The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1781-03-19 00:00:00, page 1

By SAMUEL BIRCH, Esq.
Brigadier-General,
And Commandant of the City of
NEW-YORK, &c. &c.
WHEREAS great frauds and abuses hare
of late, and still are daily committed,
in bringing to this city, and exposing here to
file, great quantities of
FIRE WO O D,
Commonly called CORD WOOD, not more
than three feet, or three feet and an half long,
(when the fame ought to be four feet long at
least, including half the scars) to the great
oppreflion of the poor of the said city, and
defrauding all others inhabiting the fame.
For remedy whereof, and for preventing the
like abuses for the future, I do hereby order
and dired, that if any Fire Wood, commonly
called Cord Wood, fnall from and after the
firftday of April next, be brought into this
city, or liberties thereof, (for sale) in any sloop,
boat, or other vessel, which shall be lef^in
length than four feet, English measure, includ
ing half the scars as aforefaid, the inafler of
such boat, sloop, or other vefel, or the person
who shall have the charge offuch boat, sloop,
or other vet Tel, and Fire Wood, mail forfeit
the said Wood, one half to be given to the
person or persons who shall seize it, the other
for the use of the alms-house in this city ; and
the Cartman that shall presume to cart such
ihort Wood, shall, for such offence, forfeit
and pay the sum of Forty Shillings, current
money of New-York, to the use aforefaid.—
And the Infpedors of Wood at the different
wharves and flips, are hereby ftri&ly enjoined
and required to seize all such Cord Wood as
shall btj brought to this city forfale, contrary
to the directions herein contained, and report
the fame to the Police, as in default thereof,
they will be instantly displaced from further
employment.
And I do hereby further order and dire&,
that no person or persons whatsoever, from
and after thefirft day of July. next, do presume
to drive any iron bound Cart, Truck, or
other Carriage, within this city, for the car
rying an y goods, wares, merchandizes, fire
wood, or other things whatsoever, for hire or
wages, on forfeiture of Five Pounds for every
offence, one. half of which will be given to
the informer, the other for the uie of the
alms house.
Given under ray hand, in the city of
New-York, the Fifteenth day of
March, i„i.
S. BIRCH.
By Order of the Commandant,
John St. Clair, Sec'ry.
By Order of his Excellency
General ROBERTSON,
I Am directed and authorifed to demand and
receive all GROUND RENTS due, or
that may hereafter become due, for Grants
heretofore made by the Corporation of this
City: In consequence thereof, Ido hereby
give Notice, that due attendance will be given
at ray Office in Pearl-Street, every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday Mornings, between
the Hours of nine and one, in order to receive
the fame; of which all concern'd are requir'd
to take Notice.
JOHN SMYTH, City Treasurer.
New-York, March 1, 1781.
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NEW - YOR K, March 14.
Saturday fe'nnight as the schooner Polly,
Xapt. — , was making the parage thro'
Hell Gate, she was becalmed and (truck a
rock; the water went so rapidly over her deck,
as tocarry Mr. Mathew Goes, jun. overboard,
who was unfortunately drowned, notwith
standing every effort to save him. Mr. Goes,
was a reputable liver in the diftrid of Kinder
hook, in the county of Albany, and banished
in January last (with other gentlemen) by the
Rebel Governor Clinton, for refufing to ab
jure his lawful Sovereign, and swear allegi
ance to the State of New-York. So early as
the year 1776, Mr. Goes was marked out, and
persecuted for his principles ; different jails,
banishments, and various other modes of bar
barbarity, had no other effect on this Gentle
man's mind than to make his attachment to
the Britilh constitution the more conspicuous.
By his untimely death, a worthy family is
dered miserable, particularly a daughter
Flour at 41. per Cent.
, Pubiifhed September 29, 1780.
n White LOAF, of the fineft FLOUR,
fl to weigh ilb. for 16 Coppers.
Monday, March ity 1781.
N E W-Y QRK
AND
WEEKLY
ASSIZE OF BRE A D.
Containing tte eatlfee aßbtcev
0 Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, TN HANOVER-SQUARE.
who accompanied her Father to this city, and
is by the afflicting circumstance of losing the
supporting hand of an indulgent parent, an
object of great compassion. Any person find
ing Mr. Goes's body, will be good enough to
give notice to the Printer.
On Monday lad arrived the schooner Maria,
Capt. Starks, in about 40 hours from Ports
mouth, in Virginia, the following is extracted
from an officer's letter, brought by that vessel:
Portsmouth, March 8, 1781.
" Yesterday in a skirmish over at Newport-
News, when foraging, the 80th light company
fell in with about 90 or 100 of militia, they
bayoneted 24, and to@k about 18 prisoners ;
one of their Colonels was killed, another
taken. On our fide, Lieut. Stewart of the
80th, only was killed. The rascal that shot
him, laying at Mr. Stewart's feet begging for
quarters, watched an opportunity when Stew
art was off his guard, and shot him through
the heart, at two yards distance ; an artillery
private was treated in a similar manner some
time ago.
CHARLESTOWN, February 24.
Extrad of a letter from Bafaerre, in St. Chrif
to^bers, dated fan. 30, 1781.
" Our fleet arrived from London on the
27th inst. The convoy was 8 fail of the line
and two frigates, which have joined Admiral
Rodney, whose fleet now confife of 22 fail of
the line; 18 of them are coppered, and ten
frigates. The following is their disposition
—7 fail of the line under Sir Samuel Hood,
block up Port Royal, in Martinique, where
the French have 4 line of battle ships, 2 fifty
gun ships, and one 40 ; the other 15 fail are
with Sir George Rodney, having on board
3000 troops, the object of whefe destination
is perfectly secret. The frigates are dispersed
among the islands."
BASSETERRE, (St. Cbriftofars) Jan. 2s.
We are informed that the St. George, Capt.
Oyen, who after his arrival here about four
teen days ago, failed on a cruize, and on
Tuesday last fell in with two ships belonging
to the enemy, which proved to be the Expe
riment, of 50 guns, and a frigate of 44 guns;
as soon as Capt Oyen perceived what they
were, he made fail for this port ; but not be
ing able to make this island, (they being in
chafe of him) bore away for St. Euftatius,
where he came to an anchor under the guns of
the fort. Some time after the Experiment
and the frigate came in and hove too, one on
each lide of the St. George, and sent their
boats on board full of men and well armed,
and immediately took possession of her. She
is worth 40,0001. Mynheer's inattention to
the French and rebel Hags, and his great com
faijance and reJpefi to the British, ought to be
taken particular notice of, and the compliment
fafely returned.
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By the Ship Roebuck, Capt. Joseph Williams, aubo
arrived here on Wednesday last, in 23 Days from
Montego-Bay reuse have the following important
Advices, viz.
From the London Gazette
Extraordinary.
Thursday, December 21, 1780.
MANIFESTO.
GEORGE R.
THROUGH the whole course of our
reign, our condud towards the States
General of the United Provinces has been that
of a sincere friend and faithful ally. Had
they adhered to those wife principles which
used to govern the republic, they must have
shewn themselves equally felicitous to main
tain the friendthip which has so long subsisted
bet" een the two nations, and which is essen
tial to the interests of both : but from the pre
valence of a faction devoted to France, and
following the dictates of that court, a very
different policy has prevailed. The return
made to pur friendship, for some time past,
has been an open contempt of the mod solemn
engagements, and a repeated violation of
public faith.
On the commencement of the defenfive war,
in which we found oujfelves engaged by the
aggression of France, we shewed a tender re
gard for the intereftsof the.States General,
and a desire of securing to their fubjeds every
advantage of trade confident with the great
and just principle of our own defence. Our
Monday, zz Min. after 5
Tuesday, , Min. after 6
Wednesday, 54. Min. after 6
Thursday, 35 Min. after 7
HIGH-WATER at N EW-Y O R K,
THIS WEEK.
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Friday, 16 Min. after 8
Saturday, 54 Min. afters
Sunday, 33 Min. after 9
New Moon the 14th.
THE
Ambassador was inftruded to offer a friendly
negociation, to obviate every thing that might
lead to difagreeab/e difeuffion : and to this
offer, solemnly made by him, to the' States
General, the 2d of Nov. 1778, no attention
was paid.
After the number of our enemies increased
by the aggression of Spain (equally unpro
voked with that of France) we found it neces
sary to call upon the States General for the
performance of their engagements. The fifth
article of the perpetual defenfive alliance be
tween our crown and the States General, con
cluded at Westminster, the 3d ofMarch, 1678,
besides the general engagements for fuccours,
expressly stipulate, " That, that party of the
" two allies that is not attacked, shall be
" obliged to break with the aggressor in two
“ months after the party attacked shall re
" quire it." — Yet two years have passed with
out the least assistance given to us, without a
single syllable in answer to our repeated de
mands.
So totally regardless have the States been of
their treaties with us, that they readily
promised our enemies to observe a neutrality,
in direct contradiction to those engagements ;
and whilst they have witheld from u< the fuc
cours they were bound to furnish, every secret
assistance has been given the enemy; and in
land duties have been taken off, for the sole
purpose of facilitating the carriage of naval
stores to France.
In direfFand open violation of treaty, they
fuffered an American pirate to remain several
weeks in one of their ports ; and even per
mitted a part of his crew to mount guard in
a fort in the Texel.
In the Eafclndies, the fubjeds of the States
General, in concert with France, have en
deavoured tp raise up enemies against us.
In the Weft Indies, particularly at St. Eu
ftatius, every protection and assistance has
been given to our rebellious fabjefts : their
privateers are openly received in the Dutch
harbours ; allowed to refit there; supplied
with arms and ammunition ; their crews re
cruited; their prizes brought in and fold;
and all this in direct violation of as clear and
solemn stipulations as can be made.
This condu&, so inconsistent with all good
faith, so repugnant to the sense of the wisest
par l of the Dutch nation, is chiefly to be af
cr^^to the prevalence of the leading Magi
ftrafc . of Amflerdam, whose secret correfpond
encte- rith cur rebellious fubjeds was fufpefted
long before it was made known by the fortunate
difeovery of a treaty, the firft article of which
is :—" There shall be a firm, inviolable, and
" universal peace, and sincere friendship
66 between their High Mightinesses the eßates
“ of the Seven United Provinces of Holland,
“ and the United States of North America,
" and the fubjefts and people of thefaid par
“ tics and between the countries, islands,
66 cities, and towns, situated under the Jurif
" diction of the said United States of Holland,
" and the said United States of America,
^ and the people and inhabitants thereof, of
“ every degree, without exception, of per
" sons or places."
This treaty was signed in September 1778,
by the express order of the Penfionary of Am
sterdam, and other principal Magistrates of
that city. They now not only avow the whole
transaction, but glory in it, and expressly
fay, even to the States General, that what
they did, " was what their indifpenfible duty
" required."
In the mean time the States General de
clined to give any answer to the memorial
presented by our Ambassador; and this refufal
was aggravated by their proceeding upon
other business ; nay upon the consideration of
this very fubjeC tto internal purposes : and
while they found it impossible to approve the
conduct of their fubjeCts, they still industrious
ly avoided to give us the fatisfa&ion so mani
feftly due.
We had every right to expect, that such a
difeovery would have roused them to a just in
dignation at the insult offered to us, and to
themselves; and that they would have been
eager to give us full and ample fatisfadion for
the offence, and to inflict the severest punish
ment upon the offenders. The urgency of the
business made an instant answer essential to
the honour and fafety of this country : the
demand was. accordingly pressed by our Am
-baffador in repeated fonferrence/ with the
Wheat per Bushel, 265. od.i
Flour, 70S- b ^
B r own Bread, 70s. 0%
Weft-India Rum, ss. 6d.
New-England do. 4s- °d.l
PRICE CURRENT, in NE W-Y 0 R K.
THE
MERCUR Y.
iMutcovado Sugar, §l. 103,
ISingle refin'd ditto, is. yd.
IMoiaffes, ms. 6d.
;Beef per Barrel, 81. od.
;Pork, 81. 10s.
foreign wo Dom^fc&.
Ministers ; and in a second memorial, it was
pressed with all the earnestness which Could
proceed from our ancient friendship, and the
sense of recent injuries ; and the answer now
given to a memorial on such a fubjed, de
livered about five weeks ago, is, That the
States have taken it ad referendum.
Such an answer upon such an occasion, could
only be dictated by the fixed purpose of hos
tility meditated, and already resolved, by the
States, induced by the offenfive councils of
Amsterdam, thus to countenance the hoftite
aggression, which the Magistrates of that city
have made in the name of the Republic,
There is an end of the faith of all treaties
with them, if Amsterdam may usurp the sove
reign power, may violate those treaties with
impunity, by pledging the States to engage
ments dire&iy contrary, and leaguing the Re
public with the Rebels of a Sovereign to whom
she is bound by the closest ties. An infraction
of the law of nations, by the meanest member
of any country, gives the injured state a right
to demand fatisfaCtion and punishment; how
much more so, when the injury complained of
is a flagrant violation of public faith, commit
ted by leading and predominant members in
the State? Since then the fatisfaclon we have
demanded is not given, we must, though most
reluctantly, do ourselves that justice which we
cannot otherwise obtain:—we must confided
the States General as parties in the injury
which they will hot repair, as sharers in the
aggression which they refafe to punilh, and
must a& accordingly.—We have therefore or
dered our Ambaflado r to withdraw from the
Hague, and shall immediately pursue such vi
gorous measures as the bccafion fully juttifies,
and our dignity and the essential interests of
our people require.
From a regard to the Dutch nation at large,
we wish it were possible to direct those mea
fires wholly against Amsterdam, but this can
not be unless the Stares General will immedi
ately declare, that Amsterdam shall upon this
occasion, receive no affiftafte from then), but
be left to abide the consequences of its ag
gression.
Whilst Amsterdam is fuffered to prevail in the
General Councils, and is backed b, the
Urength of the State, it is impoffibie to refill
the aggression of so considerable a part, with
out contend'ng with the whole. But we are
two fenfibie of the common interest of both
countries not to remember, in the midst of
such a conieft, that the only point to be aimed
at by us, is to raise a disposition in the coun
cils of the Republic, to return tc our ancient
union, by giving us that fatisfadion for the
past and security for the future, which we fnall
be as ready to receive as they can be to offer,
and to the attainment of which we shall direst
all our operations. We mean only to provide
for our own security, by defeating the danger
ous designs that have been formed against us.
We shall ever be disposed to return to friend
fhip with the States General, when they sin
cerely revert to that system which the wisdom
of their ancellofs formed, and which has now
been subverted by a powerful fadion, conspi
ring with France against the true interests of
the republic, no less than against those of
Great-Britain.
G. R.
St. James's, Bec. 20, 1780
—, ——.^era^rawma^M^^ t-
At the Court of Saint James's, the 20th of De
cember, 1780.
PRESENT,
The KING's Molt Excellent Majesty in Council
HIS Majesty having taken into considerati
on the many injurious proceedings of the
States General of the United Provinces, and
their fubjeds, as set forth in his Royal Mani
feflo of this date, and being determined to
take such measures as are necessary for vindi-i
eating the honour of his Crown, and for pro
curing a reparation and fatisfadion, is pleased
by and with the advice of his Privy Council,
to order, and it is hereby ordered, that gene
ral reprisals be granted against the ships, goods,
and fubjeds of the fates General of the Uni
ted Provinces, so that as well his Majesty's fleet
and Blips, as also all other ships and vessels
that shall be cemmiflioned by letters of marque
or general reprisals, or otherwise, by his Ma
jesty's Commissioners for executing the office
of Lord High Admiral of Great-Britain, fhalj
and way lawfully /ffa all ships, vessels, and
Fine Salt, xs. do.
Coarse Salt, is. do,
Indian Com per Bu. 10s. dos
Coffee, is. d© b
Chocolate, z6s.per Do.
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