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By His Excellency
Sir WILLIAM HOWE,
Knight of the moll Honorable Order of the
Bath, one of His Majeify'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
Wed-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
of His Majesty's Troops and others; and the
railing 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
font to all His Majesty's liege Subjeds, so
that they may chearfudy exert themfclves in
ra sing such Supplies, under a full Assurance
of enjoying all possible Protection in so doing,
I have thought fit to issue this Proclamation,
ftridly charging and commanding, that no
Person or Persons whomsoever, under any
Colour or Pretence whatsoever, presume to
trespass upon any Inclofure belonging to any
other Person 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
soever, now standing, or hereafter to be eroded,
as they will answer for the lame at their Peril.
And to the End that this Proclamation may be
znore ilridly 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 Fortes, or to the Provofc Marshal,
allfuch Persons as they shall find anting in Dis
obedience hereto, in order that such Offenders
may be brought to condign Punilhment for the
fame; hereby declaring that any Negle&
herein shall be considered and punished as a
Breach of Orders. And I do further charge
^nd require the commanding Officers of any
of His Majesty's Forces, and Proved Marflial,
from Time to Time to receive into Cul'ody all
such Offenders as shall be brought to them as
aforefad, 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 Ills EXCELLENCY
Sir WILLIAM HOWE,
Kn;ght of the M>ft Honorable Order of the Bath,
one of His Majesty's ComnOfoners for restoring
Peace to the Colonies, General and Commander
in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces within the
Colonies king on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova
Scotia to Weft Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS for the more speedy and effcdual
Suppieffion of the unnatural Rebellion fub
fiftihg in Notth-America, it has been thought proper
to levy a Number cf Provincial Troops, thereby
affording to his Majesty's faithful and well-dii
posed Subje&s, Inhabitants of the Colonies, an Op
portunity to co-operate m relieving Theirl Ives from
the Miseries attendant onAnarchy and Tyranny, and
rn restoring theßleffings of Peace and Order with jult
tufa lawful Government ; As a Reward for the
P omptitude and Za! wherewith his Majesty's
faithful Sulfr/fls nave entered into the Corps now
raising, and as a further Encouragement to others to
follow their laudable Example, I do hereby, ii Con
sequence of Authority to Me given by his Majesty
premise and engage, That all Persons who nave, or
do hereafter, inlift into any of the said Provincial
Corps, to serve for two Years, or during the prefect
War in Njrth-America, and shall continue faithfully
to set re in any cf the faidCorps agreeable to such their
E gagements, shall, after being reduced or ddb.mded
obtain, according to their refoftive Stations, Grants
of the following Quantities of vacant Lands in the
Colonies wherein their Corps have been or drill be
raised, or in such other Colony as his Majesty shall
think fit.
Every Non-commissioned Officer 200 Acres,
Every private Soldier, 50 do.
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at gos. per Cent.
A White Loaf of the fineft FLOUR, to wejgh
3 lb. 4oz. for 14 Coppers, and in the fame
Proportion for Loaves of a lesser Weight.
Published January 10, 1777,
Monday, May 5, 1777.
N E W-Y OR K
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WEEKLY
Containing tbe earlieff ^kes
The tbme to he granted to f*ch of the laid Nun-
Gummiffioned Officers and Soldiers asih II p ? :Tonally
apply for the fame, by the Governor of the af
pedive Colonies, withoutFe^or Reward, fubjs& at
ihe Expiration of Ten Years to the fame typTints
0 Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
HARTFORD, in Connecticut, March 17.
Next Wednesday is the Day appointed for
the Execution cf Flofes Dunbar, a Tory-fnha
tant of this State, who persisted in supporting
the Cause of the King of Great-Britain. A
Sermon will be s preached at the Jail, to the
P'rifo:er, by the Rev. Mr. 'jarvis, of Middle
town. A Sermon will also be preached in
Ithe North Meeting House, to the Spectators,
by the Revd. Mr. Strong, of this Town.-——
This fans a Sort of religious Raree faev. The
Purport of ibefe Orations, it is fuppojed, teas to
prove, that Rebellion is no Sin ; but that
Opposition to Rebels is most damnable
Iniquity. Points of very little Difficulty in
.such Hands!
The following Adverti foments give further
.Proofs of the exquisite Liberty, that prevails
in Bolton. , .
" fn the Committee of Correfpohdence, In
fpeßioii, and'Saftty.'
“ Whereas divers Perform redding in
" this Town being jujib ffpefled of countcr
“ ailing the Laws of this otare, by, daily fd
" ling their Goods in a clandestine Manner,
“ and others refufing. to fell their Goods for
“ Paper-Money:
" The Committee of Correspondence, In
“ fpedlion and Safety, re, ire all Persons,
“ who may be knowing to jueb yile Practices,
" that they fve Information to said Committee
'' against ary Perfoh er Ferfons, so offend-
A Writer in one of the late B< don Papers,
is pleased to fay, that “ the Man mult be
Is? " to all Sense cf Religion and Liberty, and
" deserves to live in Chains, w§o will afo
" ciate or be connected with a Tory." He
further asserts, that the King's loyal Subje&s
in the Maffachufett's Bay, and others who
have been taken Prisoners, " are allowed too
" much Liberty," and concludes his very
Chridian and pious Exhortation, in the fol
lowing Words: “ Let heavy Curses gall their
" old Age ; Cramps and. Aches rack their
“ Bones ; and bitter Disquiet wring their
“ Hearts: Let them live till Life become a
“ Burden ; let them groan upder it long ;
“ and linger an Age in the utmost Agonies
“ and Pangs of Death !"—What would a
sober Heathen fay of such a Christian as this ?
The following Advertisement was published
in a Boston Paper of the 6th of March.
“T E A."
" The Agents for the middle DiFriß cf
" the State of Maffachufett's Bay, having fold
“ to Jojefeb Pierce, a Parcel of Tea, at such
“ a Rate as to enable him to fell it accord
" ing to the late regulating A&: The Public
" is hereby notified, that it will be re?dy for
" Sale at his Shop opposite the State House,
" Boston, next Monday; and in Order that
" ni:ny may be accommodated, it will be fold
" only in final! Quantities —not more than
" one Pound to any one Family. Those People
" in the Country, that intend purchasing any
" of the above Article, it is ox,efled will
" bring Provision or Wood, that the poor In
“ habitants and others may be served."
On this Advertisement, we would observe,
That Tea is not quite so detestable as it
was about two or three Years ago among the
upright People of Boston ; that they have but
a frnall Quantity to supply a large Demand ;
and that it is prodilced+as a Kind of Bait to
the Country People to bring in Provifions,'
which they had refufed to do upon the Terms
of a late regulating A& passed by the Law
givers of the. Town, to keep down the Prices
of the Necessaries of Life at their own Dii
cretion.
The following is taken from a Newspaper
published by the Rebels.
" A Letter from Morris Town, dated the
" nth of February, fays, That a few Days
“ since a Company of Volunteers, headed
“ by the Parson of the Parish, now Captain
“ of Did Company, came in from Virginia."
as ether Lands are fubje& to in the Province within
which they shall be granted, and fybje&, to the fame
Conditions of Cultivation and Improvement.
GIVEN under my Hand, at Head Quarters,
in New-York, the 21st Day of Apr 1, 1777.
W. HOWE.
By His Excellency's Command,
Robert Mackenzie, Sec'ry.
i^'Hr^en^iqn^tyi^^^rtrjrtbth^
HIGH-WATER atNEW-YORK, this Week.
Monday, '4O Min. after 7 Friday, 21 Mm„ after 11
Fuefday, 33Mn. after 8 Saturday, 17 Min. after 12
Wednesday, 26 Mm. after 9 Sunday, 14. Mn. after 1
Thursday, 23 Min. after 10 New Moon next Wednesday.
THE
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PETERSBURG!!, January 14.
ON Thursday lafl was celebrated a Ju
bilee of the Imperial Academy of
Sciences, it being the 50th anniver
■ fary of its institution. Ihe Great Duke and
Da:chcfs honoured the Assembly with their
presence. His Prussian Majesty, and his Im
perial Highness the Great 15uke, were named
members of the academy.
From the Frontiers of Turkey, Nov. 24.
The Empress of Ruflia has ordered a decla
i ration to be delivered to the Grand Signor,
I Netting forth the reafens for her Imperial Ma
ijefty's drawing together an army, which was
!only to right herfelf by taking pefTeLon cf
lihe places agreed to be delivered up pursuant
to the treaty of Peace, and refpedmg the in
dependency cf the Tartars, but no answer
had been returned to it.
Najaav, fan. 26. The Ruffian troops are
in motion towards Crimea ; the Cufiacks of
Siex, have evacuated Fodolia to march into
Tartary.
L ONDO N,,
Feb. 7. Yesterday lord Vernon attended the
levee at St. James's for the firft time this
winter.
The fame day fir Robert Clayton was at
court for the firft time this winter, and most
Oracle silly received.
Yeßerday a full board of Treasury was
held, which is the third that has been held
this week.
Oh Thursday night the countess dowager
of Powis gave a grand rout to upwards <fuve
hundred of the nobility, at her house in Mans
fieid-Rreet, Cavendish-square.
Several pieces of large cannon, and some
Ilarge mortars, aie ordered to be got ready at
IWoolwich to be flipped for America.
Orders are given for Pendennis Castle, near
IFalmouth, to be immediately repaired and
fortified in the Erongeft manner.
Extrafl of a tetter from Madras, June 27.
" Lord Pi^ot went to Tanjore to restore
the Rajah, who is one of the handfomert and
best looking men I ever saw; there was so
much dignity in his person, and likewiie so
Imuch propriety and majesty, with so much
gentleness in his manner, that he captivated
every body; and the joy expressed m every
eve as we passed through the country, tefiihed
how ha~py the restoration would make them.
I The mildness and attention of a Gentoo go
§ vernment, when 'compared to the opprefion
I and laziness of Moorish rulers, my wed ma^e
" Whereas, notwithstanding an Adver
" tifement published in the several News
" papers signed by Elias Gray, Esq; the for
“ mer Chairman of the Committee of Cor
" refpondence, Inspection and Safety of this
" Town, requiring all Persons bringing Let
" ters from any Place infefted by cur Ene
“ mies, forthwith to deliver the fame to the
“ said Committee for Infpe&ion ; divers
“ Persons, in Contempt of the aforefaid Order,
“ have clandestinely delivered their Letters
" to the several Persons to whom they were
“ directed, without being firlt infpeded by
" said Committee, thereby greatly endanger
" ing the public Safety The Committee
" therefore Jlri&ly charge and command all Per
" sons, who may bring or receive any Let
" ters, under the aforementioned Circum
" Rances, immediately to Fay them before the
" said Committee for Inipb&ion ; and, ill
" Case of Non-compliance, all Persons, so
" offending, may depend upon feeling the
" utmost Severity of the Law. And the Com
“ mittee earnestly desire all the good People,
" cf this Town to keep a vigilant Eye on
" every Person offending as aforefaid, and
" that they give timely Information cf such
“ Delinquents, that they may be proceeded
" against accordingly; as the traitorous Cor
" refpondence, carried on by many evil-mind
" ed Persons residing among us, is pregnant
" with the most fatal Evils to this and all
" the other United States of America.
" By Order of the Committee,
"Nat. Barber, Chairman."
Q©>Q'©'G^ > O < '©>@,>Q<©© r )G x^x>GX
" ing, that they may be prosecuted accord
" ing to Law.
" By Order of the Committee,
" Boston, March 20, 1777.
" Nat. Barber, Chairman."
Wheat per Bushel, 9s.
Flour, 30s.
Bro^n Bread, 255.
IWctt-liidia Rum, is.
jNew-England do. 55.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
G A ZETTE:
T H E
M ERCU R Y.
foreign onD DowfMch.
cd. Mufcovado Sugar, sl. jos.
o<h Single refin'd ditto, 2s. 9'.
od. Molasses, 3s. 6d.
od. Beef per Barrel, 90;. od.
od. I Pork, 51. tos.
We hear that capt. Pickergill is appointed
to fail in a few weeks on a frefh attempt to
difeover the North Weft Passage. Lis hoped
that this voyage will prove more fucceLful
than many former ones made with this view,
as the difficulties obstructing this pass ge havq
of late beenfo feiiouily difculfed by eminent
geographers and navigators.
This day a motion will be made in the court
of Exchequer for a new trial, in the great
cause between the duke of Portland and fir
James Lowther.
Thursday id, about nine o'clock in the
forenoon, as Richard Warman and Thomas
Hammond were out a Shooting, at Sutton, 1
near Deal, in Kent, the latter getting through
a gap in the hedge, his piece by some acci
dent went off, by which means the whole con
tents were lodged in the fmail of the Back of
the other, and he died before he could be car
ried home.
On Tmefday, as two boys were diverting
themfelyes with a gun, near Broughton, in
the neighbourhood of this city, which they
imagined was not loaded, the one presented
it to the other, when the piece unfortunately
went off, and Shot nis companion through the
head.
His Majesty's frigate the Lark, Dice She has
been in America, has taken fourteen fail of
vessels, some of which She burnt in fight of
Bofton.'
Orders are given for 1200 tons of salt pro
visions, and ordnance Stores, to be Flipped off
immediately for hi^ M jelly's forces, under
the command of General Howe, atNew-York.
Yefierday Admiral Shuldham, lately arri
ved from New-Yoik, was at Court, had a
long Conference with the King, and kissed
his Majesty's Hand on being cheated an Irilh
Peer.
Letters from Peterfourgh, dated January
17th, mention that the Ruffian army,had de
feated 12,c00 Turks, who had strongly en
trenched themfclves near Precop, and forced
the lines at litmus, which were Seven wrests in
length extending from the sea cf Afoph or_
Palus Mceotis to the Black Sea. Her Impe
rial Majesty's troops have taken a great quan
tity cf baggage and ammunition, and from
this Signal" victory they are become entirely
masters of the Crimea.
This morning some frefh advices were re
ceived at Lord George Germain's office, from
General Howe, at New-York, which were
brought over in the Favourite Betsy, Capt.
Squires, who arrived yeflerday off Dover,
after a fine passage of five weeks.
The manufacturers at Birmingham and Shef
field, notwithstanding our rupture with Ame
rica, have for some months past not been able
to execute the orders they have received. The
demand for English polished Reel buttons, from
Russia, Holland, France, Germany, and other
parts of the continent, has been uncommonly
great. This blench of manufadure has arri
ved to such perfection that the buttons for a
suit of cloaths made for the Earl of W----e, a
few davs since came to the sum of 7.8 guineas.
Feb: 14. Tuesday night a fire uas discover
ed in the' work-Flop belonging to Meffi& At
wood and Co. in Guiney-ftreet, Bristol, but
by timely afliFance it was extinguished with
out doing much damage. It was supposed to
be set on fire on purpofe,as the mark of mens
feet were seen in the garden, leading to the
said work Fiop.
A letter from Bristol fays, that the fire
above-mentioned, wa^ designed ; as on Friday
I morning, between four and five c, clock, a
person who was placed as a guard near those
buildings, smelt fire, and perceived some
smoke IQ issue frem part of them, which is
appropriated to a Fable and hay-loft, and
found the flooring of it on fire in two places,
them happy with the thoughts cf so fortunate
a change, which they had almost despaired cf
ever feeing.
" The natives not only of Tanjore, but of
che whole coast, and even of other ports of
India, are ranch fatisfied with the restoration,
of the Rajah, but some of our own people,
who like to fifh in troubled waters, are much
diffatisfied at finding lord Pigot take a public
line without facrilicing the public honour and
interest to their private views."
Feb. 11. Large quantities of salt petre
have lately been delivered from the. Tower,
to the masters of the powder-mills, who are
under contract for government.
Fine Salt, res. od
Coarse Salt, Bs. od
Indian Corn per Bu. 6s. 6d
Coffee, is. gef
Chocolate, 265. per Lu.