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Westchester? DY order of Caleb Fowler, Efy one
County, J of the Judges of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas, for Westchester County: Notice is
hereby given, 1 hat on Application to him made by Jufhua
Quereau, a Creditor of Robert Me Mallice, late of Court
landt's Manor, in the laid County of Westchester, in
Pursuance of two several Ads of the Legislature of'the
Colony of New-York, the one entitled, « An Aft to
prevent frauds in debtors ;” and the other entitled, “ An
Aft to revive the several Ads therein mentioned, relating
to abfeonding and fradulent debtors;" he the Cid Judge
did direct all the whole estate of the said Robert Me
Mallice, real and personal to be seized, and that unless
he does return and difeharge his debts within three
months next alter this public Notice given, all his estate
"".' and .perfonal so seized and taken, will be fold for the
fitisfadion of his creditors. Dated July 26, 1775.
CALEB FOWLER.
Philadelphia, Sept. 14% 1775.
It is proposed to PR PN r,
An exact V I E W of the late
B A TT L E
CHgRI
[N which an aevjnetu p^.yo' Seven Hundred Proving
cials ftrhd an attack made ''v Eleven Regiments and a
Trainof Artillery of the MinhUrial Forces, and'arier an
Engagement of two Hours, retreated to their main Body
at Catfridge, leaving. Eleven Hundred of the R gilars
Grille and wounded on the Field :---With a View ofHen.
Put*rn, a Part of Ifoften, Charleftown in Fames, Breeds
Hih Provincial Breaft-Woik, a Broken Officer, and the
Sorbet Man of War and a Frigate Firing upon Char
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PURSUANT to a power contained in a certain inden
ture of mortgage, duly madeand executed by Comfort
Severs, to me the fubferiber, bearing date the j sth day
of April, in the yearof cur Lord 1769, public notice u
hereby given, that there will be exposed to sale at publicl
auction or vendue, at the City-Hull of the city of Al
bany, in the province of New-York, on the 25th day
of October next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, purfuam
to the directions of an aft of the Itfflature of the colony
of New-York, entitled, " An aft for the more efEftuA
registry of mortgages, and for feeirirg the purchasers of
mortgaged estates ;" sassed the 19th day of March, 1774,
all that certain dwellip.g-houfe and lot of ground, tituate,
lying and beingin the Second-Ward of the laid city of
Albany ; containing in breadth on the east and weft,
31 feet 5 inches, and in length on both sides, 142 feet,
all English measure ; together with the appurtenances,
unless the principal money and interest due upon and
secured by the said mortgage, be before that time paid and
difeharged, Given under my hand this 14th day of
May, in the year of our Lord 1775.
^ondav, September 25, iff T .,[No. ^^
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" country lose its liberty, or have its plan of polity
" miserably changed to the worse, the colony is
" not bound to remain fubje& any longer ; 'tis
“ enough that it remain a friendly state. Nor arc we
" to imagine that any early covenants founded upon
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A Number of good empty Butts,
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S MYR N A, May o.
I I 1H E orders iffiied by the Porte for the resti
tution of all the slaves taken during the
X late war, has excited a violent fomentation
among the profeffors of the law and the
populace. The Sieur Perieri, Agent General for
Russia in this city, and the Bearer of the Grand Sig
nor's orders for that purpose, was exposed to the
greatest danger when he waited on the Molah to de
mand its execution. It is greatly to be feared there
will be a general riling of the people, if the most
ready measure's are not made use of to put the above
order in force.
Hague, June 23. The Empress of Russia seems
determined to encourage trade in the Black Sea,
lately opened to her by treaty with the Porte, where
she will not meet with those hindrances which nature
has placed in the Baltic, the climate of which puts
a flop to trade the greatest part of the year, and the
dangerous coasts cause numberlcfs fliipwrecks the
remainder. This last year the ice prevented anv
foreign fllips reaching the road of Revel till the 1 sth
of May, and that of Cronftadt till thrift and the
2 sth of May, when the squadron that convoyed the
King of Sweden to Finland, arrived at Abo, the
trees were then without any signs of verdure.
L O N D O N,
July 13. Our disputes with America must ultimately
end in their entire reparation from us ; and in that th:
utter ruin and deftrufrion of the firft nation in the
world will be accomplished. The following extras
from Dr. Hutchefon's Introdu&ion to Moral Phi&
fopb> 3d Book, Chap. 7, will convince every rati
onal man, that the Americans are justified in their
resistance to the present arbitrary measures, adopted
and pursued (by the most wicked and traitorous Mi
nisters that ever had the government of a free people)
by every principle of natural reason, liberty and
justice.
Monday, 38 Min. after 9
Tuefdjy, 22 Min. after 10
V^ednefd^, 7 Min. after 11
Thurtda,. 55 Min. after 11
HiH-WATER at NEW-YORK th = x.
Friday, 4% - ^ after 12|
Saturday, 3- rrAcr 1 1
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<errors .Tout the most essential points in view can
" hfl bind large 1 cieties of men, fit to fobft as
' happy independent states, to continue in a lubmif
'b.4 {venire of all prosperity and I'afety. Nor has
; v thing occasioned nicu-e mikry in human life,
*3 a vain and hf^ent ambition, both in rinces
'polar states, -T or^idio2 their trtyres,
-a'h" l ' •4efrv^^riphbnmtr^T^^ <mH~ sub
- to them, without com..long the red feli
rother of their own people, or of their new
.Inions. And hence have arose these valt un
" erridy empires, the plagues of all around them ;
• which after fornetime are ruined by their own
“ bmx, wQh vail deftruHion of mankind."
rHaving read this, we are to consult our ovn un #
,ftanthngs. Do the Americans, by the late
!upprethve s6is, viz. The Ballon-Port a&, the aft for
jahuing the charter of the.Maffachpfets, the aft for
abahlhing trial by Jury, the aft for eHablilhUig Pope
ry and arbitrary power in the l;rgeft province on the
%'" -' nt > &c- enjoy all the vightsofthe other fubje&s
loss- Britilh empire? Certainly not. Are the" ori
;na? grants faithfully obfe'r ved? No. Does ret the
Imother country hourly " lose its liberty," and ffiime
^'"y obort to.have its" plan of government clinged
go the worse?" He mull be an abandoned wretch
- aderf ho could deny it. Is the mother country
§ dim:gin?, anv thing oppreT ve towards her colonies ?
'lf it ^ not, why are fleets sent to annoythe* trade
p,n.': .-rrnes toenforce submission ? Does not admniftra
lion deny them thenioft valuable of all rhe rights of
jßritish fubjetfs, that of being taxed by reprefeTCarives
[of their own ? From the fade idea that the tight of
j;axTtien over the colonies lies in the Britiihparlia
feepr, an idea repugnant to the principles if our
fcbclßtr.Uon, has arisen a content in winch their wns,
'mail probability, will be destroyed, their cuntry
paid waste, the innocent inhumanly maflocreg and
: die whole continent, from a happy, llounfning con
,virion, deluged with the blood and Daughter of its
inhabitants.
If the Americans arc our fellow-fubieas. they
'have the fame claim with us to a free conffitutron. If
they are oppeffed; it behoves us to unite in vindica
*;^ d their Hror^s; and we Jball unite when we
<? § < rt;st our iw>ffo etc 'Sparable. If they
;Giro went down thef^ to go on bond veffc& de
stined to cc : ' them ! < : /- they entered for..
And it is thought there will he men enough entered
to man the men of war now fitting out at the differ
ent ports, within a fortnight. .
There are now twelve houses in the neighbour
hoods of Wapping, Rotherhithe, and the Borough,
opened for entering feamten, who enter very fall.
Within these few days, a number of shipwrights
have embarked for the tea-ports of France and Spain,
and many others Qis expe&ed will shortly follow
Ithem.
§ We hear that half the compliment of marines,
I which tiled to be employed in each ship according
to her rate in time of war, are ordered to be taken
on board every cruizer that shall hereafter be put into
cominiffion at the several ports of Chath&n 7 Ply
mouth, and Porrfmouth, which are to be relieved
occasionally, the better to keep up the naval difei
pline of that ufeful corps.
The Shipwrights at Portsmouth, Chatham and
Woolwich, have agreed to meet at Chatham, and
proceed in a body to Deptford yard, in order to pre
vent the Shipwrights at that place from doing any
business.
The above persons have likewise resolved not to
return to work, unless the men who are now at work
(there being a few employed in the separate yards)
are difeharged, and their wages advanced, to zs.6d.
pel -day.
A gentleman just arrived from Kent and another
from Bedfordshire, fay that the late rains have made
such an alteration in the face of the country, thatthere
is the highest profpe& of plentiful crops, where there
appeared to be an abfolnte dearth but a month ago.
The wheat and barley were never finer.
Norfolk, (in Virginia) August 30.
[The following letters have lately pafred between
the WorShipful Mayor and the Captain of the Mer
cury man of war.
I His MajeffsJbip Mercury, Norfolk, Augufi 12, 1775.
Sir,
I AM just now informed, by his Excellency Lord
Dunmore, that Mr. Andrew Sprowle has received
a Summons to attend a committee in Norfolk, on
Thursday next. The accusations alledged against
him, are of a most extraordinary nature. In the
Summons he is charged with having harboured his
Majesty's troops in the Stores at Gofport. I am not
surprised that a Summons grounded upon such accu
sations Should be alarming to Mr. Sprowle ; particu
larly after the cruel and oppressive treatment Mr.
Schaw lately received from a mob in Norfolk. As I
do most earnestly wiffi, and Shall, upon all occasions,
endeavour to promote the public peace of this
province, I think it necessary to explain to you, as
chief magistrate of the town of Norfolk, the conduct
I mean to pursue, in hopes of preferring that peace
and obedience to the laws, so ardently to be wished
for by all loyal Subjects and good citizens. lam Sent
hither to be the guardian of a British colony ; to
protest his Majesty's Governor, and all the loyal
fubje&s in the province of Virginia. This* is my
duty, and Should wish it to be known that my duty
and inclination go hand in hand. The fame principles
which have induced me not to harbour the Slaves of
Wheat per Bushel, 7s. od.
Flour, 20s. od.
Brown Bread, 15s. od.
Weft-India Rum, 3s. 6d.
New-England, do. 2s. 6d.
PRIC^CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
'Muicovado Sugar, 645. od.
I Single refin'd ditto, is. id.
Molasses, 2s. od.
Beef per Barrel, 48s. od.
, Pork, 90s. f>d.
Sir,
fJUST now received your's of yesterday's date,
by Mr. Swan. The summons you mention, I
believe did .not go from a committee of <his borough.
I will make the necessary inquiry, and will answer
your letter to-morrow. In the interim,
lam, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
PAUL LOYALL,
To John Macartney, Efq;7
commander of his Majeftv's }
Ify Mercury. ' ' 3
sent from ^;w ^^ ^fgentlemen v' ; e art Tth^.^^
and GoiHpcie tx:> : v i orotic or c.^ copper of ;^Gri°<>ik
and are therefore entirely without the iurifdi&ion of
the magistrates of this corporation. I can only
promise, that as the place of meeting for the purpose
of considering Mr. Sprowle's conduct is said to be
within the limits of this borough, I will take proper
care that he Shall not be molested or injured in l-:is
person by any riot or mob, if he Shall think fit to
attend on the committee. With refpe& to the treat
ment that Mr. Schaw received, I was a Granger to it
I till the disturbance was over; but can assure you,
that as soon as he put himfelf under the protection of
)a magistrate, he was secured from danger. The
conduct which you are pleafcd to explain to me, as
chief magistrate of this borough, as your intention
to pursue in preserving peace and obedience to the
laws, in the Station assigned you by his Majesty,
must be commended by every good man : By that
care in your department, particularly in discouraging
the elopement of Slaves, which of late it is notorious
has frequently happened, from the countenance fne<vn
them by some enemies to this colony as well as to the
British constitution, much inilcinef and conJufion
may be prevented. Your Suggestion, that gentlemen
are in danger by supplying his Majesty's Ships, &c.
in this colony with provifioris, I cannot account for.
;I am very sure the contractors for the navy in this
town are under no apprehension of danger, as they
have been allured to the contrary in the most explicit
manner. I hope iufpicions of this nature, prejudicial
to the loyalty of a number of inhabitants, who are
as much attached to the jurt prerogative of their
Sovereign as any fubjeds in the empire, may not be
hastily taken up and adopted without full and Ihtis
fidory proof. I am obliged by you- favourable
opinion of my readiness to concur in the Suppression
of all animosities : It has hitherto been, and I trust
;ever will be, the tenor of mycondud. I have always
, found th; authority of the magistracy fufficiemly
competent for the maintenance of government and
good order; and while I thank you for your cheerful
offers of assistance f^r that laudable purpose, yet £
piefume yom intention is only to aft within the line
of your department. I confefs I feel m, felf somewhat
astonished at the last paragraph of your letter, which
seems to me to imply a threatening that would
eventually prove destructive to the peifons and
properties of his Mijeftv's fubjeds. A personal
insult offered to an individual, by the ill-guided zeal
of a number of thoughtless youth, can never jufify
a hint of this nature. At any rate it is to be presumed
that gentlemen in military departments will not
intermeddle in that capacity, unlrfs particularly
required by civil authority; as I am determined,
whenever I find any unlawful combinations or perse
cutions to prevail within the Sphere of my jurifdi&ion,
to take every legal method to suppress them. I have
nothing further to add, but the strongest affuraners
of the earned desire of the inhabitants of this
borough, to live in the most perfect harmony with
the gentlemen of the navy, and hope that no little
I incident may interrupt it.
Sir, your most obedient humble Servant,
PAUL LOYALL.
I To John Macartney, Esq; commander?:
of his Majerty $ Ship Mercury.j
any individual in this province, will operate with me
to protest the property of all loyal fubje&s. As I
- have before observed,.that I Shall endeavoui to promote
the public peice T this province; it is hardly necessary
to mention that I Shall not remain an idle fpeßator,
Should any violence be offered to the pertyns or
^property of any of his Majesty's fuEje&s. fl h^c?
[reafon f r ' .chend that vy gen m;en , u^s
I province, ifheir conue:ions won g.v<foment,
I or their readiness to Supply his M fety's Ships or
servants with provisions, dores, &c. are held up as
objects inimical to the liberties of America, and
unjustly censured for their loyal conduct. Men under
these circumstances are more particularly entitled to
my protection. I ha^e not the least doubt, from your
desire and readiness upon a former occasion to preserve
harmony in the town of Norfolk, but you will
heartily concur with me in my endeavours to lupprefs
all party je doufiea and animosities, so highly injurious
to rhe welfare of a country. More effaually tc
perform my part, I Shall, the fuft Opportunity, place
his Majesty's Ship under my command abreart of th<
town ; and I mull assure you, taat, nntwitluTodinf
I Shall feel the utmost pain and reluctance in heins
compelled to use violent measures to preserve th<
persons and properties of his Majerty's fubjeßs, ye.
I most afluredly Shall, if it becomes neceffarv, ufi
the most coercive measures in my power to lupprefs
all unlawful combinations and persecutions within
the province bf Virginia.
I am; Sir, ycur most obedient humble Servant,
JOHN MACARTNEY,
To Paul Loyall, Esq; Mayor 7
of the town of Norfolk, Virginia. „
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