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: The physical gentlemen of this place
having differed in opinion refpeding the com
plaxt of the late Dean, and those who at
^cled him to his lass hours, agreeing that
hi indisposition was occasioned by a disorder
in tie liver, and which they apprehended was
ie Ty injured and decayed, the Dean re
.a ^ 1 tha;, at his death, his body might be
©pled 'or the fatisfadion of his family. This
^ ation was accordingly performed on Sun
laft, Lad to the surprise of the furgeans
^> opened the body, and others then prefect,
^ tiver was found perfectly found, and his
i.^ 1 occasioned by a dropsy in the stomach,
which part upwards of two quarts of
water were taken ; so that from this it is very
obvious his case had been mistaken by the
dr: ty. To-morrow the late Bishop of Exeter
/ Dean of this castle, will be interred jn
Tfr orth ife of the cathedral. It is reported,
•. f .by his particular , delire, all the sermons
rh I he had wrote were put into his.coffin,
^w the diamond ring which he had wore for
w , years, is to remain on his finger, and
; Tbe buried with him. All the servants are
:? 'tend the funeral, and to have a suit of
nlining each before they are difeharged. &
Jen. 13. Lieut. Obryen (-nick-named Sky-
Rochet Jack, from having been blown up in
a ;c Gun Ship in the War of 4s, being one of
th 14 who only were saved) after having been
. Years a Lieutenant is appointed to the
mmand of theWolf sloop of War. • •
Last Thursday, at Dawn of Day, two Gen
tle.nen, with their Seconds, met in Hyde-Park
to chide an Affair of Honour; butjuft when
they were on the Point of retreating in order to
fire, one of them threw away his Pistol, and
cLfoe^the other in his arms: The Gentlemen
m rirft Cousins, and both known to be Men of
great Courage.
h^trnfl of a letter 'from Mr. De Crofne, Inten
f^t of Roarr, to . Mr. Necker; Director-General
the Finances of France, Dec. 27.
' Some Time ago, about nine o'clock at
^ich;, a vessel from Rochelle, laden with
^ with eight hands and two passengers on
bo id,.was blown towards the Breakers of
. T ; ope. The Wind blew so hard, and the
Sea ) violently agitated, that a coatting pilot
c?.. not get out, to bring her into Port,
though he attempted it four different times.
<her Pilot, named Bouffard, a man of
.r ge and Resolution, perceiving that the
nfman was fleering a wrong course, which
h expose the Ship to almost inevitable
......^ endeavoured by Signals and a
king trumpet ;o set them right; but the
The like orders have been given to the
neighbouring provinces, and all these precau
tions do not imply a good understanding be
tween Russia and the Porte. There is, how
ever no talk at present of the Janissaries ; from
which.it is prelumed, that affairs between the
two Empires are not yet without hope of
accommodation.
Cologn, Jan. 11. Authentic Advices re
ceived here from Manheim bring, that the
Palatine Troops have received Orders to hold
themselves in Readiness to march at the firft
Signal.
Copenhagen, Dec. i§. The counties of 01-
denburgh and Delmenhorft, having been crea
ted Duchies, the King has been pleased to
make an alteration in his royal title, which
will for the future be as follows, viz. King of
Denmark and Norway, of the Vandals and
Goths, Duke of Schlefwick, of Holstein, of
S.omaria, of Ditmarfen, and of Oldenburgh.
Dec. 18. " According to letters from Ha
nover, of the 9th instant, Gen. Faucett set out
from thence a few days before for Bremen Le
he, in order to receive the oaths of the Hessian
recruits, which are to be transported from the
Wefer to England."
Dec. 30. Yesterday the Prussian ambassador
waited on his Majesty at the Queen's Palace,
with whom his Excellency was in conference
upwards of two hours.
A Gentleman lately returned from Peterf
burgh observes, that the Ruffian Councils and
Commanders afford the most probable ways
and means to success against the Ottoman pow
er, whose policy and Rate seem faulty and
declining.
A letter from Kingston, Jamaica, dated
Sent. 27, fays, “ We hear from Hispaniola,
that an ordinance has been issued there, for
bidding, under the molt severe penalties, all
persons whatever from assisting the American
cruizers. This order has been so ftriftly com
plied with, that two privateers, chiefly manned
with French, who were on the point of failing
out of Aux Coyes, have been laid up, and
their rudders.and gynstaken on shore. This,
we are informed, is owing to the Spirited re
monstrances of Lord Stormont, the Britilh
Ambassador at the Court of France."
Extract of a letter from Gibraltar, Dec. 14.
The Enterprize frigate, commanded by
Sir Thomas Rich, Bart, on this station, hardly
goe^ out on a cruise but she returns with a
o.w, and most of them of grpat value. Not
lon since she brought in a French ffiip on fuf
n^ nos being bound to America. Sir Tho
na had the art to fift the secret out of the
.•© , and she has been condemned as a legal
prize in our Court of Admiralty here. We
1 ve three other frigates also cruizing about
.due."
battle, which lasted upwards of forty
minutes, was yesterday foughtupon Kenning
oncommon, between one Dyer, a carman,
and a life-guard-man; when victory declared
. favour of the former, but not till he had
odbis left eye.
A letter from Windsor, dated Dec. 30, fays,
LONDO N,
1
From the Morning Chronicle of Jan. 1.
CT"'HERE is not, Sir, a character more ini-
I mical to the welfare of Great-Britain,
than a bigotted republican; and though I am
of a different opinion from an ingenious writer,
who charges the whole body of Dissenters with
those levelling principles, yet I must own,
there are individuals to be met with in every
quarter of the town, of this complexion : but
I apprehend they are at present an inconsider
able body of men, and as this country grows
more enlightened, they daily increase, it be
ing now universally acknowledged by those of
a liberal education, that a republican form of
government is the greatest curse that ever
hath, or can befall this country. Our faints
abroad, and their abettors at home, tell us,
that the people are now to be diferiminated
by the antiquated terms of Whig and Tory ;
diftindions they have adopted merely to serve
their present purposes; but I flatter myfelf
these terms are merely ideal. If we mark the
conduct of heads of parties at this time, it
does not appear to me possible to bestow these
epithets with any degree of propriety; for
example, a profeffed Whig gave the Cana
dians a Popifh Bishop ; a nominal Tory esta
blished him; they were both right. Again,
a Whig Miniffry declares America to be fub
jed to the laws, of this country, in all cases
^batJoewer ; the Tory fays, America is liable
to be taxed by Great-Britain. The Whig of
these days tells you the decrees of our Kings
are as immutable as the laws of the Medes
and Persians. The Tory contends that an aft
of the three estates is superior, and can alter
or anhiliate the former. A noble tells you in
the House, that he has been bred in Whiggifh
principles, and that he and his party are de
termined to persevere in them. Another Lord
of Parliament fays, his family were Whigs in
the worst of times, but that the Whiggifm
taught him is as dissimilar to the conduct of
the above-mentioned illustrious persons, as
patriotism is to faction. Where now are the
Whigs? where the high flying Tory? The
diffatisfied will cry, lo! they are here; and
lo! they are there; but in my opinion, it
would puzzle the sophistry of that eminent
calculator and friend to bis country, Dr. Price,
to find them out. For argument, suppose
these diftin&ions still to exist, it is of the lead
consequence in the present dispute ?, If Ameri
ca declares she will not deal with Tories, how
are the Whigs to indemnify themselves for the
loss of an acknowledged lucrative trade? If
the Americans are determined to tar and fea
ther, imprison, whip, or put to death every
Englishman that falh into thty hands, who
darkness of the night, the whiffling of the
wind, and the roaring of the waves prevented
the Capt. from either feeing or hearing, what
if seen or heard might have saved his Vessel,
which soon ran a-ground, about 30 Fathom
beyond the Breakers.
“ Struck with the cries of the unfortunate
Crew, who were just going to periffi, Bouffard
formed a resolution to carry them Affiltance at
the Rifle of his Life; he was deaf to the
Remon'ftrances of his Friends, who represented
to him the Impossibility of Success ; and sent
away his Wife and Children, who endeavou
red to divert him from his Design. He tied
a Rope round his Body, and plunged into the
Sea, to carry another Rope to the Vessel;
after experiencing much Difficulty and fatigue,
he reached the Ship, and one man was brought
fafe on Shore on the Rope, and on a second
Attempt to carry the Rope it succeeded, he
threw it on the Deck, and such of the Crew
as had Strength fufficient left, tied themselves
to it, and were drawn fafe on Shore.
“ Bouffard now thought that he had saved
the whole Crew; evercome with Fatigue, his
Body bruised, he went with Difficulty to the
Hut, where the People had placed the unhap
py Men, who had through his Means escaped
Death ; there he grew so faint that he fell
down and swooned away. • Some Helps were
administered to him; he threw up the Salt
Water he had swallowed, and he had just re
covered his Spirits, when he was told that
Groans were still heard from the Ship; he
went again to the Sea, plunged into it, and
was happy to save another Man, one of the
Passengers, who lashed himfelf to a Part of
the Ship, but had not had Strength enough to
get off when the Crew escaped by Means of
the Rope.
“ Out of the ten Persons who had been on
board, two only perished, and their Bodies
were found the next Morning; the other
eight owed their Lives to the Intrepidity and
Humanity of Bouffard.
"DE CROSNE."'
“ Mr. Necker having communicated the
Contents of the above Letter to the King,
and taken his Majesty's Orders, writ the fol
lowing Letter with his own Hand to the Pilot
of Dieppe.
" Brave Man, it was only the Day before
Yesterday that! received an Account from the
Intendant, of the courageous Adion you per
formed lately; and I Yesterday laid it before
his Majesty, who commanded me to express to
you, the Satisfaction he felt at reading it ; and
to inform you that your Behaviour has appear
ed.to him in so amiable a Light, that he has
ordered you a Gratification of 1000 Livres,
and fettled an annual Pension of 300. I write
in Consequence of this Order to the Inten
dant. Continue to give every Succour in your
Power to those who may stand in Need of it,
and offer up your Prayers daily for your good
King, who loves brave Men, and feels him
felf happy at having an Opportunity to reward
them. Necker.
Diredor General of the Finances."
Paris, Dec. 22, 1777.
Kingston, (in Jamaica,) Feb. 7.
On Tuesday last his Majesty's commission
appointing his Excellency John Dalling, Esq;
Governor and Commander in Chief of this
Island, and the Territories thereon depending,
was published in Spanish Town: the regulars
and militia of that town were under arms,
and we are informed went through their diffe
rent manuvres much to his Excellency's fatis
fadion, the train of artillery saluted with
21 guns, and an equal number were fired from
the Admiral's ship, and the different forts
upon the occasion.
The fame day Nathaniel Beckford, Esq;
was sworn a member of his Majesty's mod
honorable privy council.
Prizes sent in since our last; a brig to the
Badger, and snow to the Levant Letter of
Marque.
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Just imported in the ffiip Neptune, from Bristol, and to
be fold by
JOHN PERR Y,
No. 295, Little Dock -street, three doors east of the
Exchange,
Bottled porter,
Bristol ale, Taunton
ditto, Burton ditto, cyder
in calks and hampers,
Gloucester chcefe,
Tripe in kegs
Whole peafe in ditto,
Grutts in ditto,
Currants,
Port wine in calks of 10 doz.
White lead 7r, n „ nA
n R L ( ground in
Span'in brown > oil
Yellow oaker )
Blue paint, green do. in do.
Oznabrigs, fneeting,
Dimities,
Small shot,
Needles and pinty
Smoothing irons,
Sorted Queen's ware in
crates,
Grindstones,
Welch butter in firkins,
Irifli ditto in ditto,
Fresh Garden Seeds,
EARLY peafe and beans, onion, carrot, parsnip,
turnip of all forts, letuce of all forts, fpinnage, beet,
endive, Italian and solid celery, cress, mustard, rape,
parsley, asparagus, colliflower, brocoli, melon, thyme,
sweet marjorum, summer and winter savory, pot marjo
rum, hyf p, Fazil, balm, marigold.
HOWE's genuine ACID
between Whig and Tory; it is a trial for su
premacy; it is an attempted robbery on the
legislature, the land owners, the merchants
and manufa&urers of this realm. It is like
the efforts of a treacherous son, who, grow
ing strong, under the eye of an indulgent pa
rent, looks for the unguarded moment when
he can, with most likelihood of success, plunge
the dagger into that heart which rejoiced or
mourned at his good or ill fortune. Unite
then my countrymen ; if you have a spark of
real patriotism in you, now is the time to che
rish it until it burns bright and strong as in
the breads of your worthy forefathers, who
leaving every meaner thought behind' them,
have, like a whirlwind, rulhed on the ene
mies of their country, whether they were re
volted fubjeds, or invidious neighbours. This
is not empty declamation, it is a Sketch of the
state you are now in relative to your colonies.
This or that country must be uppermost. Or
suppose no future ftfuggle for superiority
(which I by no means do) does not the thoughts
of losing a great continent, planted, cherilhed,
and brought too near maturity by you, now
spurning the power which, as a people, gave
them a being; throwing their trade and every
thing valuable into the lap of that profeft ene
my to the civil and religious liberties of these
countries, from whose repacious hands we
have,, at an immense expence of blood and
treasure, so recently snatched them, or they
had at this moment been slaves? I fay, do not
these considerations rouse your indignation ?
Here is cursing for blessing ; here is the re
verse of every precept delivered to us by the
great author of Christianity. My fellow citi
zens, I acknowledge myfelf a feeble, but I
am an honest advocate for my country, and,
with the permission of Mr. Woodfall, will
again trouble you with some further thoughts
on this unnatural contest; recommending, far
the present, what appears to me to be thein
difpenfible duty of every order of men in these
kingdoms ; firft extinguish the flame, then en
deavour to find out the incendiaries.
^n Indigent Englishman.
wifaes to preserve his property and his loyalty
to his King and country? I apprehend the
Whig and Tory will fuffer alike. Away then,
with all invidious party names among our
selves ; let the diftindions be Loyalists and Re
bels only. Thisris not a time to compliment
an ungrateful people ih arms against their
country. We will gladly change the odious
appellation they now so eminently merit for
that of friend; but 'till they ffiew a dispositi
on to return to their duty, let every effort of
this country be employed to quell these worse
than rebels, these treacherous sons of discord.
The abettors of America on this fide the
water, will ask with a foreboding Ihake of the
head, how this is to he done ? I fay by uniting,
be Union your motto, and my life for it yvu
will easily overcome. - Confider my friends,
this is not a war between C mi and B —e;
For making PUNCH,
Prepared from the juice of lemons and oranges only;
a large tea-fpoonful is fufficient for a quart of punch,
being equal to one good lemon or orange, consequently
this acid is the best and cheapeftfubftitute for freffi fruit
that ever was invented. It has been found peculiarly
ufeful for the army and navy ; three tea-fyoonfuls a day,
continued for fix weeks, is a fufficient cure in the worst
symptoms of the feurvy. Sold by the dtfzen or finglte, by
DAVID MITCHELSON,
Corner of Water-firm, to the Fly-Market,
Refined sugar in hogsheads.
Mens leather shoes,
• Womens fluff ditto.
Men and womens gloves,
Mens w'orfted and thread
flockings,
Women and boys cotton and
thread ditto,
Scarlet broad cloths,
, Blue, green and cloth-co
loured ditto,
1 Shalloons to suit do.
Felt and caftor hats,
. Boxes of tin plates,
Bfafs kettles,
Brass wine, beer, and brandy
cocks,
Flannels, callimancoes,
Penniftones, cutlery,
Combs, cordage, fail cloth,
Reaping hooks,
Short and long pipes,
Excellent Jamaica spirits by
the puncheon.
SO exceedingly Valued by all People who have bad
of them in Croat-Britain and Ireland, for their
tranfeendent Excellency in the defraying Worms of all
kinds both in the Bodies of Men, Women, and Cbildren,
by not only breaking the Knots in the Duodenum or Girt
next the Stomach, but they pass through the finalled
Passages of the Body, and purge aivay the ropy and
slimy Humours lubich are the cause of those pernicious
Vermin, andthc Source of many other Disorders; they
are one of the be, Purges in the nvbole World for gross
bodied Children that are apt to breed forms, andhaue
large Bellies ^ their Operation is\mild, fafe and plea
sant ; they ^wonderfully cleanse the Boavels of all fiff
and clammy Humours <wbicb ,op up the Parts and
prevent the Juice of Food being conveyed to the Liver
and made Blood, aubicb is ojten the Case uvif Children,
and is attended with a bard Belly, finding Breath,
frequent Fevers, Rickets, and a Decay of Strength in
the lower parts: Likewise fettled Aches and Pains in
the Head, Swellings, old Sores, Scabs, Tettert, or
Breakings-Out, will be perfectly cur'd, and tbe Blood
and Skin refored to its original Purity, and Smooth
ness; they purge by Urine, and bring away the Gra
vel, and effectually cure all ObfruEltonsof the Urine,
or Ulcerl in the Kidneys. They at once frike at, the
true cause of the Scurvy, and enti ely destroy it, at all
fcorbutick Humors and Effects, Root and Branch, so
as never to return again, and what makes them more
commendable is, they afefull as agreeable to both tafe
and fight, as Loaf Sugar; and in their Operational
innocent a¥ new Milk..
I have by these Plumbs cured a great many Children
of Whooping or Chin-Coughs, and Agues, which Dis
tempers are ver, common and troubfefome to Families,
and tbe Want of these Plumbs are the Ruin of Many
Children's Conflitutions.
' These Plumbs enrich and sweeten the whole Mass of
,Blood, carry of all gross, corrupt and putrid Humours,
and create a frefh and bealtby Complexion in fueb as
are affected by any putred Matters.
The Plumb is a great Dieuretik, cleanfag the Reins
of Slime; it expels Wind, and is a sovereign Medicine
in the Cbolick and griping of the Guts. It allays and
carries off four Vapours which occasion man, Disorders
in the Head. It opens all obfirußions in the Stomach,
Lungs, Liver, Reins and Bladder; causes a good Ap
petite and helps Digefitian. It bath been found won
derfull, fuccefsfal to Jucb Persons as are going into
Chronical Difempers, as AJimas, Pbtbi/icks, Sbort
nefs of Breath, Drofefa and fellow Jaundice. Now
I hope all impartial Persons are fatisfied, that tbe/Me
dicine which works upon such Humours, will almoJl
teach an, Difemper, if not too far gone, face Corrup
tion and Putrefaction are the Fore-runners of all Dis
eases; therefore no better Pb,Jick can be taken for. al!
Ages, Sexes and ConJlitutiohs, from Infancy to an old
Age. These Plumbs are bigbly serviceable to the Fe
male Sex, from the Age of 14. to 20 Years, and from
40 to 50. Each Box containing one Dozen of these
Plumbs, Priced Shillings, with Directions, fold by
Hugh Gaine, in New-York, and by no other Pcrfon in
America, unless by bis Appointment
IN consequence of Sir Henry Clinton's desire, I am
directed by General Robertson, to acquaint all mat
ters of /hips and vessels, at their arrival in this port, im
r mediately upon their landing to wait on the commandant of
this city, and there report in writing the number and
names of all passengers whatever, for the information of
the commander in chief for the time being, with every
other fort of information that may be conducive to the
publick fafety. The pilots are hereby order'd to acquaint
all maftersof vessels on their arrival of the above orders
and regulations, and all persons offending against any & of
the above regulations, calculated solely for the publick
advantage, may depend on being feyereiy punilh'd. Gi- :
ven under my hand, by order of the General.
HENRY LAW,
Matter of the Port of New-York.
To be SOLD by
GEORGE GRACIE,
No. 6, Fly Market,
EXCEEDING good coniac brandy, in finlll,
kegs; a]fo a final! assortment of groceries,
wines, &c. on the lowest terms.
~F O U N D,
CONCEALED upon the beach opposite Fort Neck,
a HOGSHEAD nearly full of RUM, supposed to
be part of the cargo of Capt. M'Dowell, who was cgft
away there in November last. Any person proving his
property, and paying charges, may have it by applying to
SAMUEL CARMAN, at Fort Neck, aforefaid.
A FEW
Lemons and Limes,
To Be SOLD By Retail,
In CROWN-STREET, No. 42.
; Notice is hereby given,
THAT the Loan Office will be kept at the house
of Gabriel H. Ludlow, in Dock-street, where
attendance will be given on the third Tuesday of
April, and the three succeeding Tuesdays to receive
the principal and interest due to the said office, &c.
For Sale, at No. 6, Queen-street,
By the Package or Piece,
ALaige assortment of Irish linens, Irish sheetings,
checks, check hollands, printed cottons and li
nens, ozenbrigs, fail cloth No. I to 8, threads, printed
and check handkerchiefs, men and womens silk, cotton,
and thread hose ; assorted calks of hats, fadlery, and men
and womens ffiocs and flippers.
ALS O,
OF the bed quality, by the keg or left quantity, may
be had of CHRISTIAN WERNER, at
No. 224, corner of Broad-street, bottom of Verletten
bergh, formerly called Flattenbergh-Hill, opposite th
John C. Knapp's. Esq; , „ ,
N. B. Fresh butter bifeuits, may be had fat said place
everv afternoon.
Fresh Ship Bread.
A Few thousand weight of frefh ship bread to be fold
by THOMAS HORSFIELD, at Brooklyn Ferry;
also a few bolting cloths. _„
Dr. R YA N's
Incomparable Worm destroying
SUGAR PLUMBS,
WANTED to REN T,
A HOUSE and STORE in a public part of the
city, contigeous to the Coftee-Houfe, to be
entered into immediately, or at the firft of May, for
which a generous rent will be given. Apply to the
printer. 0
% Weft-India rum, single refined and Mwfeovado fugare,
and a few pipes excellent port wine.
Master of the Port's Office,
Necessary to be kept in all Families.
Butter Bilcuits,