hero, from France for Baltimore, with
Dry-Goods,by his M.j fty's Ship Iris,and the Arbuthnot,
Capt. M'Pherfon.
Brig Levare, Capt. Boname, from Hispaniola for Phi
ladelpma, with Sugar, Rum, &c. b) his Majesty's Ship
tl,e Royal Oak.
Schooner Lueana, Captain Sharp, of 6 Guns and 24
Men, from Statia for Baltimore, by the Boat Trimmer,
r Qpt. Philips, of 3 Guns and 14 Men.
Sloop General Lincoln, from the Havannah for Phi
ladelphia, with Sugar, &c. by the Arbuthnot Privateer.
By the Prisoners in the above Prizewe learn,
that on the 14th Day of O&ober, a Spanish
Fleet of 10 Sail of the Line, and 70 Trans
ports, with SCOO Men on board, failed from
the Havannah, in order to make an Attack on
NEW-YORK, December 11.
Extract of a letter from a Gentleman of diftinaion, dated
" There can be 00 doubt of the truth of all these par
ticulars ; for though the mail was funk, many private
letters were feund which agreed in the fame story ; and
with this clue, a confirmation of it was drawn from the
London, October 3, 1780.
'" Lord Cornwallis muff be reinforced by troops from
this country. We can spare 20,000 more tr ops from
this kingdom ; 3000 are nearly ready for embarkation ;
but for what place is not yet publicly known. The rebels
lent ty Antigua ; that 3000 hogsheads of sugar were loft
at Grenada, and that only one British flrip of the line was
difmafted in the gale.
P R IZE S arrived finfe our lafl.
Fer.facola; that on the 24th of the fame
fame Month 09 &neir Way home they fell in
THE Provincial Secretary's Office
is removed from Broad lirect to No. 43,
Broadway.
White Lamp Oil,
BY the gallon,white wine vinegar at 35.6 d. per do.
by the barrel, o r 4s. per finale gallon, Poland
ftarch,foap, fig blue, mogul & merry andrew playing
cards, at a low rate, per groce or dozen, and the best
foperfine warranted chocolate, wholesale and retail,
by R. GOMEZ, at the chocolate manufactory,
No. 14, Nassau-street, between Commissary Butler's
and the Brick Meeting.
just imported in the Sarah Gaulburn, Capt. Lewtas,
from Liverpool, and to be fold by
HENRY THOMPSON,
In Water-Street, No. 954, near Burling's Slip,
P'LOUR, soap, Cheftme cheese in excellent order,
^earthen ware, paints and oil, hardware, &c. &:
Fur St. KITTS,
SCOOP NEW-YORK,
James Ritchie, Mader;
POR Freight or Passage, apply
- '° '' )e Matter on board, at
Baur.-y'b W,wm, or Hodgzard and Graham.
This day;
At 11 o'clock, will be fold at the Coffee
House Bridge,
100 Crates well aborted Queen's Ware, with
50 Pieces of Irish Lindens, and
30 Pieces of fine Cambricks. Also,
To-morrow at it o'Clock, will be fold at the
Bridge,
10 Pipes choice old Bourdeaux BRANDY,
With a few Pipes of old Geneva, and
16 Pieces of well-aborted Broad-cloths,
a little damaged. P. M"DAVITT.
To be told a very valuable firm or plantation, laying
in the t^wnffiip of Flushing, containing 140 acres,
or thereabouts, part thereof being wood-land. On the
laid farm is a good dwellihg-houfe, and barn almost new,
also three acres of meadow at the h^d of Flushing Fly.
Any petfon inclining to purchase, may apply to the sub
scriber, hvingen the premises, who will give a good title
for the fame. WILLIAM GLEAN.
STOLE N.
IT is beyond a doubt that two barrels of pickled
cod filh, and two barrels of potatoes, landed at
the King's Hay Whafflatt Saturday 'the 2d inst.
from or. board the ftip Minerva, Capt. Dunlap,
fiom Halifax, are stolen : Whoever will difeover
the thief or thieves, so that he or they may be profe-|
cuted to conviction, shall have five guineas reward ;
or if any gentleman will be so obliging as to leave|
word at the house, No. 148, Queen- Street, where
they might by chance be lodged for Safety, will be
thankfully rewarded by
JOHN MONTER.
TO BE SOLD THIS DAV, AT
PUBLIC AUCTION,
At one o'Clock at the Merchant's Coffee-Houfe,
The Schooner POLL Y,
Lying 1 1 the Old Slip, at Cruger's Wharf.
By Thomas Ludlow, jun.
The New-York Fire Bucket
LOTTERY,
WILL commence drawing on Monday next, at
Mr. Amery's Tavern, in the Fields. So
rapid hwe been the Sale of Tickets within a few
Days past, that the Managers can with Confidence
assure the Public, the Drawing of the Lottery will
POSITIVELY
begin at the Time above mentioned, under the In
fpe&ion of Capt. Linus King, Mr. Frederick Rhine
lander, and Capt. Robert Deal. Those who with to
become Adventurers, may yet be gratified, if they
are alert in their Application.
Richard Jenkins,
INFORMS his fiiends, owners and mat ers of
vessels, that he continues tob^ke SHIP BREAD,
at his house, No. 24, John's (freer. He returns his
thanks to his old ship mates and friends, for their
favours. He is determined to bake the beftof bread,
knowing the distress of eating bad bread at sea, by
the experience of upwards of thirty years. All
Captains of vessels who want the belt of bread to
keep, will pieale to call before-hand, and they shall
be provided with the belt, on reasonable terms.
N. B. WATER and BUTTER BISCUIT^ for
cabin ° r family use, in final! or great quantities.
Hopped Ale.
BEING desired by a great many of my friends and
customers, to brew some ttrong ale that I could fell
them at eight dollars per barrel, I now acquaint that I
have ready to deliver, at my brewery on Golden-Hill, a
quantity which greatly exceeds, both in flavour and qua
lity, any that has been brewed since the rebellion, by
MEDCEF EDEN, Brewer, on Golden-Hill,
COD-FISH and POTATOES,
fit Sundry other Matters, as =wel! as Adver
otijements emitted this Week JhaS be inserted in. out
next.
with a French Schooner that had been sent
Express by the Spanish Admiral to the French
Commander in Chief at Cape Francois, to in
form him that his Fleet had been dispersed in
a violent Gale, his own Ship and several others
were difmafted, and that he was in the greatest
Distress ; the Prisoners, some Days before, saw
40 Sail of them beating up to the Havannah.
When the above-mentioned Sloop came out
of the Havannah, there were then in that
Port 8 Sail of the Line.
TO BE SOLD,
THE lease of a huufe situate near the Fly-Market,
ten years of which is unexpired, fubje& only to a
ground rent of £.15 per annum, and now rents for £.200.
Is at present occupied by John O'Brien, and Mr, Leonad,
fail-maker. For terms apply to John Kelly, No. 843,
Hanover-square.
r^pHE Subferiber, who has resided upon Long
llland for some Time past, intends to embark
for England in the firft Fleet that fails.
JOHN ROPKINS.
Son-e of which me
A Mod exiet five & beautiful variety cf all cotton
printed velvets, and fatinets, &c. of the bed
colour & figures, codmoys, and many other cords,
velverets and < ther cotton goods, an excellent and
v r r y large affjrtment of printed cotton handkeichie's
a few choice printed cotton & linnet cloths, calicoes,
&c. worsted, cotton and fit hose, a variety of broad
cloths, white and clieck shirts, some very nice hard
ware, Irish linnen*, Russia sheetings, a few miffs &
tippets, a few molt elegant and very hzeable Persia
PaTERN CaRPETS.
PUBLICK AUCTION.
This day opposite our store at i 2 o'Clock,will be fold
The anchors, cables, handing and running rigging
of a vessel of about 250 tons burthen.
To-morrow, at 11 o'Clock,
Pickled cod, pickled Limon, dumb fifh, feunds and
tongues, potatoes, &c. just imported from Halifax.
Templeton end Stewart.
"P UB ITTciku"CflO AU
To-morrow, ar ir o'Clock,
Will be fold at the Coffee-Houle,
40 Casks of Poland STARCH.
_ P. M'Davitt.
Murray, Sanfom, and Co.
Have j^t imported in the St. Bees, Captain
Williamson, a cargo of choice Lifb >n, & Port
Wines, which is now unloading at Murray'sWharff,
and will be fold in large quantities, or by the pipe,
on reasonable terms,
ALL pcifons having any demands again it the
estate df the late BLANCH BEAU, deceased,
are requested to bringin their accounts that they may
be adjured; and thole peifons who are indebted to
the said estate are desired to make payment to
Elizabeth Beau, Executri x.
William Ustick, 1
Geo. Dominick, 1 Executors.
D. Seabury)
To BE SOLD, TOGETHER OR SEPARATE,
TWO small houses adjoining e^ch other, in St.
James's Street, one on a corner lot ; the lots
each contains in front 25 seer, in length ,5 feet;
in each of the h ufe's are two fie places, a good'
garret over the whole of each : And also another
house and lot in Banker's Street, containing in front
and rear 25 feet, and in length 100 feet ; in said
house there are three 6 e places, a good garret and
cellar, a molt excellent well in the yard.
Also, sundry lots of ground to be fold. Propo
sals for either of the said houses will be received by
John Woods, attorney at law, and notary pub
lic. No. >?9, upper e^d of Qieen-Streets
Public Auction,
By JOHN M"ADAM, and Co.
This Day II o'Clock at the Bridge will be fold,
AQ^antky of Pr»e Claret in Cases, Window
Glals, Paints, &c. &c.
At the fame Time,
A Quantity cf Flour, Brandy, Geneva, Candles,
Painters Colours, Oil, &c. &c.---being Part of the
Brig Fly's Cargo.
One o'Clock at the Ceffe-Houfe,
The Brig FLY, with all her Tackle and Apparel,
as Ilie now lies at Murray's Wharf. Inventory to
be seen at their Office.
On Tuesday,
(For the Benefit of the Underwriters)
A Quantity of damaged Winter Cloathing, Caps,
Coats, &c. &c. belonging to 42d Regiment.
One o'clock at the Coffee-Houfe,
The very valuable Sloop Pink, with all her Tackle
and Apparel, as she now lies at Brownjohn's
Wharff, her Frame is Red Cedar, a remaikable
faft Sailer, lately hove down and ballasted, well
found, and may be lent to Sea at a small Expence.
On Thursday,
A Parcel of Italian Flowers of the belt and
richest kind, Men's and Women's white Kid Gloves
Morocco Skins, &c. &c.
Public Audlion,
By John M“Adam, and Co.
TO-morrow, one o'Clock at the Coffee-Houfe,
will be fold
The Sloop C HANCE,
With all her Tackle and Apparel, as she now lies
at Murray's Wharf, well found in Materials, and a
burthenfeme Vessel. Inventory to be seen at their
Office.
STRAYED ,
A WHITE HORSE, near 14 hands high, and
Itrong made, eight or nine years old, is well
known being long used in the cart of Lieut. Colonel
Campbell of Fanning's regt. He went from the
pasture of PELL at the Bull's Head in the Bowery
the last snow storm. Send a line to the Printer ac
quainting where he may be had, or bring him to
No. 908, Water-hreet, and payment will be made
for re trouble, &c.
This Day at 11 o'Clock precisely, will be fold on
the Wharff below the Ceffee-Houfe,
43 Hogfoeads high-proof Weft India Run.
12 o'Clock, on Wells's Whaiffr
The Cargo ofthe Sloop LORD NORTH,
Just arrived from Lisbon, confuting of
Lisbon Wine and Fruits.
Also at the fame Time,
A Cargo of Prize SUGARS in BOXES.
On Tuesday, at the Bridge,
A Quantity of PRIZE DRY GOODS.
On Wednesday,
The Schooner LUZERN,
Laying at tire Whaiff below the Coffee House. A
remarkable fine Virginia built Vessel, burthen a
bouf too Hogsheads, fails sass, and is well found.
Inventory to be seen at our Office,
Cuningham and Wardrep.
PUBLICK AUCTION.
To motrow, at 10 o'Clock Precisely,
By James Inglis,
At his Office in Water-free', No. 940, will begin
the Sale nt
A very valuable alignment of suitable and fiefh
imputed
British, Irish, and Foreign Goods,
Public Au&ionf
WHEREAS there are several Deserters from the
British and Foreign Troops under my Command,
who are serving with the Enemy, or are concealed in the
Reb-:I Country : 1 have thought fit to issue this my Pro
ch?mition, offering a tree and unlimited Pardon to all
such Deserters. who shall surrender themselves to aery of
bis M fifty's Troops before the firft Day of March next.
-And whereas there are many of his Majesty's European
Subiefts at this Time Serving in §he Rebel Army against
their King and Country, who, stung with Remorft, and
fenfibie of the Feinoufnefs of such an unnatural Pro.
ceedinc, would be anxious to return to their Allegiance,
did net the,r D merits before their Arrival in America,
make them doubtful of meeting with Protection and
Support witeia these Lines. Ido therefore hereby p-o
---mre to all such who A,l Icome in before the above men
tioned firft Day of Match, in addition to the Benefits,
Protection and Support, to which they would be entitol d
uncer any other Proclamations, to procure for them his
Majesty's most gracious Pardon, for all Felonies and Tiea
font (Murder excepted) which they have heretofore be-n
guilty of, provided they will take up Arms in his Service,
and give their Assistance to the quelling this unnatural
Rebellion against his Government.
I he Gentlemen who have taken Places in tl^
Boxes, are desired to fend their Servants at 4 o'Clock.
that they may l>e fixe! before the. Doors are opened.
I ickets to be had of Mess s. Rivington and Gaine.
VIVANT REX & REGINA.
All out-handing tickets of the present feafen, w/j
only be received tnis Night, as a new set on a did -
rent plan, will be iftued for the next performance, on
account &f some frauds lately dete&ed.
Sr. Excellentz Herrn William Von KnyphaV
sen General Lieutenants und Commandeurs en
Chef des in Kneniglich Grofs-Britannifchtn
Dierften ffebenden Auxiliair Corps Fuerdhch
ILffiicher Troupperi, Ritters derer Fuerftljch
Hcllifchen Odens, etc. etc. etc.
ALLEN und Jedeh von dener Fuerftlich Htffi
fchen Trouppen in Nord America defertinen
Unterooffitiers und Gemeinen so entweder bey denen
Feinden noch dienen, oder fich in devon vom Feind
b^tfetzten Landen n&ch verborgen halter, wind hicr
durch bekannt gemacht, dafs fie eimen freven und
veelligen Pardon erhalten follen, wenn ffe fich vor
dem iften Tag des naechft Kuenffagen Maerz
Monaths bey denen Koeniglichen Trouppen ein
finden, und bey Ihren Regimentern darauf Stellen
werden.
Gegeben unter meiner Hand New-York den
8 en September, 1780.
KNYPHAUSEN.
Auf Befchl, Sir Excellentz,
Justin Henrich Mutz.
"PUBLIC AUCTION,
This Day,
At the Coffee House will be fold.
By TAYLOR and BAYARD,
Between 1 and 2 o'Clock,
The Schooner SUCCESS,
WITH all her Stores, Tackle and Apparel, as
she now lies at the Albany Pier, burthen
about 64 Tons. Inventory to be seen at the Time
of Sale, or before, at our Office.
Ten Pipes Lisbon Wine of superior Quality, \
Two Pipes Madeira ditto.
TO-MORROW,
At TAYLOR and BAYARD's Vendue Store,
Between it and 12 o'Clock, will be fold,
A few Blankets, one Bale green Rugs, fix Pieces
Broad Cloths, ten Pieces Oznaburgs, fpptted ard
figured Dimities, Knives and Forks, Buckles, Sc C
fars, &c.&c.
Public Auction.
To-morrow at the Coffee-Houfe,
30 Sacks of superfine frefh Flour,
3 Hogsheads of choice mufeovado Sugar,
I Calk of Almonds, and
100 Firkins of liilh Butter, just imported.
By DANIEL MCCORMIC/.
RUN-away from ' John Hutchinson, on the Nig t
of the 9th Infant, living at the Inn near tie
four Mile Stone, leading to Fort Knyphaufen, a
Negro Man about 30 Years of Age, about 5 Fee' 6
Inches high, well made, has a Mould under bis ii,?t
jaw. Whoever will bring him to his laid Matt r,
shall receive two Guineas Reward.
JOHN HUTCHINSON.
N. B. He answers to the Name of Cuff.
Sir HENRY CLINTON,
Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the BATH,
General and Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's
Forces within the Colo ies lying on the Atlantic Ocen
from Nova Scotia to Weft-Florida, inclusive, &c. &c.
Given under my Hand at Head Quarters, in New-Yo:fc,
the eighth Day of December, 1780.
IL CLINTON.
By his Excellence's Command,
_J_°T N SM IT H.
A FARCE call'd,
MI3S IN HER TEENS.
The Part cf Fribble, by particular Desire, will be
performed by
A LADY.
The < barnaers by Gentlemen of the Army.
she Doors to oe opened at §, and the Play begin tfe*
cifel, at 7 o'clock.
No Admittance behind the Scenes.
No Money will be taken at the Door.
I ickus to be purchased at the Timeof Fegefterirg
Places for the Boxes, tor which Purpose the Cle k.
wi,l attend at Mts, Petit's, next Door to the The<
fee, from tr o'Clock till 2, every Day after the Phy
is ad vertifed.
This Evening, the nth Instant,
W.ll be perfo med, the TRAGEDY, call'd
Venice Preferv'd.
To which will be added,
Theatre.
PROCLAMATION.
General Pardon.
By His EXCELLENCY