The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1781-08-27 00:00:00, page 2

LO N D 0 N,
May 24. His Majesty's (hip the Arrogant,
at Chatham, having undergone a repair, is
put into ccmmiffion, and the command of herj
given to Capt. Cornish. . . !
They write from Milford Haven, that his .
Majesty's armed cutter on that Ration had ta-1
ken a fmunglrng vessel on the coast of Corn
wall, laden'with 60 calks of brandy, a large,
quantity of tea, and other prohibited goods,
and carried her into that port.
May 26. Admiral Hughes has with him in
the Bast-Indies, the Superb of 74, Burford 70,
Exeter 64, Ea°le 64, and Worcester of 64.
There failed ^ith Commodore Johnftone the
Here of 74, Monmouth 64, Romney 56, Ju
piter llis 50, 2nd there has failed since,
the Monarch of 70 guns; so that the fleet
will consist, when joined by these, of eleven
fail of the line, five large frigates, and five
Sleeps. ,
By the private dispatches fromßengal we
learn, that a reinforcement of 300 Europeans,
and 800 Sepoys had been feet to the relief of
the Coromandel coast. Meer Abdullah B-ig,
Rajah of the Patna country, had raised an ar
my of 10,00® men, which are taken into the
Company's service. Trejudulia, a fort 100
miles from Calcutta, had surrendered to the
'omp<uy's arms, and Surkeil Cawn had re
treated to the fouthermoft part of the empire.
Aliinoadar Abdallah Cawn, in the environs of
Patna, bad raised an army of 20^000 men,
and was upon the march to join the Compa
ny's troops. The action of Cullaftadore was
in favour of the Company's army; Lieutenant
Colonel Andrews, with his detachment, uad
taken Sempavaradorr, which belonged to Jau
Aldeii Beig, brother to the Rajah of Patna, in
which were upwards of 80 pieces of cannon,
ant iI6OO men, who surrendered to the Cornel
at discretion. This Rajah s brother is inthe
interest of the French, consequently in that of
Hyder AE, but is too weak to hand against his
brother, united with the Company's forces.
The treasury of Bengal has, after paying all
army demands, near 1,700,000!. which will be
made known to the Proprietors at the next
general convention. The Company's Euro
pean army in the kingdom of Bengal does not
cohfift oflefs than 6000 men, Sepoys about 46,
000 well disciplined, and firmly attached to
the Company.
May 29^ The out ward bound Welt-India
fleet which failed from Porrfmoutb the 24th
inst. palled by Plymouth under convoy the
26% all well, and were joined by two other
frigates.
1: is new said that Admiral Darby means to
retire, and that he is to be succeeded in the
command of the grand fleet by Admiral Parker.
We hear there will be a perpetual act of in
solvency to clear all debtory to the time of its
puffing ; those that are able, A is said, are,
du^ng war, to serve his Majefly either by land
or fea° This perpetual a&, it is said, will be
always in force for debtors, to be relieved
fieriy from thelr confinement, complying
with the act ; and it is said all prison keepers
in future are to have fairies only, and no fees.
This act will be a general perpetual ad of in
solvency, so that parliament will be troubled
no more, and English debtors will be on the
fame humane footing of all other nations,
and will not lie so long in prison, and have
their families Starving as formerly.
Several injunctions are already moved far
by agents in the Court of Chancey again!!
the sale of goods, as lawful captures, taken
by Sir George Brydges Rodney and General
Vaughan at St. Euft^tia.
According to government accounts, the
number of prisoners exchanged by cartel with
France, since the commencement of the pre
sent war, is 44 000 and upwards.
Advice is received at Bourdeacx of the fafe
arrival of the French Weft India fleet ar that
port, Rochelle and Nar.tz, without the loss of
a tingle Dip. The passengers by this fleet re
port, tnat the EngliD fleet from Jamaica would
have failed before them, but, as they 'were on
'the point of weighing anchor, a sloop of war
had come down from the windward express
from Admiral Rodney, to countermand their
failing, as he had received advice from Eu
rope ;hat a large fleet of men of war were
,about failing for the Weft-Indies from France,
and were probably ab\ ut that time off or near
the Bahama Islands.
We hear that there are letters from officers
on board the Belle Poule, one of Commodore
Keith Stewart's Squadron, which has been
cruizing in the north seas, with advice that
Admi/al Hartfinke's squadron of fix fail of the
line, and three frigates, were said to be out,
fuppofea ^0 be convoying the Dutch Baltic
fleet. The Berwick was cruizing on the coast
of Norway.
June 5. Yeflerday an express arrived here
frm Guernfry with advice that several Dutch
transports were arrived at St. Maloe's, to take
on board troops, and that a fleet of Dutch
men of war were Waiting to take them under
convoy; that the above intelligence was
learned by a cartel Dip, which bad put into
Guernsey.
Hi' sMajefty, we hear, in consideration of
the great increase of parliamentary business
this sessions, has determined to grant but a
Short reccfs, and therefore will not prorogue,
but only adjourn the House; by which means
the Commitee on East-India affairs will be en
abled to carry on their enquiries, which other
wise muff be dissolved,
•Extract of a letter from Bref, May 14.
" Toe imprefied men in the Deux Freres
sender, rose on the 12th inflant, and confined
the Lieutenant, Maker and Crew, run the (hi?
on those near the mouth of the river Douvetre,
and made their Gcape: They were followed
by two troops of Artois Chaffeur^ cavalry,J
who overtook them three leagues from Dou- §
vette, and before they would surrender, be -}
tween 30 and 40 were killed, and many wound-J
ed. The remainder were brought back, con
fined, and ordered for a court martial."
Extract of a letter from Captain Walter Duncan,
of the brigantine Sea-Lock Parquet, dated Holy-
Jfand, May 17.
" I have the pleasure to advife^you of my[
fafe arrival here this forenoon on my paffage|
from London, and after a very smart engage-§
ment this morning with a large French priva
teer of 20 guns, about fix miles to the fouth-|
ward of the Scars. She, came up with us aboutl
five o'clock in the morning, and gave us the'
firft broadside, which we immediately returned.|
The engagement continued upwards of twol
hours, and afterwards De thought proper to
tack about, and flood to sea. Two of our men
are wounded ; one got three of his fingers (hot
away, the other slightly wounded, All our
officers and rqen behaved with great spirit.
We cannot Dy what damage is done to the
privateer, but from appearances De looked to
be much Dattered, which must be the case,
from the large quantity of (hot we expended.
Two of our carronades were dismounted in
the action. We received several (hot thro'
the hull, and two through the main-mast, and
our fails and rigging much damaged. I hope
to get the Dip refitted this day, and shall come
cut the firft favourable opportunity."
Extras of a letter from Penzance, dated May 17.
“ Another Dutch store-ship from Rotter
dam for France is just lent in by the Antigali
can privateer, Captain Mulfo. We have now
fourteen fail at this port, two of them very"
large: We have but little news, as prizes do
not tumble in upon us quite fofaft as they did
some months ago, though our privateers have
had their Dare." ,' ;
Extraa of a letter from Newcastle, May 19.
“ Last Thursday evening the Mayor of this
town received an account from Balmbrough,
that an English brig, yith a few small guns,
was that morning attacked by a smart failing
French privateer of 14 fix pounders off Balm
' brough Ca|lle, and engaged her about two
hours ; the brig at length got off by running
to the Shore under the castle guns, which
oblig'd the privateer to Deer off, and then
the brig got into Holy Island harbour. Short
ly afterwards, the privateer attacked another
brig offSuaderland Point there: this brig al
so engaged the privateer, and was making
towards Balmbrough, the privateer chafing her
in a running fight when the letter came away.
The mayor immediately sent an account of
this to Shields, and Sunderland, and to Stock
ton, by'exprefs, to be forwarded to Whitby,
Scarborough and Hull.
" A letter frora Balmbrough, received
yesterday afternoon, fays, a coasting veffcl had
taken fanduary under tnat castle, running
from a French privateer, and that the priva
teer sent off her boats to cut her ou but was
prevented by Capt. Horsall, commanding a
party of the Yorkshire militia, who beat them
of with the affidanye of the castle guns."
A french frigate of 32 guns (supposed to be
the Renard) is loft of Cape Spartel, in the
fame gale of wind that disabled several of the
Spaniffi fleet, and all the crew loft.
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, June 1.
" Arrived yesterday several vessels from
the Downs. They were convoyed part of
the way by the Alarm frigate, who after
wards returned.
“ The Victory this day returned to Spit
head, and Admiral Parker Shifted his flag to
the Fortitude."
ExtraH of a letttr from the Hague, March 16.
“ It is positively said, that the Convention
concluded between the Court of France , and
this Republic, concerning the retaking of the
Dips of their refpeftive fubje&s, arrived here
last Friday, signed by his Most Christian Ma
jesty. It is assured, that by this convention,
it is stipulated and resolved, that in case the
Dips have been retaken by privateers of either
nations, within the space of 24. hours after
they had fallen into the enemy's hands, one
half of the capture Dall belong to the captors,
and if they ar^ retaken in 24 hours, the
whole Dall be the property of the captor;
and that if such Dips are retaken within 24
hours, by Dips of war, the latter Dall receive
only a thirtieth part; and only a tenth part
after 24 hours."
Extraa of a letter from Paris.
? " At last the great man so loudly trumpeted
in France is no more—This second Colbert
has left the helm, and his royal matter has per
mitted him (as it is usually done) to ask leave
to retire, it was fettled that he should be dis
missed.
“ Various causes have occasioned this event,
but the principal is his memorial to the King,
against the authority veiled it parliament to
register edicts concerning questions of finance;
which authority Mr. Necker, wanted to abo
lish, and by that liroke render himfelf(uncon
troulable in all the innovations he Dould
choose to introduce into that department."
Glafoiv, May 17. On Saturday morning,
about 4 o'clock, a maid servant of William
Th -mpfon of Hill of Dumgray, who lives at
Bogfide, in New Monkland Parifo, going to
awake him, found him in bed with his throat
cut in a barbarous manner; De difeovered a
faD window in the room open, a press broke
into, and several things that had been in it
lying on the floor ; likewise a potket book,
from which igL.in notes had been taken ; a
pair of silver buckles and a watch were also
carried off. He was alive on Wednesday
morning ; but it is the opinion of the Faculty
who attend him, that he can survive but a
Dort time, his throat and windpipe being cut..
By fr.ns he Dade the people who waited on
him underhand, that as Don as he awaked he
found one man holding him fall by the cars,
while another was committing the horrid ac
tion., What renders this affair peculiarly
tragical is, he was married but a few weeks
ago, and was -making the necessary prepara
tions for the reception of his wife,
Edinburgh, May 28. The French have no
Dips of any considerable force at St. Maloes;
all their Dips of the line have been collected
at Brest; from their other ports long since,
the utmost of their strength in that quarter
consists of a few frigates.
Orders are sent to Corke, in Ireland, to
provide immediately 12,c00 tons of provi
sions for his Majeity's service.
Orders ate sent to all the ports of Scotland
and Ireland, where seamen are raised for the
use of the navy, to dispatch with all expedi
tion to the nearest ports Where any of his Ma
jesty's Dips are waiting, to fill up their com
pliments.
Eight fail of vessels are now fitting out at
Blackwall for the East-India Company's ser
vice, which are ordered to be compleated
for sea with all possible dispatch.
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Commonwealth ^Massachusetts, 1781.
WHEREAS it hath been represented from
federal Parts of this Commonwealth,
that fromfome mifaken Surmises, the Three Months
Men raised agreeable to a Rejoice of the General
Court passed the 30th of June last, ha-je not
marched, notivithJianding my expreJs Orders to the
Brigadiers of the federal Counties: And whereas
it is absolutely neceflary that said Men foould be tn
the Field to carry on the important Operations of
the present Campaign, which, by the Smiles of a
kind Providence, may ba-ve d 'Tendency to extir
pate oud cruel and inveterate enemy from these
United-States :
I Therefore again order and ftri&ly enjoin
the Brigadiers of the several Counties, in
stantly, without any longer Delay, to march
Ithe Three Months Men of their refpedive
I Counties to join the Army at IPeft-Point, or
such other Place a§ His Excellency General
Washington Dall direst.
1 also require the Brigadiers who were'here
toforc ordered to raise and march the Men for
the Service, at Rhode Island, to march such
Men raised in the respective Towns, who are
kill delinquent, without Loss of Time.
Given at the Council Chamber in Bofton,' the
Fourth Day cf August, tn the Year 'of our
Lord One Thousand Sewn Hundred and high
ty one, and in the Sixth Year of the Indepen
dence of the United States of America.
JOHN HANCOCK.
By His Excellency's Command,
JOHN AVERY, Sec'y.
PHILADELPHIA, August 18.
We hear the honourable the Congress have
appointed Robert R Livingston, Esq; to be
'minifter of Foreign affairs. The abilities, and
uniform condud, of this gentlemen, in his
attachment and services to the cause ofliberty,
it is presumed, will render his appointment
highly acceptable to the inhabitants of the
United States.
Among the illustrious worthies who Lately
arrived in this city from Augustine, was Dr.
Noble W. Jones. This Gentleman a&ed as
I speaker of the assembly of Georgia for many
Iyears under the old constitution, and was a
I firm bppofer of royal influence through the
I wiles of governor Wright. Upon the enemy's
I taking Savannah, where ore of his' fon's fell
l ip fighting for his country, he abandoned an
I easy fortune, and extensive business, and took
Ifan&uary in Charleftown, ffort whence he
Iwas sent contrary to the capitulation, to Au-
I guftine. We hear he intends to exercise his
I profeffion in this city, particularly Midwife-
Iry, a branch of the profeffion in which he
had acquired, from long and fuccefsful prac
tice, the highest eminence and reputation in
his nativeftate.
Extras of a letter from Baltimore, dated Aug. 8.
“ We have been apprehensive, for some
time past, that the enemy meant to pay us a
visit at this place: all the intelligence which
we have received, as well as the late move
ments of their fleet, strongly indicated such
a design. I scarcely ever felt more sensible
pleasure in my life than I did, at feeing the
}alacrity and spirit with which the militia
turned out on the occasion. The second day af
ter the alarm, upwards of 3,000, compleatly
armed and equipt, were paraded at this town,
besides those who assembled at Annapolis,
where general Smallwood is with near 1000
continental troops. Should they come, I am
sanguine in my expeditions that they will
experience a formidable opposition."
PHILADELPHIA, August 21.
Letters received by the Elthin, Job Play, mas
ter, in a passage of eleven days from Cape
Francois, bring the following interesting
intelligence :
That Count de Graffe had'failed from thence
with a large fquadroh for the Havannah, where
he was to be joined by eleven fail of Spaniffi
Dips of the line, besides frigates, and was to
take on board seven thousand laqd troops,
which when added to the French troops al
ready embarked, would amount to 15,000.
That the reduction of St. Augustine, Savanna,
and Charleftown, formed the immediate ob
jeds of this grand armament, and that the
beginning of October would be in readiness to
commence their operations, in concert with
the arms of the United States, for the dispos
sessing the BritiD of the posts they hold in the
city of New-York and the bay of Chefap^ak.
The veffcl which has brought the above im
portant r.:ws failed cifder convey cf the Fiereb
fleet for three days, -and saw them all well,
handing for Cuba. There can be no doubt
buftheie great and generous exertions of cur
beloved Ally will excite an universal ardor
throughout the' foedcrall Union, and that the
only point of emulation will be, who Dall
catch the glory of contributing most; in the
course of the campaign, to the eftabliDment
of tjiefe rising, extensive, and independent
republics.
From the Martinico Gazette, June 14.
By a vessel that left Port L'Orient the 6th
% of May, we learn that the King's Dip the
Courohne of 80 guns, was lately burnt at
Brest. We are not informed of the circum
stances of this unhappy accident. M. de la
Mothe Picquet had failed with fix Dips of the
line, pnd two frgiates, with orders to cruize
in the Channel of Ireland, to intercept, the
convoys from that kingdom. There are still
at Brest and Rochfort 18 or 20 Dips of the
line, ready to weigh anchor upon the firlt
Signal.
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NEW-Y OR K, August 22.
The latest accounts from Albany, inform
us, that Mr. John Bleecker, late of New-York,
had been made a prisoner of, and carried away
to Canada. Ihe Rebel General Philip Schuy
ler, narrowly escaped being taken by the fame
stratagem, but by firing out of his house, and
alarming the neighbourhood, he for that time
efcaped.'
A party of Loyalists have been down within
about twelve miles of Col. HoDruck's, on the
North River, and set fire to, and confirmed 18
houses ; 'tis supposed the place thus destroyed
is either Marbletown or Monbuccus.
Yesterday the whole Militia of this city,
with all the Volunteer Companies, amounting
to many thousand well appointed men, were
reviewed by Lieutenant General Robertson,
and Brigadier-General Birch, accompanied by
a great number of other Officers of the firft
dihin&ipa; they made a most refpedfable ap
pearance, meriting the warmest approbation
of their officers, which was expressed to them
on the ffi Id in very gracious terms.
NEW-YORK, August 23.
Yesterday arrived the privateer whale-boat,
Ladies Delight, Capt. Miles Urion, from a
cruize up the river Delaware. On Monday
fr'nnjght De boarded and took a Sloop,
minting fix four poumders, having on board
part of the cargo of the Porpoife,' from the
Havannah, for Philadelphia, which had been
run aDore by some of oar cruizers. The
Ladies Delight has brought in a Sloop from
St. Thomas's, bound to Philadelphia, with a
cargo of rum, sugar, &c The rest of her
prizes, five in number, have not yet arrived,
but are hourly expeded. Capt. Urion picked
up last Monday evening, Capt. Brooks and
tvo of the crew of a privateer barge which
lately failed from this p^rt on, a cru : ze, and
were overfet'io a squall of win'd ; the remain
der of the people on board the barge perished.
NEW-YORK, August 24.
Yesterday arrived a Schooner, Capt. Wat
son, in a Dort passage from Virginia; by her
we learn, that the fouxhern army, under the
command of the right hon. Lieut. General
Earl Cornwallis, were very healthy, in high
Spirits, and adding with the greaiel tvigour;
they have moved their magazine and fibres
from Poftfinouth to York town, the latter
being a place of much superior corifequence,
and more eligible for accommodating the
army audits followers. The town is already
well fortified, and two new forts have been
eroded on Oki and New Points Comfort, in
one of which 40 pieces of cannon are already,
mounted ; so that while the army and its no
ble leader are aiding against the rebels in the
field, the inhabitants and stores will be secured
under the protection of a proper garrison.
The Marqais Fayette, and the other Gallic
and Reb'ei commanders, with their appalled
troops, keep at a rcfpc&able distance from
the Royal Army, and do not seem inclined to
tooled or reconnoitre its operations.
TO be Sold, a Horse and light CART 9
also a Field Officer's Tent and Marque;
and an Officer's Tent and Marque.
Enquire of Hugh Gaine.'
I^VmmTn -sy-keT
No. Ifo Great Dock-street,
HA S imported in the Dip Dick, from
Liverpool, the following goods, which
he will fell reasonable for caffi, viz. Mould
candles, brown and white soap, fail cloth,.
No. I to 6, 9 4 brown and white Sheeting, 7-8
and yard wide IriD linen, 6 4 to 10 4 wide
table cloths, Merfeilles quilting, Dutch cord,
white and coloured jeans, dyed pillows, a va
riety of corderoys and denims, masquerade
and black velvets and thickfetts, fuperfine
clouded cloths, men and womens Shoes, &c.
Also a quantity of frying pans.
Richard Jenkins,
INFORMS his friends, owners ard matters of
vessels, that he continues to bake SHIP BREAD,
at his house, No. 24, John-Street. He presents his
thanks e tp his old Ship mates and Friends, for their
favours. He is determined to bake the best of bread,
knowing the diftreft of eating bad bread at sea, by
the experience of upwards of thirty years. . All
Captains of vessels who want the best of bread to
keep, will please to call before hand, a^d they Shall
be provided with the best on reasonable terrrr.
N. B. WATER and BUTTER BI
made from the best of Philadelphia super
flour, for cabbin, or family use, in small
quantities.