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f^TGN INTELLIGENCE.
Peter,r,h, Dec. 14 There is no longer
3 - v d^oz b?t our cou-t has resolved to affilt
(tm-BrirUn, #gam(l her revolted colonies
i>r America, v.ich a ce tain number of flops
? d troops)' v ' ieh will be ready in a lho:
time. A; the J>>kc .mentioned war is very
prejudicial to ourfradein many refpcCts, the
merchants of this empire are extremely well
faisfieTfhat our government have determined
to a^tb'Gteat-tytain in putting an end to it,
particularly as we are so very ftongly con
heded in commerce with that power. This
affair, however, Ins met with great oppofui
on, and it was net till after the mart mature
deliberation, that the Ethprefs determined to
CCTcltde a-y such refolurion ; however the
very high etteem the EnJdh minister, re
ading he/e, has found means to acquire, did
not a little contribute towards determining oUr
augtrft forereign in the party (he has taken.
1c is said that the squadron defined for the
above purp Te will consist of 21 fail of the line,
and n^.o frigates, arid will fail in the spring.—
U.r 'cbt Ga^te.
• |, C) IN 1) O N, fori. ?,
TL Albic:l, C apt. Frotl, is bic arrived ;.t
P'-mouth freer %'cw Yoik: the failed rh< ?~d
of December, in company with a large fleet,
under x,avjr, of,he Solebay man of war, but
partiSvod tvs after they failed, in a violent
feds of wind, uith many others. He was.
O-Medin his paihge by several enemies Grips,
ada Spaniel man of war came within gun
jhc of him ; but, being a faft sailer, got
Letters from Londonderry give an account
of the death of Timothy M'N^mara, Esq; at
his feat heir that city, riged 112 years.
Intelligence from Lloyd's Lisr.
January 2g. Milford Jan. ip Ihis cay
drived the Byron, Russel from New-Yorit ;
foe failed the beginning of September last,
and has since been cruizing on the coail
<< America, and in the Bay, and took five
prizes, one of which worth 63061. she sent
fs r Barbados. About fix weeks ago the
iboke with the Bellona, Fairweather, and the
Alert privateer, Capt. Chapman, of Liver
youl, then off the Wefternlllands, all well;
OT Cape Clear ihe spoke with the Biddy,
Roundtree, which failed for New-York from
Corke, under convoy of the Richmond and
RaHcigh frigates, but having carried away
her b.>wfprit, was obliged to return.
'Portfmouth, Jan. 27. This morning failed
his MaieHy's ihips Intrepid, Brune, & Cyclops,
with several Grips end transports under convoy
for the Welt-Indies ; allo failed the Bottetourt
armed brig, M'Phall,. and Crown galley,
Webb, for Georgia, and Swift, Gibzean, for
Halifax. The above Ihips Hop at Plymouth,
to take federal transports, with troops, under
trieir convoy, to the Weft-Indies.
From [be LONDON GAZETfE^ January 29.
Berlin, January 15.
Her Royal Highness Louisa Amelia, Prin
cess Dowager of Prussia, fitter to her P/uffian
Majetty and to the reigning Duke of Bruns
wick Wolfer.buttle, died here on the 13th inst.
in rhe fifty-eighth year of her age, univerfelly
lamented. '-
Copy of a Letter from Mons. De Sartine, to
Messrs. Scot and Pigott.
Ferfailles, Dee. 23, 1779.
''l acquaint you, gentlemen, that the
King hhs ordained and enacted, by two arrets
of his council, refpe&ingthe ordinances issued
by the Count de Dural, dated the 7th, loth,
and<Tgth of July last. One of the arrets
enacts, that the debts, titles, and claims,
reciprocally subsisting between the inhabitants
of Grenada, and the fubjeds of his Britannic
Majerty, shall be preserved and maintained en
tire and inviolate. The other, at the fame
ci ue that it orders that French laws shall be
ebferved in the said island, afeertains the rules,
the times and the forms, according to which
juttite (hall be there administered by the courts
of law, which his Majesty has thought proper
t> eftabldb.
" His Majesty has also given orders that
the absent Englilh proprietors may dispose, as
they think proper, of the produce of their
plantations, Under this exception only, that
the importations and exportations shall be on
board of French vessels, or, in case of necef
tity, on board of neutral vessels, which shall
depart from and return to France. Finally,
his Majesty's intention.is that the English pro
prietors, if there are any who hare been dif
pv&ffed of their eHates by force, shall be re
inflated in their possessions by authority, re
serving to those, who may have committed the
violence, the right of making good their
claims before the courts of justice ; which re
course such of the English shall also have, as
having formerly acquired possession by force,
may have been in their turn forcibly difpof
ti Red upon the conquest of Grenada.
" You will be convinced by these arrange
ments of the justice, the beneficence, and mo
deration, which characterize the King, and
from u hich examples to the contrary have nor
influenced him to depart; I am, gentlemen,
Your very humble, and
very obedient servant,
(Signed) De Sartine."
" The arrangements which i have above
L mmunicated to you annul the late ordi
,4nce of Mons. De Durat, of the 6th of
September last. His Majesty has given orders
to the administrators to abolish the office of
Confefvatois, eftablilhed by that ordinance,
and, to leave the attorhies of the absent English
proprietors in the full and entire power of
acting for their constituents."
Although the first of the two arrets of his
Mbit Christian Majesty, of the rath of De-
February 5.
Extra# of a Letterfrom Cadiz, by the Way of
AmJhrdam, fan. 6,
" Orders arejuft received here from Court,
.to suspend the operations in fitting out the
floa, which ufadlly fails the last week in
March for Soutn America; and to make the
greater application in fitting the men of war,
ma iy of which are in bad condition, and want
a great repair. It is thought from this that
no Ships will be sent to America this year, as
there so are many Lnglilh cruifers,men of war,
and priva:eer&, -m the look out for them
The war is severely felt here on the, score of
commerce, traie being quite at a Stand, even
the Dutch Mercha not chuting to export
what they think fall into the ene
my's hands, except from their own ports.
The Stores are full of wines, fruit, &c.
which, if they do not find a vent, will prove
a ^ r loss and inconvenience to the dealers ;
our only hope is, that the present war may
not be much longer than the last. An ordi
nance is publiflied, forbidding all perfoos to
talk of politics in Madrid."
Extract of a Letter from Constantinople, dated
Yefierday morning, about nine o'clock,
Weftminfter-haH was crowned with people to
hear the sentence of the court pronounced on
several members of the late council of Madras,
who signed ah authority for deposing Lord
Pigot, removing him from his government
iato confinement, and of which they were
convi&ed the fittings after lad Michaelmas
term. The Attorney-general moved for
judgmentin a Ihort speech full of strong ob
fervnions on the offence, and the nature of
Extra# of a letter from Plymouth, Jan. 30.
" This day, about two o'clock in the after
noon, failed out of the Sound for the Weft-
Indies, or America, a large convoy of trans
ports, with treops on board, viz. the 86th,
87th, and 91st regiments from this place, and
a regiment from Portsmouth. Their domina
tion was not known by their commanding
officer when they failed. The Intrepid man
of war of 64 guns, Capt. St. John, the Mil
ford frigate, Sir William Barnaby, with two
or three other lhips of force, had the care of
them; they set fail with a frelh wind from the
eallward, And will be clear of the land by
to-morrow noon. The troops embarked with
great chearfulnefs and alacrity, and in high
spirits.
“ We have in the harbour four 90 gun
Blips, twoof them already coppered, and the
other two ready to go into dock. The Tor
bay is almost ready for sea. The Canada will
take in a new mainmast in the ewurfe of the
week. The Prudent is newly coppered, and
fitting out for sea. The Danae and Oifeau,
two fine frigates (lately French) will soon be
fit for service. The Sybil, which arrived
about a fortnight ago from Lisbon is already
docked, and will fail sometime next week.
" A number of seamen, lately come from
Frante in cartels, arrived here yetterday,
which will forward the (hipping very much,
as they were much wanted. The artificers in
the dock-yard continue working double tides,
to get the dipping ready for sea early in the
Spring ; and aitho' the cold has been very se
vere for this week past, they persevere in
working on the lines with redoubled applica
tion, that they may be rendered as strong as
the nature of the place will admit of agpinft
next Summer."
cember last, grafts to the inhabitants
Grenada a suspension, until a peace, < f:
payment of debts due by them to British fub
jeds reading ia Britain, or in any other part
of his Britannic Majeffy's dominions, and
also of such ^ebts due to the fubjeds of the
United Provinces of Holland, as are guar
anteed by any of his Britannic Majesty's fub
jeds, and consequently the said inhabitants
cannot be compelled to do justice to the cre
ditors ; yet it leaves them a; full liberty to
pa, their said debts, without incurring any
penalty : whereas the ordinance of the Count
de Durat, of the 7th of July last, absolutely
prohibited them to pay any such debts, di
rectly or indirectly, under pain of disobedi
ence, military execution, and confifeation of
their eHates.
January §.
“ It is said here., that the grand Signior has
acquainted the Ambassadors of England and
France, that he intends to re.eflablifh an old
law made in 1744, commanding that a line
Should be drawn from the weft-end of the Mo
rea to the Gulf of Candia, in which limits it
was fobid to the powers at war to commit
any hostilities against each other, or against
neutral lhips ; and also commanding that all
such men of war ar# lprivateers as Should com
mit hostilities bedetained, and if there be not
force enough to do it, that the ministers of
such powers be applied to, to make fatisfadi
on for the damages done, A copy of the
above has been sent to the miniftera of France
and England to communicate it to their several
Courtt."
Private intelligence from France fays, that
immediately after the firft confutation be
tween the King, Mons. de Sartine, and the
Lieut. General of the Marines, orders were
dispatched to Harve and St. Maloes for the
transports to take in their provisions, and be
in readiness to receive on board 16,000 men,
who were ordered into immediate motion for
the above places.
Theie are several cutters from 8 to if guns,
privateers, cruising off Brest and Toulon, to
keep a look-out after the Dutchmen and Danes.
The Captain of the Lewes has been out rather
more than a month, and taken three prizes;
writes that he few about 12 fail of Spanish
Ships, merchantmen, under convoy, go into
Brest, but makes no mention of 20 fail of the
line having failed out.
4 lb. sugar, and 6 ounces tea per month.
Colonel and Chaplain, 2 gal. rum, glb. sugar,
and 1-4 lb. tea per month. Each other officer
in the line and Raff, 1 1-2 gall, rum, 3 pounds
sugar, and 1-4 lb. tea per month. Each non
commissioned officer and private, 1-2 gill rum
per day, one pound sugar, 2 ounces tea, and
one pound tobacco per month.
it, which was, he observed, df so extraordi
nary and aggravated a complexion as would,
he trusted, meet with the proper punishment.
It was not for him to direct the court in their
determination ; but he begged leave to deliver
his opinion of the degree of punishment
which so high a misdemeanor deserved, for it
was no less than a revolution of legal govern
ment. The peace and good order of the
Fall-India Company's Settlement being al
ready disturbed by c.vil contentions with the
Rajah of Taijorc, the Hep of deposing Lord
Pigot had nearly been productive of the most
Serious consequences, and anarchy might have
totally defeated the reUoration <f Rajah to
his kingdom, of which he b.d been dilpoffef
fed by the Nabob of Arcot. He therefore
thought a fine, imprisonment, and incapaci
tation from serving government in any poll,
would be a very proper judgment dn the de
fendants. Mr. Rous followed his learned
leader upwards of an hour, and improved
with many pointed observations on the fame
heads of argument. Ms. Duhning, counsel
for the defendants, offered many affidavits in
extenuation, to the reading of which the At
torney-general objected, but he was over
ruled by the court, aaoGbu affidavits were
read, which run ovei G 1 trie faits of the de
fence urged upon tie ucd, and Some new
matter which was not t<u B entered upon for
want of evidence ; Mr. burning |.leaded for
two hours to combat the Attorney general's
speech. The court adjourned the argument
urftil re-morrow, to hear the replies and give
judgment.
To the Gentlemen Merchantj and other Persons in
America, who remit bills of exchange to Europe.
Nantes, February 8, 1780.
Gentlemeth
OF the many bills which have been sent
from America to me, few whdle sets have
arrived, parts of them (firfts, seconds, thirds or
fourths) having been thrown overboard or
taken. Of those which 1 have received, a great
number have been only blank endorfed,which
leaves (hem as much exposed to fraud as if they
had been payable to the bearer. 1 have ac
cordingly more than once found, on presenting
a fecund bill for acceptance, that the firft had
been already paid, and on examining the bill
so paid, I have seen my friends name on the
back without a syllable by which 1 could dis
cover the hands it had afterwards passed thro'.
In one instance, T accidentally difeovered that
the bill had been in the possession of a Captain
of a British privateer, which clearly proves that
our enemies confider bills of exchange blank
endorsed as a good article of plunder.
In order to remedy this evil effectually, I
with refpeCt propose to you, to make it an in
variable rule fully to jnderfe all bills which
pass through your hands, and to make them
p< yable to the orders of the person to whom
you remit them.
So fat as this affeds myfelf or my friends,
it would only be necessary to write to my cor
respondence to put a Hop to it; but as it is of
a very extensive nature, and may occasion great
loss to many individuals, I think it my duty
thus publicly to caution all persons in America
against it. I have the honour to be, with great
refped, Gentlemen, vour most obedient and
moH humble servant,
JONATHAN WILLIAMS.
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Our accounts from the nrihb<mdng Hands are truly
diftrelliogi On rhe geth of March, at half a tcr four
o'clock in the evening, a fire b,oke out a< a hoyfe, at
Pointe.a Pe'tie, in Gu.xalopc. As there had been a long
spell of dry weather, ahd the warehouse, filled with goods
and a variety of combustibles, thc^ flames spread rapidly
and irresistibly, so that in Wsth n two hours two thirds
Of the city was burnt That part or the place which was
to windward, was diflina from the other, and it only
efeaped. The loss is eftimaed at 15 millions. The
town of Roseau, Dominion-, had fuflered a similar mif
fortune, but had only 8 or 9 houses burnt, the fire being
speedily fupprefled,
BOSTO N, May 1.
Extract of a letter from a Gentleman at AJ
' bany, (Rate of New-York.)
" The enclosed resolve of the Assembly of
this state will inform you, that the intolerable
fufferings ofour department are not totally dis
regarded by them, and I doubt not (if feme
thing of the kind is not already done) the prin
ciples of justice will every Jhortly induce your
state to pass a similar resolution, efpeciaßy as
this part of the ftafF has hitherto been totally
unnoticed.
TO be fold at private Sale, a fine COW, and a CALF
a Fortnight old; likcwife an elegant Herfe aad
Chair, also a Carman's Carte Enquire of John Brannon
in Broadrftteet, neat the General Post Office.
" That Peter T. Curtenius, Esq; shall cause
to be purchased for each commissioned officer
(Major-General M'Dougall and Brigadier-
General Clinton with their suits included)
Surgeon and Surgeon's Mate belonging to the
troops of this state, and to each Physician,
Surgeon, and Surgeon's Mate, belonging to
the General Hospital ofthe united states, and
who at the time of their refpedive appoint
ments were inhabitants of this state—cloth
and linen, with linen and trimmings fufficient
for a regimental suit, 2 linen vests, 2 pair lin
nen breeches, 2 ruffled shirts, 2 plain Shirts,
4 Hocks, 2 pair worked hose, 2 pair linen do.
2 pair fooes, 1 pair boots, a blanket and hat.
For a Maj. Gen. 4 gall, rum, 61b. sugar,
1-zlb. tea, per month. Brig. Gen. 3 gall, rum,
Sr. PIERRE (Martinique! April 6.
Amongtt which are, keyhole, compal's, dovetail,
sash, Tennent, panrel, hand, frame, fanearing,
crollcut, pit and mill ffys, a great variety of locks
and hinges, augers, chizeis and gouges, she and
knee buckles, 4,6, 8, io, 12, 20, 24, and 30 penny
and flieathing nails, files and rasps, d<ik furniture,
cutteau and pen-knives, butchers knives and heels,
scissors, sheep and othef (hears, brass and iron candle-
Hicks and fnuffers, brass and Heel thimbles, flutes
and pencils, hones and razors, ra' and monte ,r?ps,
with a great variety of other articles. A'o, brim
stone, allum, powder blue, &c. &c.
Public Notary's Office,
BY
TERENCE KERIN,
Attorney at Lav#,
No. 49, Wall-Street, nearly oppofne to Pitt's Statue,
WHERE constant attendance will be given for
the execution of the general hufi a (fs thereof
with the utmott punctuality and difyateh.
Charter Parties, Memorials,. Petitions, Articles of
Agreement and Co-parnerfhip, Arbitration and other
Bonds, Letters of Attorney, Deeds, Wills; Mort
gages, Alignments, and all other Whitings drawn
effectually to answer the reflective Purposes for
which they shall be intended, &c.
WHEREAS Philip Kyfick of this city has
left off felling in a retail way, takes this me
thod to return Thanks to all his CuHomers ; a?
fame time requests all those that are indebted to him,
to eall and discharge the fame ; and all thafe that he
is indebted to, are desired to call and prbve their
demands, and they dial! be immediately [did.
N. B. Said Philip Kyfick continues (till tofel)by
the pipe, hogshead, and qnatter-c%fk, fpjrituon^
liquors, such as wine, rum, &:,.
New-Yerk Poor Lottery.
*, The Numbers, Prizes and Blanks are
now rolling up at the House of Mr. David
Grim, in George-street. As there are but
few Tickets on Hand, the Drawing will
speedily commence, of which the Public will
be notified in due Time.
This D a'y;
If ill be SOLD at the Coffee-Flcafe,
A parcel of damaged Woollens, with a few
Hogsheads of Flaxseed. Ard
To-morrow at 12 o'Clock will be fold
at the Coffee-Houfe,
The prize Schooner A N N,
Laying at the Ferry Stairs.
P. M'Davitt.
William Backhoufe, & Co.
ARE removed to No. IO6S, Water-Street;be
tween Bmling and Beekman's flips ; and have
for file, fine hyfm, fouchong, and bohea teas, bv
thd chest or smaller quantity. Allo to let, a (hop
on Golden-Hill, facing Queen-street, the corner of
Elbow Street, with a commodious Cellar. And a
large upper store room in Catharine Street, at a
fhoit distance from the flip, about 6§ by z> feet,
suitable fora fail m.ker, &c.
"aTThomas-sTaggT
Ship Bread BAKER Y,
In Ferry-Street, above Peck\ Slip,
MAY be had at any time, freffi baked BREAD,
equal in quality, and for keeping in long
voyages to any baked in England. Gentlemen
passengers, or matters of vellels, may aif, be supplied
with fine white bifeuit, by the hundred weight, fit
for cabin use.
N. B. Those gentlemen who want to supply
themselves, or contra& for a large quantity, will
pleale to give a few days notice, to
Their humble servant,
^m. THOMAS STAGG.
John Amory
MAnufa&ures and fells all forts of the heft and
newelt fashioned H ORSE-WHIP S, at
No. 316, opposite the New Bridewell, in Great-
George's Street; and for the greater, convenience
of his customers, keeps an assortment at Mr. Valen
tine Nutter's Stationary Store, opposite the Coffee-
House.
% Haerlem Oil.
SOME of th* right fort, may now be fnd rs
HUBART VAN WA6ENIN, at No. fy^,
Beekman'svSlipi whoalfo has for tie,
A general aff^tment of-
IRONMONGERY & CUTLERY,
Jehu Ogden,
HAS just taken the firlt WIND-MILL, in
the Bowery-Lane, near the One Mile
Stone, theist inst. which was in the Poffefli
on of Joshua Dickenion, propoles to grind
all Sorts of Grain and Corn, likewise, Ginger,
Pepper, and Mustard, and will be rtrißly care
ful in giving Satisfaction to his Employers,
on the mod icafonable Terras
Cornelius Duane, .
HAS removed his Office to the corner house,
No. 1084, dire&ly eppofite to the Lower Fly-
Market, next door to Mr. Anthony Van Dam's ; *
where Frotefts for veffJs, and every other-part of a .
NO FARY PUBLIC'S BUSINESS is tranf a &ed,
with the utrnoft care and dispatch.
Striking Likeneffer, in
MINIATURE PROFILE, taken
By John Colles,
Almost opposite the . Coffee-Houfe, up- flairs 6%
Mr, Lucas's,
HAVING had the honourof taking off the Pro
files of many of the Nobility in England and
Ireland, begs leave to inform the Ladies and. Gehr
tiemen in New-York, that at a moment's fitting he
aflures a striking likenels; a fpe<imen only can
furnish an idea of the execution, the price of the
likeness framed ahd glazed is Two Dollars.
N B. He has a few instruments made on an en
tire new plan, for reducing of likenellcs, &c.
which he will fell at Two Guineas each, ~with which
he will inftru& the purchaser the use of them, and
the whole art of reducing figures of any fire ; he
will have in a few days a neat assortment of pattern
patent ribbons, and handkerchiefs, which will be
worth the attention of the Ladies.