The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1781-10-29 00:00:00, page 2

%/y:5. The following important intelli
gG.e, it is fair!, has been received from the
Eao Indies by the Prince Kaunitz, a Danish
V F ffi|. which failed from the Cape on the 6tn
vs April. On the iftuf January lad, fliedeft
Macao, with the Company's five fh:ps, and
khpt together with them until they bore array
i^r Achin Head; she afterwards put into toe
Cape, and Raid,!© days. Upon her arrival
there, ike was appr.fed of the war by a French
frigate, but the Ebglifh colours lull remained
flynig by way of a decoy; in confequepce of
the runture, the Dutch unloaded four home
ward bouca Chinamen, and stored their car
goes. There were then lying at the Cape 12
Targe Arcs, fully loaded with (lores and pro
vifijns for Mauritius, and were expend to
fail, under convoy of two frigates, in the
course of a few days. Two French frigates and
a Dated 20 gun drip were cruising tiff the Cape,
in drder to intercept the outward or homeward
bound' Englilh ships. An Englilh packet
was captured at the Cape, and sent away the
.sth of April to Batavia, with the news' of the
war; and on the day following they purchased
another veff%l for the like purpose and fe^t lier
to Ceylon. Seven Englilh ships were expected
to fail from Canton the.latter end of January,
and it was said they were to go through the
Streit.'its of Bally. A Tuscan 'hip, from Ben
gal, was captured off the Cape, and sent to
the Mauritius. The Captain of the Tuscan
flrip Ell in with a French (hip, who informed
him, that fix fail of the line and Bree frigates
failed from the Mauritius' on the 4th of Octo
ber for Achin Road. The Prince Kaunitz
did not touch at Helena, tho' she intended it.
N nwithftanding the many reports that haver
prevailed, concerting the taking of Madras by.
Hvder Ally, yet the Public may be allured
that this is a matter not so easily accomplish
ed as hath been supposed. This capital ofthe
Edit India Company's dominions in the East-
L.dfes, is now in a very different situation
from what it was in when it was taken lad war.
Since that time the Company has spared no
paio- sto fortify and fecerc it again* any force
the natives c uld bring again* it. In a word,
T ris at present in Ip good a Rate of deferyce,
t^at ri would reqrirp a regular liege, and'eten
th:o would probably hold out a coofid^rable
time again* the bell cire&.d aid moll vigo
rous attacks. It does not appear therefore
that we need be un er any immediate appte
henfions for this important place, aid it is
hoped that Sir Evie Coote, who is a brate ahd
experiences commander, and who is now laid
to be encamped nine miles diila; ce fiom the
fort, wilFbeob'e to baffle the attempts of the
Indian General. At the fame time it mull be
acknowledged, that the principal fafety of the
place mod ultimately coufid in the fu/criority
of the Englilh by Ra.
Ju' v 27. The Court of Dermalk have lent
cut (even Indiamen this year, and nave fou r
othes to go about Chriflmas; two years since
thee never sent more than five at any fafon;
the vVagi id, of 64 guts, is gone convoy with
them.
O ders are lent for his M frfty's flrips Eg
mon 1 , Gaston, Trident, ar.. Brill 1, lately
arrived in the D whs froh Jamaica, to go in
to different docks, to be repaired add fitted
out for lea.
The (loreflrips, which are gone out with the
last ERt-bdri- flret, have on heard cannon,
ammunirion, &c to be left at ft, Helena, to
augment the fortificains of that place.
Letters from PetAbur,,h mention, that a
fire had lately happened io tl t harbour of Re
vel, which destroyed three Ru&n men of war
and several merchant lb,s.
In the course of thi summer some additi
ons are to be made to the fortifications at Mil
ford Haven for its better security, and for the
better proterii m of the mercantile trade.
Thr<e Eogtifhmen are said to be taken up
in Fr^ce f r treasonable practices again* the
state; but this rep< rt is in general regarded as
a mere fabrication in confequencc of De la
Mote's execution.
fafy 3:. No fewer than §.200 land forces
/have be^n sent to the Ea*-h.d,es this year,
viz. in the drips wit? Commodore JoEnftene,
the 2d battalion of the 42d regiment, confin
ing ot 1000 men ; Cols. FuFaroon and Hum
b^rdonT tegimentoof rooo each, malting to
gether 3000, under the command of Brigadier
Gen. Meadows. In the last fleet that failed
under convoy of the Sultan, and Magnanime;
the Earl of Seaforth's Highlanders Joo men,
and about 1200 recruits lent out by, the Com
pany. Two regimens of Hanoverians, to
coudit of 1000 men each ; and a number of
hifh recruits will also be sent out the next
fcJ £, which, together with the forces now
in Alia, will make the British land armaments
in facia very formidable.
\ A le.ter from Abo, the capital of Finland,
by the way of Scotland, mentions, that a
d eadful fire broke out in the King's ftpres,
which confuted above 30 other buildings,
end fpreadiug to the Brihop's palace, that no
bri remnant of Gothic magnificence was on
ft when the poll came away. This accident
is attributed to the careEffaefs of a servant,
who is supposed to have brought a lighted
t oacco yr e among* the tar and cordage,
-with wbich-.ru inagazure was filled, to the
amount of 3,0.000 rixdollars. The whole
, carriage, including ' the Episcopal house, is
c-m^uicd at no less than i,cco,ooo of Swe
drih' crowns.
On Saturday advice was received of the
Th < ury packet; Capt. Dillon, bound from
Lubon, being in lat. 40. 30, N. lon. 15, W.
taken by the Cicero American privateer, Capt.
Fill, of 20 guns, nx and nine pounders.
Hr - mail and dilpaches were thrown over
board. gapt. Dillon is arrived at Vigo.
By a private recount received st Nantz,l
from the Weft-Indies we have information of
the loss of the CaHar of 74 guns, lately com-|
manded by Mons. L'Efpinuufe, between Mar
tinique and Guadaloupp, by having sprung f>
many leaks that they could not keep her abovel
Water. The crew were all saved. She got
her wounds in the late action with Admiral
Hood.
On Saturday came on before Lord Mans
field and a Special Jury, at Guildball, the
trial of a cause so very mysterious that the
noble Judge said, he had not for many years
met with a matter so intricate. The Plain
tiff, a Gentleman of fortune, brought an ac
tion against the Defendants, an Attorney, a
Banker, a Builder, and another person, to
recover great damages fora special jury sus
tained in his fortune, by means cf the fir'll
three Defendants filing but a commission of
bankruptcy against him; the other Defend
ant, and a third peifon, in which the fourth
Defendant- was,principally concerned, in or
der to bring the whole of his efface to be
come answerable for the debts of his two pre-|
tended partners, when in truth he never had |
dealings with those men in any fha. e in,thei
&ay of trade. The consequence of the cam
miffion was, that the estate and cffefts were
seized of the Plaintiff, and far a considerable
tinie he was held to be a bankrupt until the
Lord Chancellor superseded the commission.
There was not the lead evidence to charge the
Attorney and the two Affi^nees with any pri
vity of the behaviour of the ft firth Defendant,
one of the pretended partners of the Plaintiff.
It was this man who had contrived the whole,
and deceived the other Defendants ; who be
fore they took out the commission, laid all the
facts furnished ,by him before Counsel, and
b, his advice they acted Lord Mansfield
said, it was a plot within a plot, and the
fourth Defendant, for some secret reason, had
taken the lead, and. he cov'd not conceive the
motive, as he codd receive no other benefit
than a certificate; bgf it was a mystery
throughout, in which the Attorney and Af
fighees, did not appear to have any (hare.
The Jury gave a verdict against the other
man for 50001.
Extras cf a letter from Canterbury, July 28.
" On Monday lall Lord Amhe ft, Com
minder in Chief, reviewed decamp at Cox
heath, and in theevening of the sane day his
Lordlhip proceeded to Leeds Caftie, attended
by Generals Morrison and Faucit, with two
Aid de Camps, where Iris Lordship and at
tendants ilept that night; on the next day
his Lordship reviewed the camp at Lenham-1
heath. There w^s a most brilliant appearance
of company each day, and both regulars and 1
militia went through their vari< us evolutions |
and manoeuvres in fact a lire has r^ft. tried 1
Ithe highell credit as well on the officers as the
I men. No accident happened at the firft re- I
I view, but on the second day three or four 1
I lig't dragoons wee thrown from tfe ; r horses, I
ovir.g to the unevennefeof the ground, and
two of them much hurt, Lord Amherst, with
the Generals aid Staff-officers, went frota
Lepran heath, after the review, to dine with
Gen. Fazer at Cale-hill, from whence his
Lortihip continued his route to review the
camp to Cha ham Lines the next day."
Extras of a letter from L'Orient, July 13.
“ The day before yesterday, all the armed
Grips bound for India, received orders to fail,
; and drop down to the IID of ,Rhe : they are
:convoyed by the Bellona frigate: and it is
§ thought that two men of war from Rochfoyt
§ will meet them at the river's mouth, and fa : l
I with them t° India. The convoy confits cf
I five fail of transports laden with provisions on
I the King's account ; and nine others freighted
I by the merchants. But this is not the only
I fret that will fail this year for India ; five or
I fix Grips have been already jrired to carry over
!to Ceylon, a Swits regiment, which is now
I railing for the Dutch fe vice : till their de-
I parture which is fixed for Nov. next, the
I head quarters of the regiment are to be at
Oleren."
I July 30? Advice is received from Brest
that a Spanish packet boat, called the N. S.
Andaluzia, Captain Cordova, bound from
thence to Cadiz with dispatches, run on a
rock rear the month of the harbour, and was
loft, and most of the crew were drowned.
Advice is received from Lisbon, that a |
French privateer, called La Tour de Cordo-I
van, of 20 guns, besides swivels, was drienl
on shore in a violent dorm of thunder and I
lightning on the coast of Portugal, and loft,
and all the crew except the Captain and fix cf
his men were drowned.
The following is an extrad of a letter from
a Gentleman in Lieth (dated the 14th inst.) to
a merchant in Whitehaven : " I have now
the pleasure of in forming you of the capture 1
of the pirate Fall, who has taken an amazing |
number of vessels belonging to this and the
neighbouring ports. From a former attack
in Aberdeen bay, he has been tempted to rift
a second ; but soon after entering it a priva
;teer came in fight, and hemmed him in so
I near the fort that he received a smart fire on|
;both sides, and after a short refinance was|
; obliged to strike. ri his happened on the 12th
iinftant ; and I have the intelligence from the|
I man who comes e^pfefs from the Provost of I
I Aberdeen to General M'Kay, Comfoander in ;
Chief for Scotland. Previous to Fall's being'
taken, he had captured the Robert, Strong,
of Lieth, and ransomed her for two hundred
guineas. Fall is how in Aberdeen goal, and
is to be sent to Edinburgh.
The Hercules, Squires, from Exmouth, is
arrived at New Callie, after beating off a
French privateer lugger of fix guns off Beachy
head. This is the fame Mr. Squires who,
with one boy, beat off feten Americans, and
retook the Elliot, from Oporto, laden with
wines, for which he received the thanks of the
insurers, and a very considerable prefect.
On Thursday came on to be tried before
Lord Mansfield and a 'Special Jury, a cause in
which Mess. Da Colla were Plaintiffs, and Al
cock Defendant A privateer, er rather a let
ter of marque was fitted out by the Plaintiffs,
and partly loaded with provisions, with orders
to laid his cargo at Gibraltar if he could
getin; if norto go to Leghorn. The De
fendant had underwrote a policy on the ship
as a privateer for a four months cruize, in or
out of harbour, at thirty per clnt. without
fpecifying where she was to cruize, or men
tioning her deftinarion. She was, after seve
ral fma+l fkumifhes off Gibraltar, driven by
some Spanish fllips ashore at Tangier, and
there permitted to be taken under the guns of
the fort. The Defendant refufed paying the
fofs, because he did not know she was defined
for Gibraltar, or through the Straits, or he
would have required a greater premium, if
he had insured her at # all.
The Judge said, that in insuring merchant
ships all possible information ought to be given
to the insurers ; but the case of privateers was
an exception fiom this rule. The Insured are
not to give them any information of their des
tination, or where they are to cruize. The
Insurers take all d ngers upon them elves ;
they are paid for not being informed. When
they insure a privateer on a cruize, they in
sure her in all places on the globe, whereso
ever she may be, and wherever the K-ng's
enemies are to be found. The Captain is to ,
attack his county's enemies anywhere; hei
may run into an enemy's harbour and cut out
their (hips, if he tie opportunity ; and if he is
taken, or perishes in the attempt, the Insurers
shall not come and fay, We did not know your
Captain was such a fighting fellow ; if we had
we,would not have insured him at all, or at a
much higher premium. His Lordflrip con
cluded, that by insuring a privateer fcr a few
months cruize, in or out of harbour, they
bound themselves to pay the Infs in whatever
hazardous manner if was incurred during tha.
period. The Jury g.ve a verdict fr the
Plaintiffs.
^"g u f 4- Yeflerday some dispatches were
received at the Plantation Office from General
Haldimand, Governor of Q_ebec, brought by
a ship arrived at Falmouth, which mention,
that every thing remained quiet in that pro
vince, and trade was carried on without 'mo
leftation.
Extract cf a Letter from Morocco, sure 8.
" Our Sovereign desirous of notifying to
the Fruffian Cabinet, through the miniftrV of
his Viber the Bacha de Duguela Mahomet-
Ben-Hamet, his difpofirion to protea the Pruf
flan fcg, hath sent a number of pefTports in the
Arabi^k language to the Corfu! AuTbert Ca
ille, Resident at Sale, for the use of the Prussian
merchant ffiips, with a letter, intimating, that
he has given orders to all the Commanders of
his Grips f war to pay proper refred to, and
treat in an amicable manner, the Prussian flag;
in consequence of wh^h, all the fubjetls oi the
King of Prussia may freely, and without the
leall obilrudion, trade in all the ports and
estates of Morocco: but, on his part, our ^O,
ve/eign ex eds the fame treatment from his
Prufhan Mojefly, who hath accepted cf these
proportions."
Extrafl of a Letter from Lifan, futy 10.
" Yetlerday was wrecked off the Bar the
N. S. bon J za, a Pprtugucze Grip from Bahia
to this place. She struck on the Bar, and went
down; 13 of the Lands ve,e saved with the
greatest difficulty cut of 26 "
^"^^7 Capt. VV terhoufe, of the Ex
periment, arrived at Lynn, from Greenland,
brings an account of seven Englilh and ten
Danish vessels being fi^ened in the ice, and
fears they will not be able to get out.
Saturday advice was received from Guern
sey, that a French Grip from Guadeloupe to
Bourdeaux, celled Le Philippe Ville, of 400
tons, laden will indigo, sugar, cotton, &c.
valued at (60001, is taken by the Wasp pri
vateer, and carried in there.
A large Sparrifli ship, called the N. S Gui
pufeo del Macerma, bound from tire Havan
nah to Cadiz, laden with hides, tobacco, in
digo, &c. and several chests of dollars on
board, is taken by the Southampton frigate,
of 32 guns, and carried into Kington, Ja
maica; she is valued at 25,000!. Gerling.
^^^^^^^^o^^^
Wilkes and Co.
Have imported in the lah fleet from London,
A QUANTITY of claret, champagne, burgundy,
and vin du grave, all of the very firft quality,
which are now to be disposed of for ready money,
in cases of 5 or 6 dozen each, a- their store, No. 41,
Smith-Street : A few cases of stationary, well as
sorted, to be fold on reasonable terms. Enquire as
above. ctf.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of DAVID
PREVOQST, late of this city, Esq; decealed,
are hereby required to make payment of their ref
pe&ive debts to the fubferiber without delay, and all
persons having any demands on the said estate are
requeued to bring in the fame, in order that they
may be adjusted.
DAVID MATHEWS.
New-York, October 23, 1781
T 0 SOL D,
A Likely NEGRO WENCII, about 20 years
old, the can co k pretty well, and undeiftands
all forts of house work. For further particulars
apply to Hugh Gaine.
\V~aWt E d;
AN Apprentice to a Druggilt. Lad cf
proper Qualification will be received
on very advantageous Terms.
exported in the fleet from London,
and to be fold at the store of
' URIAH HENDRICKS,
No. 43, Hanover-Square, the following GOODS,
cheap fcr cafti, viz.
PEST Russia and Efren's duck, Russia sheet-
O mgs, broad dhpeis, drillings, Irilblinens of
all prices, fine timbricks and book mrfcn% India
bandanoes, fupe fine scarlet bread cloths and ra,rri
nets, cases of India china cups and saucers, ham
mer'd iron chests, Poland ff^rch. Also far fate, a
quantity as priz^ woollens, & linens, velvets, cam
^etb fills, best Philadelphia flour, India ratteens,
TO BE SOLD,
By WILLIAM PRINCE,
^Fktfoirg Landing, on Long-IfeJ,
Near NEW-YORK, a large affonment of
FRUIT TREES,
AMONG which are all forts of grafted apple trees,
.pear trees, beach frees, plumb trees; neaariae,
apricot, and quince trees; all forts of Englilh cherry
trees, fig tree;, almond trees, Madeira not and filbert
trees; black and white walnut trees; black, white, and
red currant bufhrs; a variety cf goolberry and ftjawberr
ries ; n lack, white, and ' red ralberries; a great number
of American flowering trees and ffirubs.
Any Gentleman that has a mind tp fee a ca'alonue of
the above trees and plants, may have it by fencing to
Mr. GJne, printer, at New-York.
There is a great number of Newtown pippin and Spit
eenberg apple trees fit to feud to England, and a great
many of the large clingftonc peach tree,. Any'Gentle
man that fiiould want any efthe above trees, will please
to 'e ve their orders with Hugh Gaine, may depend on
having the trees well put up with earth, so that they
may be carried to England with fafety.
,BFT old;
Tr'^ Lease of a House in Queen-street,
? £ in a most excellent situation for any
kind of bufinefi, and to be entered upon im
mediately. If not fold by theist of November
next, it will be to be let cither by the year, or
to the expiration of the lease, which is up
wards of five years to come. For particulars
enquire of the Printer.
Jolin and Francis Atkmfoi?
Have imported in the last fleet from England,,a
great variety of
European and India Piece GOOD S,
Wh, c h hey ae row opening for file at their store
No, 1^, corner of the Fly M rket,in Queen-Greet.
TEy have also for' fcle,
SINGLE an double refined Sugar ; EngPfh and
French Hyfn, Sufh/mg and B Lea TEAS—
DICES' FLORENCE OIL, MUSTARD and
PI KLE>, old MADEIRA, PORT and LISBON
V 1 INES, fort, n BRANDY in pipes
-LOLLBUTTERI^:^'
JOSEPH BREWER
Has imported in the Albion, and OThe r vcffels from
Lo<d>n. ? large affirommr of CRY GOODS,' which
he wdl fed on vert reasonable terms, (particularly by
the package) rm. CASH, t his fl<, rz in Burling's hi •
ami which arerthe following,'
j "'" iittens, Russia a d Iris hreelings, German dow
£ lift, printed mufli s. callicces, linens, cottony, and
handler Iriei;, I d:a caliicoe, --- A very extensive variety
of lureft n/s florertmes, paoufoys, armozeens, fattins,
modes, Hfiar,s, larf cts, and rodft kindt ot silk handker
chicfi-- Sewing flz, scars twist, a great variety of rib
bons, silk hose, friz purses, and womens fik mits, fuper
fine and second br>ad -debs and coatings, white, red
green and scarlet bays, striped and rest bias L, ; cam
blets, durants, Gallons, callimancoes,moreens, Morca
gowns, c ^r ys, velvets, mens roujd'a d faffiior^bh:
hats; 7-kthb yard wide, and yard and j&hs checks
jeans, tuft;-ns ta;,es, bobbing, bindings, tambour muTm
and needle wrought lawn aprons, lawn handkerchiefs
cambricks and la-ns, Mmfe.lles quilting cotton and
worsted hose, mens woodftock and befthuk gloves wo
men) jea> gloves and mitts, mens and women, face's and
pumps bla k and v/h e thread lace and Edgings, blond
lace, Dutch lace; whited br wn, Scotch and colon d
threads, I writing paper. Spelling b. ks, playing ca^da, pins,
fiddles, Ihambuck knives and forks, fail-makers needles
filh hooks, iron « :r^, a i cloth, cordage, neat iron chefts'
jewellery, a trunk cf scented hair powder, a case of
must rd in r 4 Ib. bo rco, &c. &c. &c..
just imported in the Est fleet from fo~ondoZ„Ld now
opening for sale by
VALENTINE NUTTER,
S'ationer^
Opposite the Coffee House, No. 22, Water Street
ALat.e and peneri:l assortment or well chosen Sta
tionary, and blank books; 2 volumes containing
charts of all the A Wean coasts, from Newhampfhire to
Weft Florida ; these may be depended upon to Lethe belt
ever imported; and are jud ed to be such tv all who have
fern them; fi-^e charts of all the coast of America
military pocket Atlas's, Quarter Waggoners, Wilfong
Navigation, Moor's Dail, Assistant, Mariner's Cem ass
and Kalendar, Seaman's Vade Mecum, fates and divid
ers, printed and blank Journal Books, Navy J ( umals and
Log Book. Company Account and Orderly Books for
the Army.''.
Printed BOOKS, viz.
^Folio, Quarto, and Common Bibles, Prayer Books
Testaments, Psalters. and Spelling-Books and Primmer/
Watts's Psalms and Hymns, Lewis's Catechism, HiiK
Arithmetic, Fiffier's and Dilworth's ditto, Young Man's
Companion, S< hoolmafter's Assistant, Mair's Book Keep
ing, Cockb-rn's Coile&icns, Maffon's ditto, John^n's
and Dyche's D di naries, Boyer's French and Ehgli/h
and Englilh and French Dictionary, ditto Grammar'
Perrin's ditto, Perrin's Exercises, ditto Fables in French'
Perrin's French and Enghfh Spelling Books, Entick'a
Spelling/Diftionary, Guthrie's Grammar, German and
Englilh Grammar, Boyce's Pantheon, /Efop's and Gat's
Fables, the Death of Abel, &c.''
A great variety of books for children ; a great variety
of prints vastly amorous, a large collection cf elegant
pictures in gilt and other frames. A general assortment
of children's Toys, battle Powder, Powder-horns and Lot
Bags. Caries, Rattans, and Horse-Whips. Fine Hyfen
Tea by the pound J
N. B. The Bock-Binding business carried on as usual
in all ; ts branches.'
Peter Goelet,
At the Gulden Key, in Hanover-- quare, h& just import
ed from London,
AVery large and general assortment of Ironmongery
Cutlery and Hardware, together with a great
ety of other articles, which be will fell wholesale or re
tail on the mod reasonable terms. He has also j u ft i m Z
ported, a few dezen of fine London calf ski n hr,/.
BOOT LEGS and vamps, a n <ffies and top piece, rem
plete, and a few dozen calf skin waxed upper leather,
which he will fell very cheap," '^mers,