The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1781-12-10 00:00:00, page 1

SUCH persons as are willing to furnilh the
Barrack Master General with WOOD for
the use of his Majesty's troops, to be delivered
either in this city, or at the different ports
upon the inland of New-York, or Powks-Hook,
are requeued to fend their pro^fals in writing
to this office. And those who have vessels, and
will employ them in bringing wood to New
'York, will meet with every suitable encourage
ment, and the money paid them immediately
after its delivery into the magazines,
Monday, December io, 1,81.
NEW-Y ORK
AND . ,
WEEKLY
ASSIZE of BREAD.
Flour at 41. per Cent.
Publilhed September 29, 1780.
A White LOAF, of the fineft FLOUR,
to weigh ilb. for 16 Coppers.
Barrack Mafler General's Office,
Water-street, April 2, 17.81.
To be fold on board the Ship Earl Cornwallis,
Lying in Beekman's Slip, near Kortwright's
Wharf, the following Articles, for Cash;
W^Xcellent draft porter in barrels,
Hyfon, fufhong and bohea teas, of the firft
' Quality,
GLucefter cheese, in hampers,
9, It, 12, and 14. inch cables, with a large affoit
ment of small co<dage,
Superfine French flour,
Brandy and gin,
White bilcuit, in kegs, J
Split peafe, in ditto,
A genteel assortment of scarlet, blue and white
cloth,
Loaf sugar in hogsheads,
A few chaldrons of Newcastle coals,
A large assortment of paint and oils,
And a chest of medicines.
THE Citizens and Boatmen are hereby inform
ed, that the Inhabitants on the Nerth-fide of
Long-Island, have engaged to deliver, in the course
of four weeks from this date, 1000 cords of wood
at the landings, to Little, Great and Cow-Necks;
250 cords each week. The said Wood is to be paid
for at the different landings agreeable to the prices
fixed by his Excellency Governor Robertson s Pro
clamation ; and such part of it as may be brought
here for sale, is to be disposed of at the price specified
in the fame Proclamation.
Boats going for ibid Wood, will meet with every
protection they can desire.
Nov. 27,1781.
Just imported,
By tyick and Hartfoorne,
In the Northumbrian, fom Bidol, and to he fold,
wholesale and retail, .on the lowed terms, at
their itore, at the fignef the L ck and Key, in
Qpeen-Street, btween Burling's and Beekman's
Slips, a large and general aflbrtment of
IRONMONGERY and cutlery, among which
are, heel plate, mill, pitt, cross-cut, hand, and
other saws ; carpenters, jine:s, and coopers tools ;
blacksmiths aqvels, beck irons and vises, bar iron,
and iteel ; cart and waggon boxes, iron pots and
kettles, bias kettles, grid irons, frying pans,
German and iron coffee mills, sheet lead, 4 and
4 arid 1-2 pound pins, a large all rtment of files,
nails and spikes, clout and hob nails, brads ^4
tacks, of every size, fythf, locks and hi ges, a
great variety ; knives and forks, penknives, cut
teaus, taylors fliers, womens and shop fc.ffus,
horse fc ffus and biulhes, cu„ combs, arid mane
combs, fp?des and fhuvels, and a greatvariety of
ether articles too tedious to mention.
They have likewise a few chests of hyfon, and
bohea tea to difoofe of.
1
Imported in the Fleet just arrived from England,
By 'James Selkrig, and Co.
find to be fold at their fiords, No. 212, Qjeen-
Street, and No. 16, William-Street, a well chosen
affoitment of dry goods, which they will fell on
the very lowed terms, by wholesale and retail, tor
calh only,
Amongst which are the following
BROAD cloths, ratti
nets, and fhalloons,
Callimancoes and tam
mies,
Mourning crapes,
Bombazeens,
Florentines,
Sattinets, hosiery,
Linen drapery,
N. B. A neat assortment of plated buckles, jack
knives, pen do table knives and forks, fciflars,
razors, White-Chapel, and sawer's needles.
To be fold at private S ALE,
^r If E commodious new Brick Dwelling Huufe,
£ in Nassau-Street, nearly opposite the new brick
Meeting, now occupied by Edward Barden. If not
fold at private sale before the rath indent, to be then
fold at public auction at the Coffee-Houfe. For fur
ther particulars enquire of Edward Harden, proprie
tor, on the premises.
WOOD, WOOD, WOOD,
Containing t§e eatliea SBWot
# Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
Clouded velverets,
A large assortment of
printed linen handkfs.
A neat assortment of la
ces,
7-4, 8-4, 9-4 and 10-4
rose blankets,
Fine ruffled shirts,
Linens and checks, &c.
HIGH-WATER at N E W-Y OR K,
THIS WEEK.
Monday, 56 Min. after 4.
Tuesday, 42 Min. after 5
I Wednesday, 34 Mfn. after 6
|| Thursday, 31 Min. after 7
4$ For COR K,
To fail with the firft Convoy,
The Brigt. HANNAH,
JOHN SHEEMAN, Master;
Dying at Marlton's wharff, burthen about too
tons, has good accommodations for passengers, part
of her cargo already engaged. For freight or pas
sage apnly to said matter on board, or
ROBERT GAULT,
No. 30, Hanover-Squire,
Who has imported in the last fleets from Great-
Britain and Ireland, and is now felling eff on
reasonable terms for CASH ;
SUPERFINE frefh kiln dried flour, best mess and
cargo beef in barrels, belt ox tongues in fi kins
and half barrels, a few boxes of wax candles, bot
tled claret, red Port and L;fbon winesin final! cases,
best Durham nuitard, in pound, half pound, and
quarter pound bottles ; fu; erfine, second, and coarse
broad cloths of various colours ; rattinets, Walloons,
serges, flannels and baizes, tammies, durants, calli
mancoes, fuperfine ruffels, moreens, fattinets, prin
ces fluffs, fattens, pelongs, pe fians, taffet es, lute,
brings, and modes, yard wide and 7-8 I ifh linens,
in assorted boxes, from %s. 6d. to 6s. per yard;
brown and white Russia meetings, cambricks, lawns,
callicoes, chintzes, black Barcelona handkerchiefs,
lungee^, and bandanoes ; a variety of laces, thread
edgings, and ibbons, black ar d coloured threads,
mens, womens, and boys rented and cotton hole ;
womens best ruflel and callimanco pumps in trunks,
ditto fashionable muffs ana tippets, mens fajhen
able cocked English beaver hats, merry Andrew,
Henry'and Mogul paying cards, N. 4, and 4 1-2
pack pins, well assorted china in cases, and a few sets
of elegant china jars and beakers, aifo a few well
assorted cases of jewellery and cutlery, red Port and
Madeira wines in pipes, hoglheads, and quarter
calks. 'C &c.
SALMON AND PRI C,6,
No. I, Smith rtreet, uear Hanover-Square,
Hav eg import d >n tit flee: from London, a very choice
affortm^nt 0 DRY GOODS, propose felling them co
very low term* for caih) as Mr, Salmon intends going
to England very foou.
Btfipcs mar, ther articles, are the following, viz.
t, LACKthrth for folders
jpeg mr,v ry cheap;
Gearings and guttles a gieat
choice,
White phi s,
Flannels and b izes,
Broad ckths and caffimers,
Cerceroys, thickfeu, and
velvets,
Cambists, callimancoes and
duramts'
Brnb^z+cot, i Mudet
and perfims,
N. B. Two very good Spinnets from a principal
maker, a quantify c^neDa, 6 4 and 3 poundefs, with
frt to be 'oh nr^eryr^e <• ''.
WILLIAM BURTON,
Has for sale at his ft^re, No. 9, Water-street, be
tween the Coffee-Houfe and the Old-Slip, ffie fol-
lowing articles, viz.
Madeira, ?
Red port, C=
And Lisbon, j^>
Hyfon, Green,2c
Sufhong and
Bohea )H
Single and double refined
loaf sugar,
MufeovaQo do.
Jar and fun raisins,
Belt Turkey figs,
Prunes, currants,almonds
Best Lifoon sweet meats,
Guava, jelly, tamarinds,
Real French capillaire,
Sugar candy, sago,
Pearl & common barley,
Split peas, rice,
Soap, ftarch,hair powder,
Fig and powder blue,
Shoe brushes, black ball,
Playing cards,
Rappee and Scotch fnuff,
Spermaceti and wax
candles,
Best mould tallow ditto,
Pigtail tobacco,
Lemon juice,
Juftimported i ^ ~ rtib^ta, Capt Scallan,
^ito btjid by
Hugh <d Alex Wallace,
Sune rit''efli ? : :vdFLOUR,
Belt me6^ I carg BEEF,
In tie\ barrels, u nd half barrels.
Chece PORE L barrel' and half barrels,
Belt OX T JNCUES in half barrels,
A few boxes of MOULD CANDLES,
A box of fine POPLINS,
Four bales of IRISH RATTEENS,
A box of fine IRISH LINENS.
Also, fine white BISCUIT in small kegs.
s^' ''lo^fl^
IPrinted caliicoes and cottons
frith linens ana Meetings al
1 widths, a large atTorrment
Cam ricks ard lawns,
/men and silk hrn.far
chiefs,
Thread and black 0k laces,
Thread, cetton, and v/orfttfl
flockings,
' Chip Hus,
Stationery well assorted,
A few cases good fedclery.
Geneva in h%fhcad c ,
IA general assortment of
IPickles in the belt order
confuting of
Muihrooms,
India mangoes,
French and Spanifo olives
Geikins, onions, cabbage
Capers, walnuts, beans,
Samphire, anchovies,
India soy, kitchup,
Sallad oil,
Best white wine vinegar,
Common ditto,
Excellent Yorkshire haras
Large pickled tongues,
Large dried ditto,
Double Glo'iter cheese,
Mustard, .basket salt,
Cayenne & black pepper,
Ginger,
Spices of all kinds,
Coffee, chocolate,
Fine gunpowder and
Shot of all sizes,
Bottled porter,
Genuine Holland geneva
in cases,
Corks, &c. &c. &c.
Friday, 32 Min. after 8
Saturday, 3% Min. after 9
Sunday, 28 Min. after 10
New Muon the 15th.
THE
The commercial houses in Paris, concerned
in the Eait-India trade, are in pogeffion of
part of the government advices which the
Count de Vergennes received lately from
Mauritius.- They fay, " Sir Heitor Monro
took the field on the 28th of January, and on
the 4th of February was encamped on the
White Choultrie plains, a few miles from
Madras, with theist, zd, 3d, and 4th bat
tallions of European infantry, confuting of
very near 3000 men ; with all the forces be
longing to his Majesty of Great-Britain. The
Company's teapoys consisted of seven brigades
of 3000 men each, about 2oco cavalry (black)
and 300 European artillery; with this force
the General proceeded towards Arcot, in or
der to meet Hyder Ally's army, which had
reentered the Carnatic with intent to give
him battle, (the monsoons being over.) The
damages he has already done the Engliffi
company amounts to more than 1,700,000!.
sterling.
The frigates and transports that were seen
off Guernsey, it now appears, were going to
Brest, laden with naval and. military stores,
but had not meditated any attack, as firft
supposed, against Guernsey.
August 18. Advice is received from Oftend
by the Minerva, which is arrived in thie
Admiral Parker will have no need of words
to vindicate his conduct to his royal visitors,
the fears of the British Ihips under his com
mand will corvey the most honourable testi
mony of his merits; and while the eye sur
veys the clefts arid Shattered traces of a fierce
enemy, the heart must feel an interest in the
valour and misfortunes of the British sailors,
who foiobly bra ed the dangers of the battle.
The ficlc and wounded have been brought
on ffiore from Admiral Parker's fleet, and
carried to the naval hospital at Deal. Lieut.
Harrington of the Fortitude, died on board
that ship aboptone o'clock on Monday morn
ing, of the ' wounds which he received in the
action. He was brought on ffiore in the even
ing, and interred in the Chapel burying ground
with all the honours of war.
By the Ship Ruby, Capt. Morrison, in 12 Weeks
from Clafgow, and the Brig Barrington, Capt.
Braithwaite} in 12 Weeks from Cork and Lan
cafler, we have the following Advices, viz.
LONDO N, Aogutt 13.
ON Saturday advice was received at Lloyd's
that 142 fail of flrips from London are
all fafe arrived at Peterfburgh.
August 14. An officer is just arrived at Fal
mouth, who was taken and carried into South-
America, and brings the following interelting
intelligence :
" That in Peru most of the towns are go
verned by Spanish Correpidors, who greatly
oppress the Indians, particularly in the sale of
all the necessaries of life, of which they con
tinue to be the monopoiifers, and vend the
fame at their own price. These opprefficns
have caused a revolution in Peru. Before the
above officer left Peru, the Indians, to the
number of near <oo,cpo, had proclaimed, as
their king, Don Jofepho Cafirciro, defeended
from their ancient incas. To his edi&s they
paid the most implicit obedience; and had
already executed one of the Spanilh Corregi
dors, as a traitor to the State, and imprison
ed several others."
August 16. It is now said that the capture
of two transports from St. Maloes, by the
Daphne frigate, gave rife to the story of the
French intending to attack Guernsey.
Letters received this day from Guernsey,
dated the 14th, make no mention es any
French frigates being < ff that island.
A'gentleman who is arrived in town from
Holland, fays, he was obliged to come by the
way of Offend, in a small fishing finack, as
the Dutch have laid an fynbargo on all vef
fls; and that the packet boats which bring
over the mails were detained. He further
adds, that the Dutch ships have fufFered so
much in the engagement with Admiral Parker,
that it was supposed to be impossible for them
to fail again these four months.
August 17. Yeflerday a new naval uniform
was lent off to Admiral Parker, previous to
the arrival of bis Majerty at Sheerness or the
Nore, when the honour of knighthood is to
be conferred on the above gallant officer.; ard
it is expected that Commodore Keith Stuart
will be knighted at the fame time, he having
flared the glory of the late bloody contelt with
the Dutch fleet.
Wheat per Bufhei, 265. od.^
Flour, 70s. oddl
Brown Bread, 70$. od.;
Welt-India Rum, ss. 6J.
New-England do. 4s. od\
PRICE C U R R E N T, in N E W - Y O R K.
(No.tfy
AX K 1 1 &
T H E
MERCUR Y..
Mufcqvado Sugar, 51. 10s.
Single refin'd ditto, is, gd.
Molasses, is. 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 81. od.
Pork, B'l. los.
ffotagn anb DomeflUiu
river, that the Dutch will not fuffer any
packets to fail from Helveotfluys with the
mails, although there are four due, until
forne men of war which are ready to put to
sea, fail on a secret expedition that their time
of departure may not be too soon known in
England.
By a letter from Amsterdam, which was
brought over in a ihip arrived at Yarmouth
from Oftend, we are informed, that thxee
more of the Dutch men cf war which were in
the engagement with Admiral Parker were
funk in going into the Texel.
From Barcelona we are informed, that an
attempt was made the zo:h ult. by three
Spaniards of some repute, to set fire to the
magnificent pile of buildings, called " The
king's grand magazine;'? in which were
forne confidprable quantity of stores and pro,
visions. They were difeovered by a woman
and caught in the actual fact; they were pro,
perly secured, and will soon meet with theip
just reward.
During Admiral Parker's engagement with
the Dutch, a man went into the throuds of
one of the ships that engaged tlfe Berwick,
and with a blunderbuss, shot two of her Lieu,
tenants dead t,pon the deck ; and wa> just Ic-'
veiling at athird, when his fixation was Gif
covered, and in return for the loss of his two
brave companionsj was immediately ffiot
dead by the Lieutenant at whom he aimed,
and on account of the ships being so closely
engaged, he dropped upon the Berwick'^
deck.
During the late adion between the British
and Dutch fquadrens, a chain (hot took off
the head of the Pilot of the Berwick, ^nd
drove it with such violence aghinft Captain
Fergufen, as to beat him flat on the deck,
where he lay to all appearance dead for near
ten minutes.
&aguft 23. A bloody defeat which the
Dutch fullered in the war with Charles If.
made that people fetid agents to London, even
without waiting for a passport, to sue for
peace. That defeat did not destroy the only
fleet the Dutch then had: Qn the other hand
the late action with Admiral Parker has net
left the States five ships of the line, that can
put to sea this campaign; They are therefore
in a worse condition now, than they were ia
the days of Charles: It is therefore likely that
they will soon turn th ir thoughts to peace,
by which alone they can five their trade,
which it is not now in thpir power to prp
te&.
It has been reported that the fluff Marefchaj
of France has been sent cut to General Wafh
jngton by the French King: If this is a sud,
it is a sign that the French intend in future to
co-operate with the Americans much more
effectually than they have hitherto done; and
one may imagine, from this promotion, that
the army on Rhode lfland, or a part of it, is
to march into Washington's camp: For al
though national pride would not fuffer a
French General to serve under Wafhingtor,
in his quality of an American General, yet,
ifhe is raised to the quality of Marefchal cf
France, the Count de Rochambeau can have
no pretence to refufe obedience to his orders,
It was on Monday confidently reported in
the city, that advice had been received at the
EadTndia House from Holland, that the
strong fort and factory at Chincery, in the
River of Bengal, the chief settlement the
Dutch have in India in the faltpetre trade,
was taken possession of by a strong detachment
of the company's troops from Sir Eyre Coote,
immediately on Hyder Ally's evacuating his
short-lived conquests in the Carnatic; and
that such were the situation of affairs when the
account came away, that very little doubt was
entertained but that the Dutch would be to
tally deprived of all future commerce in the
province of Bengal, for that the trade of Cal
cutta was left destitute of protection, through
the negligence of the Governor of Batavia,
who had wirh-held the necessary and accus
tomed reinforcements, from a 'uppofaion, as
is conjectured, that the fortrefs at Chincery
was more than Efficient to awe the English.
Letters from Petersburg bring advice, that
the Empress of Russia has published an edift,
forbidding any of her sailors or shipwright,
going out of her dominions, or entering into
any foreign service without licence for that
purpose, upon pain of being fev^rcly panicked
when taken.
IFine Salt, is. do,
ICoarfe Salt, is. do,
;Indian Corn per Bu. roi. do.
Coffee, is. do,
Chocolate, 265. per pg,