The Newport gazette (Newport [R.I.]), 1777-04-24 00:00:00

THURSDAY APRIL 24, 1777.
BY MAJOR GENERAL RICHARD PRESCOTT.
It being found necessary for the better supplying His Majesty's Forces, as well as the Inhabitants of the Town, with FISH, that this Business should be subjected to certain Rules and Regulations:—And also, that the Prices of the different Kinds of Fish should be fixed at certain Rules, so as to preclude the Possibility of Imposition, at the same Time allowing a reasonable Profit and Encouragement to the Persons engaged in this Business.
It is, therefore, hereby directed and required, that all Boats engaged in the Fishery, when not in Employ, are constantly to remain at Fisherman's Wharf, and to sail only from thence:—Where it is hereby strictly ordered, for the Prevention of Forebalking and Engrossing, that all Fish should alone be exposed for Sale; and that, on no Account, before the Hour of Nine o'Clock in the Morning.
And that all Persons may be acquainted with the Rates at which the different Species of Fish are to be sold, the following Regulation is hereby made Public, with which the strictest Compliance is required, as well from Purchasers as Venders, as they will answer the contrary, at their peril.
PRICES, as accounted reasonable by a Committee of the principal Inhabitants, appointed for that Purpose, viz.
 Red Fish 2 d. per lb.  Perch 2 d. 1/2 ditto  Trot 2 d. ditto  Haddock 2 d. ditto  Fish and Tails of ditto 4 d. ditto  Lothers 4 d. ditto  Halibut 2 d. 1/2 ditto  Salmon 2 d. 1/2 ditto  Blue Fish 2 d. ditto  Trout 2 d. 1/2 ditto  Flounders 2 d. 1/2 ditto 
And for the more effectual Execution of all the above Regulations, BENJAMIN BRISMAN is hereby appointed to superintend the Fish Market.
Given under my Hand at NEWPORT, this 12th Day of April, 1777. RICHARD PRESCOTT, Commandant. By Order of the Commandant, HENRY BARR, Town-Major.
JOHN LAWTON,
Hereby informs the Public, that he has opened a SCHOOL, in the House lately occupied by William Lake, near the Church, for the Instruction of YOUTH, in READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC, &c.—All Persons who are inclined to favour him with the Tuition of their Children, may depend on his Fidelity in discharging the Trust reposed in him, as their Favour is hereby acknowledged.
CASE OF DR. JOHN KEARSLY, of PHILADELPHIA.
DR. JOHN KEARSLY, an Englishman, residing in Pennsylvania, of considerable Reputation as a Physician, of acknowledged Integrity and Benevolence, having shown himself an Advocate for the Supremacy of Great Britain, became an Object of the Resentment of the Republican Party. They began their Attack with Endeavours to injure him in his Practice. He was next pronounced "an Enemy to Liberty," which in America is a Signal to fall on the wretched Victim, and insult and harass him at Discretion. Accordingly on the 6th Day of September, 1775, some of the Faction took Occasion (from his having refused to subscribe an Association, of which he is in Conscience disapproved, and to contribute to the Support of the Rebels in New-England) to infame and lead on a large Body of the Populace armed, to beset his House and seize on his Person.
The Doctor resisted as far as was in his Power, but he was overpowered by Numbers; they broke open his Door, and, on his making Resistance, one of them wounded him dangerously with a Bayonet. Notwithstanding the Prayers and Shrieks of his Family, they dragged him out of his House, fixed him on a Cart, and carried him streaming with Blood through the Streets, amid the Taunts, Abuses and Menaces of the Mob. He bore their Cruelties with silent Dignity, or only answering their Threats by declaring his Resolution to die than renounce his Principles. They continued to exhibit him for the Diversion of the Rabble, till their Severities and the Loss of Blood deprived him of his Senses, which induced them to finish for that Time their Cruelties and restore him to his Friends.
The Distress which his Family had undergone, more painful to a tender Parent and Husband than his own, produced no Pity. After some Days he was dragged before the Congress, and charged with having expressed Opinions adverse to the Cause of Liberty, in certain Letters which were intercepted. In his Defence, he declared, "that he heartily wished every Blessing to America; but if a Disapprobation of the violent Opposition to Great-Britain was a Crime, he confessed his Guilt, and was ready to bear his Punishment. He desired any of his Adversaries to prove that he had ever done any Thing to disturb the Peace, or lessen the Happiness of the Community."
But he could expect little Mercy from Men, who were at the same Time his Accusers and Judges—whose Success depended on keeping the Passions of the Mutuande inflamed, and preventing calm and deliberate Enquiry. He was sentenced by the Congress to close Confinement in the common Goal at Philadelphia, denied the Use of Pen, Ink, and Paper, and the Company of his Family and Friends.
This Excess of Cruelty was however not sufficient for his Persecutors. The Place of his Confinement seemed to them too easy the Habitation of those he loved. They
wished to deprive him of all the Comforts of hearing of their Welfare. They accordingly removed him from the City to an inconvenient and loathsome Goal in the County of York, about eighty Miles from Philadelphia.
After he had a long Time remained in Confinement, the Congress, in the Pursuit of their Mercy, offered him his Liberty, provided he "would subscribe a Paper, renouncing and reprobating his former political Principles and Conduct." He rejected the proposal with Abhorrence, declaring, "that he thanked Heaven, that though they had Power to rob him of his Property and Life, they could not deprive him of the Satisfaction of Loyalty and conscious Integrity."
The Rebels finding his Loyalty unshaken by their Promises or Threats, directed that he should be continued in close Imprisonment. To render his Misfortunes more complete, his House was soon after destroyed, and his Family, accustomed to Opulence and Ease, reduced to Indigence, and a precarious Dependence on the Charity of others.
This brave but unfortunate Man is still enduring with noble Dignity the Hardships of a solitary Goal. On the Accounts of Gentlemen who visited him lately in Prison, he is so worn by Confinement, a Want of the Conveniences of Life, and by the Distresses to which his Wife and Children are exposed, that even his Enemies, who knew him in his better Days, would be melted by a View of him, into Pity and Forgiveness.
Whoever, with Pity of this Unfortunate before him, can deliberately call the Rebels, or Patrons of Justice, Liberty and Humanity, must have either sacrificed his Conscience to his political Creed, or have lost the Benevolence of a Man in the Prejudice of a Party.
CORIANUS.
BRESLAW, (in Prussia) Dec. 21. TWO Polish Noblemen, General Kowalsky and Count Rzewuski, fought a Duel the 7th of this Month, between Wloclawek and Kempen, on the Continent of Prussia: Count Rzewuski, as the challenged Party, fired first, and then fell dead through the General's Body, and lodged in his Thigh when he, putting his Hand on the Pistol, fired in his Turn, but missed. They have since renewed the Battle, but the Second has been killed. It is not yet known whether the General's Wound is dangerous or not.
HAMBURGH, Dec. 29. The Account from Peterburgh mentions, that the Countess Rzewuska, formerly a Sea Officer in the Russian Service, and who since served in the Russian Fleet, has been killed in a Duel by Count Spiridon Bonin Robassoni of Sardinia, who has taken Refuge in the House of the Spanish Ambassador.
Paris, Nov. 29. The Departure of the 12th Battalion which was to sail for the American Island, will not, it is said, take place, but we are expected a new Corps of 2000 Men.

rise to be raised to reinforce those in our Colonies. There has been a dreadful Fire at Bost, and the Hospital was in Flames before any Help could be brought. Above 50 Galley Slaves, and a vast Number of sick Persons, perished; the rest were wounded by the Ruins, or escaped by Flight. To hinder the Galley Slaves from getting free, the Commandant made them all go into a large Court, escorted by 500 Fusiliers, but as they were not sufficient to guard them, the Slaves were ordered to lie down on the Ground upon their Bellies, and Orders were given not to allow any to raise their Heads. Every Thing was carried on with all the Tranquillity that the natural Confusion of the Accident will admit of, and by great Labour the Progress of the Flames was stopped. Two Englishmen, who ran some Horses at Fountainbleau, quarrelled about a Lady at the Italian Theatre, and one struck the other, upon which they both went out to fight, but the Guard seized them; however the Aggressor found Means to escape, which has never since prevented the Tribunal of the Marshal of France from taking Cognizance of this Affair.
L O N D O N, January 2. Yesterday several of Sir John Fielding's Men were dispatched from the public Office in Bow-Street, to Portsmouth, in order to apprehend several suspicious Persons that are imagined to have had some Hand in setting Fire to the Dock-Yard.
This Morning a hundred Hogs were contracted for, to be killed and salted for the Use of the Transport Sailing out for America.
Extract of a Letter from Captain Murdoch M'Lean, of the Royal Highland Emigrants, commanded by Lieut. Colonel M'Lean, to a Gentleman in Edinburgh, dated H. John, Nov. 15, 1776.
We sailed from St. Helena's the 16th of September, in Company with the Expedition, Admiral Howe, and several Transports, under Convoy of the Vulture and Hunter Sloops of War. By the Attention and Vigilance of our Convoy, we kept Company till the 7th of October, when a violent Storm separated the whole Fleet, not leaving two Ships together. In two Days after we fell in with the Hunter Sloop, and continued with her till the 16th, when a most impenetrable Fog, which lasted 48 Hours, again deprived us of her Protection. In this Situation, finding myself approaching the Enemy's Coast, at the Head of 23 Recruits and 4 Volunteers, on whose Obedience alone I could depend, I thought it Time to take Steps for our Defence, in Case of an Attack. I accordingly communicated my Intention to the Master of the Vessel, and his inferior Officers, who readily said they would obey my Orders, and give me all the Assistance in their Power, but that they could not answer for the Result. Whereupon I immediately ordered the Crew, after pointing out to them what was likely to happen, and saying every Thing I could to assure them, I told them, that in such an Event I hoped they would behave like British Seamen. Their Answer was, "They were not engaged on such Condition; that if they were disabled, they had no Claim on Government; and that even if they took a Prize, the Value of the War they met would take it from them." To obviate these Objections, I promised them a pecuniary Reward, and Protection if they should receive any Hurt upon which, with the Help of that persuasive Liquor called Grog, they gave me three Cheers, and swore they would not flinch, whatever should happen. On the 23d, about 40 Leaguers off Cape Race, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, we saw a sail to the Windward, bearing down upon us. We soon discovered her to be a
Rebel Privateer. I immediately ordered every Man to his Station, and we stood our Course. A little after Five o'Clock, she came within 30 Yards of us, on our Larboard Quarter, and, after ordering us to strike, she saluted us with a Broadside, of her Carriage Guns, Swivels, and Small-Arms; but being prepared for her, we returned the Compliment so briskly, that in less than an Hour she thought proper to sheer off. In Hopes of getting clear of her under Favour of the Night, we crowded all the Sail we could set; but we soon perceived that she was much the faster Sailer, and only lagged a little to keep Sight of us till Morning. To prepare, therefore, in the best Manner I could for another Engagement, I ordered up all the Hammocks, to barricade all the Decks, and after refreshing the Men, I kept them on their Arms all Night. About Four o'Clock in the Morning we saw our Yankee Friend close at our Heels, and considering that by keeping to Windward he would attack our Lee, by which our Deck would be exposed, and his screened from our Fire, we determined to haul up our Course, and go before the Wind, to be on as equal Terms as possible. This being done, we fired a Gun by Way of Signal that we were ready for the Attack. He seemed so much disconcerted at this Maneuvre, that he laid his Sail so Mist, and took Half an Hour to de-cerning. After which he advanced on our Larboard Quarter, and raked us aft. He then came on our Starboard, and the Dispute was maintained with equal Keenness till Eleven o'Clock, when our Antagonist found it necessary to sheer off, with the Loss of several Men, and much Damage done to his Vessel. She appeared to be about 200 Tons Burthen, mounted 10 Carriage-Guns, 12 Swivels, and carried upwards of eighty Men.
It is very remarkable, that we had not a Man killed or wounded, though the Bidding, of which we made a Best Work, was full of Balls. Several of the Soldiers, Musketeers were shot in their Hoses, and considerable Damage was done to our Ship and Rigging.
"By this Affair, I have had the good Fortune to save 20 cool. Sterling to Government; and as the principal Part of our Loading was Soldiers Clothing, the Rebels were balked of what would have been a most valuable Booty for them, in their present ragged Condition.
"The Activity and good Behaviour of Capt. Carey, his Officers and Crew, cannot be too highly commended on this Occasion. We had only 6 Three-punders, a few Swivels, and 11 Sailors."
From the MORNING POST. STATE of the BRITISH CONSTITUTION. The true character of the temper of a popular state, is on a liberty for all persons to be slaves to the wild, arbitrary, and extravagant humours of a giddy, rash, and inconstant multitude of fools, managed by a set of more cunning knaves. Plutarch. Mr. EDITOR.
WHILE the mock patriots of this country are crying up American liberty, and extolling the tyranny of his Majesty's government, I think the above words of Plutarch worthy of their attention. When we consider the order, regularity, and security, of freedom in this country, the country in the world where law is the supreme Sovereign, I apprehend, no man in his senses, who really means well to the constitution of his country, can wish for success to the American rebellion, in order that what is called freedom may yet have some country to take refuge in; for this is the light in which it has been set by some. American freedom is licentiousness in extreme; not the general licentiousness of general freedom but of party rage; freedom in the extreme to the governing party, to do what they please
with every one that differs in opinion from them: in other words, the very tyranny described by Plutarch.
Those who will form coolly the comparison between British and American liberty, must esteem the present unnatural rebellion as the most absurd and preposterous revolt that ever disgraced the annals of humanity; a people revolting from liberty, in order to establish slavery.
Instead of commanding the Americans for such an abominable conduct, we ought to bless God that we live in a country where liberty is found, not in the declarations of a party, but in the actions of all mankind; where every man's person is sacred, and his property secure; where the peasant holds up his head in the presence of his Prince, and submits to no laws that do not bind the proudest Noble. A country, which for its singular freedom, is the envy of all the rest of the world, and governed by the only Monarch in the universe who knows a law superior to his will. Contemplate the beauty of the fabric; despic it not with the senseless complaints of factious discontent.
ANTI MELA.
NEW-YORK, April 10. By a Gentleman from Baltimore, we have received the following intelligence.
After the precipitate retreat, or rather flight of the Congress from Philadelphia, the affairs of the tremendous States were totally suspended, and the few members who fled to Baltimore remained near three weeks in a state of stupor and inaction, truly laughable even to many of their own faction. Gloom, horror and consternation are pictured on the countenances of each internal chit-chat, and it required every exertion of the clamorous Chase and subtile Adams to collect a sufficient number of the fugitive banditti to constitute a house for the purpose of transacting the grand concerns of the descending confederacy.
At the Time our informant left Baltimore a misunderstanding subsisted between the Council of Safety of Maryland and their High Mightinesses: Mutual jealousies and Mistrusts had actually crept into the Council of the latter.
The new self-constituted Assembly of Maryland met in February; they were chiefly composed of the most riotous and violent of the independent faction. A certain Thomas Johnson, a subtile, designing, arch Rebel, was chosen Governor: Said Johnson, at the Time of his Appointment, was in the Rebel Camp, at the Head of the Militia of Frederick County, supposed to be 15 to be 1500, many of whom, by the best Accounts, died through Sickness and Fatigue. The shattered Remnant of this contemptible Crew, after a few Week's Stay, returned homewards, exacting the Congress, and resolving never again to be induced into their Service.
The Sufferings and general Distress of the Rebels for every Conveniency, and even Necessary of Life, is inexpressible; and, notwithstanding the golden Promises of Congress, daily held out to the credulous Multitude, a general Discontent prevails. Our Informant, from his Situation in Life, had every Opportunity to investigate the real Dispositions and Inclinations of many Inhabitants of Town and Country, and can assert, with Confidence, that a Majority of the People are grown impatient of the Tyranny and Oppression of their Leaders, and wait most anxiously the Arrival of the King's Troops, wishing to be restored to the Enjoyment of true Constitutional Liberty and the solid Blessings of Peace, under the Auspices and Protection of Great-Britain, so graciously proffered through the Clemency of the best of Kings, and the Lenity of His Commissioners.
On the 15th of February last, in Confe-

purge of an Order of Congress, effected by the violent Party of Baltimore, the Battalion of Militia of that Town, about 250, marched to Head-Quarters at Morris Town; but, in a few Days, the Disputes and Fatigue of military Duty not agreeing with those Fine-weather Heroes, they took a hasty Leave of M c . Washington, and returned Home.
The Vigilance and Activity of his Ma ty 's Ships cruising off the Capes of Delaware and Chesapeake, have added very much to the Distress of Congress, by the Capture of their Return Vessels, with Supplies of Arms, Ammunition and Sail Cloth, for the Use of the States, and Cloathing and other Necessaries, for the wretched Inhabitants. Many Privates have also been taken and sunk; particularly one, a large new Brig, called the Sturdy Beggar, carrying 16 Guns and 190 Men, fitted out at Baltimore last October, has never yet been heard of. The private Whisper among the Whigs was, that she had been sunk off the West-India Islands by one of his Ma ty 's Frigates, and the whole Crew perished.
On Sunday last a Sloop laden with Tallow for the Use of the Rebel Army, was taken in the North River by the Dependence Galley, commanded by Lieut. Clark.
We hear a large Powder-Mill at Chester, near the Delaware, was blown up the first Instant.
By a Gentleman just escaped from the Rebels, we have the following Anecdote:— One Evening last Week as a Number of Negro Wenchies, with red Cloaks, were attending the Funeral of a departed Sister at West-Chester, in the Vicinity of a Rebel Encampment, they were perceived by the advanced Guard, who gave the Alarm that a Party of the Enemy were advancing with a great Gun in Front; which Intelligence put the whole Army to Flight, rather choosing to leave every Thing behind than risk an Engagement.
(The following shows the Efforts that a Set of Rogues are trying, to give an Appearance of Value to a Currency which hath no intrinsic Worth, and which in a few Months more will sink with its Authors into Derision.)
BOSTON, March 31. At the Adjournment of the Town Meeting on Wednesday last, the following Report was made by a Committee chosen for the Purpose; which was accepted nem. con.
WHEREAS there are now in this Town a Number of Persons, some of whom have removed from the Country hither, Others whose Principles are known to be unfriendly in our present Contest with Britain, and some who would sacrifice the public Interest, to satisfy their Lusts and Appetites, daily using every Means in their Power not only to frustrate the good Intentions of the Acts of this State, to prevent Monopoly and Oppression, but to lessen and depreciate the Value of the Money established by the Continental Congress and the several United States of America.
That such public Enemies may be known, and to prevent as much as may be the fatal Consequences of the wicked Designs of those Persons, It is Resolved , That the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety, be and are hereby desired to use their utmost Endeavours to obtain the Names of all those Persons who shall hereafter be so daring as to be guilty of the Breach of said Act, and represent them in the public News-Papers, as dangerous Enemies to the United States of America, by endeavouring not only to lessen, but destroy the Medium of Trade, and thereby unavoidably reduce the People of this State, if not the United States, to the utmost Misery and Distress.
Extract of a Letter from Baltimore, Feb. 14. "A Number of Men have gone down into the southern Part of this State to suppress a Gang of damn'd Tories, who are
there in Arms. Some of the Tory Whigs, I hope, will now go for it. They are going to hang two, one in the State of New York, the other in Connecticut. Perhaps, it would be better for the Public, if some were hanged among you."
N E W P O R T, April 24. Last Monday four Sons of Col. Murray of Rutland, made their Escape from the Main and arrived here. One of these young Gentlemen has been a Prisoner among the Rebels upwards of two Years, in the Course of which he has experienced that plenitude of American Pity, Tenderness and Mercy , with which they treat all who differ in Opinion with them.
The News of Ticonderoga being taken we are assured is without Foundation, but we have a confirmation of the Account published in this Paper of a Number being cut to Pieces by the Indians, and that they were commanded by one Redwin.
The Assembly of the Massachusetts voted 15 Battalions. They were to be ready to March by the first of April. Not one Quarter Part is yet raised. And they are now proceeding to draft Men.—Nothing can exceed the ridiculous Figure these deluded People make in the Eyes of those who have been Spectators of their Conduct. They first set out with opposing a Number of Grievances which existed only in Imagination. They are now experiencing to Perfection all their dreadful Realities; and yet dare not even matter. An Order from a despotic Congress or Committee can tear a Man from his Family to the Field of Destruction, and if he refuses to comply or to pay a most exorbitant Fine, he is dragged by Men more savage than the aboriginal Natives of America, to experience all the loathsome Horrors of a G al .—The following will furnish us with their arbitrary Method of Proceeding.
WORCESTER, A. D. c. 30, 1776. To the Justices of Rutland, or either of them, and to the Justices of the Common Pleas of the County of Worcester, greeting:
WHEREAS DANIEL MURRAY, of the Town of Rutland, was by us the Subscribers appointed a Soldier, according to the Directions of the late Act of this Government for providing a Reinforcement to the American Army, has been duly notified of such Appointment, and did not within 24 Hours after such Notification, pay to us the Sum of Ten Pounds, nor make any reasonable Excuse; and the said Daniel Murray was, on the 23rd Day of December, called out, according to Law, to march, but neglected to do so, or to procure any Person in his Stead: You the said Justices, or either of you, are therefore hereby required forthwith to apprehend the said Daniel Murray, and him commit to the common Goal in said County; and you the said Justices of said Goal in said County, are once required to receive the said Daniel Murray into your Custody, there to remain until he pay the Fine of Twelve Pounds, or ordered in said Act, together with the Charges of Commitment and Imprisonment, or be discharged by Order of Law: Hereof fail not.
Given under our Hands and Seals, this 31st Day of December, 1776.
David Bent, Captain, John Fitch, Wm. Browning, Samuel Porter, Peter Davis, jun. Daniel Clap, Jonathan Sturtevant, David Hovey—Military Officers, Committee and Select Men of Rutland.
(Attest Copy) Attested , The. Ruff, Clerk. We find by a Boston Paper of March 14, that a Couple of French Barbary Men arrived there. One calls himself The Hon. E. Prudhomme de Barre, Nat. of St. Lucia, and a Brigadier General in the French Service; the other Knight Maudit Duplessis, Captain of Artillery in the same Service.
We have repeatedly mentioned the distressed Situation of the Inhabitants of Boston for Provisions, the following Advertisements
taken from their Papers show it to be false and the Arts they make use of to prevail with the Country People to bring any Thing to Market.
T R A. —The Agents for the middle District of the State of Massachusetts Bay, having sold to Joseph Faute a Barrel of Tea, at such a Rate as to enable him to sell it according to the late Regulating Act; the Public is hereby notified, that it will be ready for Sale, at his Shop opposite the State House, Boston, next Monday; and in Order that many may be accommodated, it will be sold only in small Quantities, not more than one Pound to a Family.
Those People in the Country, that intend purchasing any of the above Article, is expected, will bring Provisions or Wood, that the poor Inhabitants may be served.
S A L T. —Take Notice ye Gentlemen in the Country, that there is to be Sold, at Cushing and White's Store, by the Market, 1600 Bushels of Salt, at the regulated Price.
N. B. Those Persons who come for Salt will be look'd pleasant at, if they throw a few Turnips or Potatoes, in one Corner of their Bags.
MRS. COWLEY'S
respectful Compliments to the most respectable Gentlemen of the Army and Navy present here, likewise to the Inhabitants of this Town, accompanied with her most grateful Acknowledgment and many Thanks for the Honour they have done her the past Season, in employing her House in their general Amusement; is still ready to do every Thing in her Power: Whenever they can make it agreeable to collect an Assembly, will furnish as usual, with some little Addition to their Entertainment; such Gentlemen paying her Dues. She desires her self to be adopted in such a distant relation as to merit their natural Approbation—hope some short Notice would be, with every one's kind & their much obliged and very humble Servant.
There will be an ASSEMBLY on MONDAY next at the Music Hall. One Dollar each Gentleman. Capt. D'ABANT, Master of the Hall. Capt. MALTZBURG, Organist.
A SILVER PENCIL-CASE with a Cypher of T. G. on the Roll, whoever will bring it to the Music Hall, will receive a DOLLAR Reward.
By RICHARD JOHNSON As the BAKED-APPLES on the POINT FLOUR, by the late General Gage, were not satisfactory, Boston Tea, Coffee, and New York Chocolate, have been substituted. But London Biscuits have not yet arrived. Butter, Sugar, Raisins, and other Goods, are in London Biscuits, Coffee, and other Goods, are in small Quantities at the Music Hall.
To be Sold to the highest Bidder, BILLS of Exchange to the Amount of Five Hundred Pounds, at the Rate of Five per Cent. discount. Hospital, Warrent, and other Bills, the Whole or any Part thereof, may be sold at their respective to the highest Bidder. Give the Premium to the Person that gives the most advantageous Terms.
Town Hall , where the above Bills are to be Sold. Monday next, at one o'clock, P.M. A field of WHITE-WINE APPARATUS. Likewise, THREE SHIP'S BOATS.

S O L I L O Q U Y. By BRITANNIA , on recovering from her Despondency.
W HEN Sons ungrateful to kind Parents prove, And break those Bands which Duty seal'd with Love, What Trains of Ills from such sad Discrees arise! What gloomy Scenes appall our languid Eyes! I—hapless Parent!—felt this racking Woe! I saw my Children from their Duty go, And mourn'd, alas! the envious Turns of Fate! The sudden Revolution of my State! But, methinks, a gl'ning Ray appears, To sooth my Sorrows—to dry up my Tears! And make my Laurels, which I thought would fade, Bud out afresh, and spread an ampler Shade! May How's victorious Arms perform the Deed! Make Glory after Glory still succeed! Bid Smiling Peace at Length expand her Door With greater Joy than e'er she knew before! Then future Ages shall revere How's Name, And praise these Brothers—Brothers both to Fame!
L O N D O N, January 2.
On Friday Night, about Twelve o'Clock, the following melancholy Accident happened at the Swan, Westminster-bridge; Capt. Geo. Keith, of the 64th Regiment, being in Liquor, called at the said House to drink a Bottle; but being refused by the Landlord, the Captain broke the Door of the Bar, and with his drawn Sword attempted by Force to enter the Bar; the Landlord with a great Stick defended himself; a Clergyman, it seems, on a Journey, had lodged for two or three Nights in that House, and hearing Noise in the Room, leaping into Bed, took one of his Servant's Pistols, and came down half-dressed to the Bottom of the Stairs, at the Time that the Landlord was retreating, and perceiving his Adversary's Blow, and called to the Officer to know his Business; he immediately quitted the Landlord, and attacked the Clergyman, who retired from him, holding the Pistol out, and repeatedly begging him not to advance, lest he should be obliged to fire on him in his own Defence. The Officer still advanced, bidding him "Fire and be d—d," when the Clergyman, seeing it in his Power to secure his Life, in Attempting to shoot, and using the Sword very near his Breast, was induced through Self Preservation, to draw the Trigger, fatally for the Officer, who expired at his Lodgings twenty-four Hours After. The Coroners Inquest brought in their Verdict, Murder.
A Letter from Edinburgh at Lisbon to his Friend in Birmingham, dated Dec. 1, 1775, contains an Account of the recent Capture of Cape Breton, about the 11th of last Month; it was a Ship of 300 Tons Burthen, from South Carolina, laden with 350 Barrels of Rice and 20 Barrels of Ledges; each of which is upwards of 4 Cwt. and an Half, and is worth 191. 5d. a Pound, which makes the Capture very valuable. The Captains of the American Vessel is Mr. Keasey, and the Superintendant is Mr. M'Kinlay, both of whom are on board the Vessel, which sails to Gibraltar in a few Days. The Ship taken was bound to Rhode Island, with Orders to sell the Cargo, and to purchase Wearing Apparel, &c. for the American Army, and Uniforms of several Qualities.
Shirts, Stockings, Shoes, Caps, Brims, Biscuits, Medicines; limiting the Quantity of every of these Articles, &c. and if the Produce of the Cargo was more than sufficient for such Purpose, the Commander was empowered to contract for one or two full sailing Vessels, and to fit them as Privates to protect the above Ship to the desired Port of Carolina.
"These Instructions were this Day shown at the Consul's Office here—A Gentleman, Passenger in the American Vessel, being asked by some People here, what the American Uniforms were, replied, they were once Blue turned up with Buff; but he thought by this Time they were all Buff."
Yesterday Dr. Beilby Porteus kissed the King's Hand at St. James's, on his Promotion to the Bishoprick of Chester. He is to hold the Rectory of Lambeth in Commendam.
Extract of a Letter from Exeter, Dec. 6.
"The Circumstance of the retaking the Elliot, Squirrel, from Oporto, arrived in this Port, deserves, I think, to be made public. When the above Vessel was made Prize of, the Provincials took out of her the Master, a Passenger, and five Seamen, leaving only the Mate and one Hand more on board, and put in a Prize-Master and five others to navigate the Vessel to Salem. The Mate getting acquainted with one of the Privateer's Men, who is a Londoner, they agreed to retake the Vessel, which they did in the Night, and confining the Master and the other Hands, brought her safe into Topsham. What is extraordinary, all the Weapons they had were a Cutlass and an Axe, though the Provincials had Fire-Arms."
Some Time last Month, a Duel was fought in Hyde-Park, between an Officer in the Army and an eminent Tradesman in the City, when the latter received a mortal Wound in the Groin, from the former's Pistol going off by some Accident before they had engaged.
Yesterday, about One o'Clock, a Duel was fought with Pistols in the Ring of Hyde-Park, between Captain Roache and a Mr. English, of the Kingdom of Ireland. The Seconds marked out the Ground at twelve Yards asunder, when Capt. Roache fired his first Shot, and received that of Mr. E. without any Effect, upon which the former advanced five or six Paces and fired his other Pistol, which Mr. E. his Second, without any Execution. Capt. Roache addressed his Adversary and said, that firing a Pistol was not a sufficient Satisfaction for the Insult he had received, and therefore insisted upon their both loading again. Mr. E. upon this replied, that he should have made him an Apology for the Offence before Matter had been driven to that Extremity, had he not apprehended it might have been attributed to Fear; there is now like a Gentleman making the Apology, as the Second interfering the Affair was adjusted to the Honour and Satisfaction of both Parties. Capt. Cummins was Second to Capt. Roache, and Capt. Squibb to Mr. English.
A NY Person or Persons who are inclined to contract for the supplying his MAJESTY's NAVAL HOSPITAL with Fresh Provisions, or such other Necessaries as sick People may require, are desired to send in their Proposals, in Writing, to the Subscriber, who, on examining their Terms, will give the Preference to the lowest Offerer. JOHN HALLIBURTON, Agent to the Sick and Hurt
To be Sold, by Joseph Durdge, BEST HARD SOAP by the BOX, at his HOUSE.
ADVERTISEMENT.
AS the Time is now come, when the Friends and Enemies of Britain must be distinguished; when the former shall be rewarded, and the latter meet with that Punishment their treasonable Proceedings deserve—Colonel WIGHTMAN , gives his public Invitation to all those who are willing to unite together to throw off the Yoke of an abandoned Set of Men, that have fill'd this once happy Country with Misery and Ruin, and by the unjustifiable Power which they have assumed, placed every Enjoyment of Life upon the most precarious Tenure, to manifest their Attachment to His Majesty King GEORGE the Third, by entering with him, for the Term of Two Years or during the Rebellion, in his Regiment of LOYAL NEW ENGLANDERS ; where they will have an Opportunity, by their spirited Execution, to wipe away the Shame and Infamy their unhappy Country hath incurred; and to convince the World, that there are yet many in New-England, who detest the Name of Rebels, equally with that of Slaves; and who not only acknowledge the Supremacy of the British Parliament, but are willing to risk their Lives, in supporting its constitutional Authority over every Part of the British Empire;—And, for their further Encouragement, each Person will be intitled to a Bounty of FIVE DOLLARS , be furnished with Clothing, and every Accomment necessary to compleat a German Soldier.
Colonel WIGHTMAN will, with the greatest Pleasure, receive any who are willing to enlist, at the House of Captain JOSEPH DURFEE , in this Town.
TO BE SOLD, By MYER POLOCK,
BARBADOES RUM , by the hoghead, tierce, or barrel, Molasses , by the hoghead, tierce or barrel, Choice green Coffee , by the barrel, Tallow mould and dip'd Candles, Spermaceti Candles , Oil , by the barrel, Best Bottled Port Wine by the Cask, Porter in Hogheads, Irish Beef , new and fresh, Men's Shoes by the Dozen, Russia Duck , Coarse Linens , London Soap , by the Box, Excellent Old West-India Spirits , by the hoghead, barrel, or quarter-cask, Rose Lime ,
BEIJM HESSISCHEN COMMISSARY
FREBELL , in bester MATERA WEIN , von Neu-York an komen Voffer die Postelge, 2 Schilling, und bester MUSCADE WEIN , 1 Schilling 10 d, Civille Preisse.
Newport, March 29, 1779. Just IMPORTED from NEW-YORK, AND TO BE SOLD BY JOHN HOWE,
At the PRINTING OFFICE in Thames-Street, the following Articles of STATIONARY:
ROYAL , Fine red and black Super-Royal , Wax, Demy , Ink Powder, Thick and thin Post , Ink Holders, Foolscap, 811 & plain , Pounce and Pounce Boxes, Letter-paper , Pencils, and Marble-paper , Ivory Folders Quills , Account Books ,