Independent journal, or, The general advertiser (New-York [N.Y.]), 1787-02-07 00:00:00

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL
OR, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY, BY J. McLEAN, AND CO. AT THEIR PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 231, QUEEN-STREET.
JAMES SAIDLER, No. 34, QUEEN-STREET,
H AS for Sale, a general Assortment of DRY GOODS; and has just imported in the Morris, from London, an Assortment of French NETT GAUZES, &c. Also, in the Abby, from Liverpool, an Assortment of fashionable BUTTONS, BUCKLES, and other HARD WARE; and in the Peggy, from Bristol, a few Boxes and half Boxes of 6 by 8, and 7 by 9 WINDOW GLASS; and a small Assortment of PEWTER PLATES, &c. all of which he will sell low for Cash.
Cash and the highest price given for POT and PEARL ASHES, and FLAX-SEED. 20
T HE highest Prices given for all kind of STATE SECURITIES, particularly Banker's and Barber's Notes; Interest Certificates; York and Ballon Final Settlements; also, Facilities, and other Continental Securities.—Apply as above.
FOR SALE,
A Likely NEGRO WENCH about twenty-two years of age, with a very healthy male Child, about two years old. She can Cook, Wash, &c. &c. and is sold for no Fault but want of Employ.—Apply as above. 31
George Lewis, and Co. No. 39, QUEEN-STREET, between Burling and Beckman's Slip,
I N addition to the Goods received by the different Fall-Vessels, have just landed from the Morris, Captain Sinnott, and the Sally, Captain Loadman, the following ARTICLES, which are to be sold for Specie, the New Emission, or Notes at a short sight, but no Credit whatever is to be given with them, viz.
 2 and 3/4 Irish Linens,  Low priced and fine Sheetings,  Ditto, 3/4 and 7/8 Dowlas,  2 and 3/4 double Purple Calicoes,  Fine Stormont and Fancy, ditto,  Laylock, chocolate & dark ground Chintzes,  A considerable assortment of Furniture, do.  Cotton and Romale Handkerchiefs,  Shawl, ditto,  An assortment of Muslins.  Black Sattinets, Corduroys, &c. &c. 
New-York, January 10, 1787. 26 t.f.
JOHN BIRCH, LICENCED AUCTIONEER,
B EGS leave to inform his Friends and the Public in general, that he has imported in the Ship Morris, Capt. Sinnott, from London, a large and general Assortment of PAPERHANGINGS, superior to any in this City, which he now sells very low for Cash, at his Auction-Room, No. 68, Maiden-Lane.
LIKEWISE ON HAND,
A small Assortment of Tea and Coffee URNS, and Plated Quart, Pint, and Half-Pint MUGS. New-York, December 8, 1786. 19
Abraham Brevoort, No. 26, Queen-street, HAS FOR SALE,
A Few casks of well assorted Hard-Ware, Taunton Ale and bottled Porter by the cask, striped Duffle Blanketing by the bale or piece, Queens-Ware in Hogheads, and a large quantity of well sized Grindstones, which he will dispose of very low for Cash. New-York, October 30, 1786. 5
B LANK Bonds, Bills of Exchange, Powers of Attorney, Indentures, Seamen's Articles, &c. to be had of the Printer.
Jacob & Philip Mark, No. 16, Great Dock-Street,
H ave for Sale, very low, for Cash or short Credit, OZNABRIGS and Ticklenburgs, Coarse and fine white Linens, Broad Cloths and Duffles, Corduroys, Cambricks and Laces, Black Crape Gauzes, Artificial Flowers by the box, Silk Ribbons, different colours, Diaper and Table Cloths, White Silk Stockings, Handkerchiefs and Hats, Looking Glasses by the box. Old Hock, ditto, Pyrmont Waters, ditto. New-York, January 6, 1787. 24
William Ustick, Jun. No. 33, QUEEN-STREET,
Has just received by the Nelly from Bristol, and Betsey from London,
Ironmongery, Cutlery, and Saddlery,
Among which are the following, viz. CROWLEY and Blistered Steel, Sheet Lead, Sheet Iron, Sheet Copper, raised and flat Copper Bottoms; 6 by 8, 7 by 9, and 8 by 10, Crown Window Glass; White Lead, and Spanish Brown; Powder and Shot; Blacksmith's Anvils; Vices; Beck Irons; Sledges and Hand Hammers; Smith's Bellows; Pipes; Cross-Cut, Pit, and Mill Saws; Carpenter's, Cooper's, Joiner's and Shoemaker's Tools, of every kind; Locks and Hinges, of all kinds; Spades and Shovels; long and short handle Frying Pans; Carving Knives and Forks, Table ditto, Oyster Knives, Penknives; Copper and Iron Chafing Dishes; Copper and Iron Tea Kettles, Iron Pots and Kettles, Gridirons; Bellows; Brass and Iron head Shovels and Tongs; Hatter's Bow Strings; Fiddle Strings; Brass Furniture for Decks; Crucibles and Blue Pots; Slates and Pencils; Brass and Iron Wire; Saddle Trees, Stirrup Irons, Snaffle and Curb Bits, Steel Heads and Throats, Tin'd Sets, Tuft Nails, Brass Torrets and Hooks, Girth and Circingle Webb, Hunter and Twig Whips, &c. &c.
HE HAS ALSO ON HAND, Excellent PICKLED MACKREL, in Barrels, which he will sell cheap for Cash. 19
FRANCIS PANTON, No. 38, WALL-STREET,
Has imported in the ship Alexander, and other late vessels, ABERDEEN Knit Under Waistcoats, without a seam.—Ditto Worsted and Lamb's Wool Stockings.—White and Black Silk ditto, with embroidered Clocks.—Silk, Worsted, Buckskin, Shamoi, tanned Leather, Beaver, and fine Dancing Gloves.—Fowling Pieces, Powder and Shot, Gun Hammers, Powder Flasks, and Shot Pouches.—Swords, Sword Belts and Hooks, Hilted and Pocket Pistols.—Skates.—Knives and Forks.—Sugar Nippers and Nut Crackers.—Horse, Chair, and other Whips.—A great variety of Canes and Sticks.—Battledores and Shuttlecocks.—Young Ladies' Steel Collars.—Ladies' newest fashioned Brades, Cushions and Curls.—Gentlemen's Dress and Undress Hair Bags.—Silk, Velvet, and Leather Stocks.—Naples, Windsor, and Bailey's Shaving Soap.—Orange Flower, Rose, and Lavender Water.—Flesh Brushes.
With a great many other Articles, too tedious to enumerate. 13
Five Dollars Reward,
L OST, on Thursday Night last, a SILVER WATCH, cased, with a cut Steel Chain, Maker's Name, J. Bromely, London, No. 4696; any Person who has found said Watch, and will return it to the Printer, shall receive the above Reward.
Gouverneur & Kemble,
Have imported and now for SALE, on very reasonable Terms, at their Store in Front-Street,
 HYSON, } Teas Singlo, Tonkay, and Souchong  Black Pepper in bales, from 100 to 400 lb.  Spanish Olives in jars,  Lemons in boxes,  Soft shelled Almonds,  Muscovado Sugar in hhds. and barrels,  Pimento in bags,  Sherry Wine in pipes & quarter casks, from 3 to 7 years old, excellent in its quality.  A quantity of salted Spanish dryed Hydes. 
TO BE SOLD BY
Jacob Le Roy, & Sons, No. 52, Queen-Street, opposite Chapel-Street.
 A Few hhds. choice Tobacco,  Choice Carolina Indigo  Choice Bohea Tea in cases,  Reeled Yarn,  Russia Duck,  Oznabrigs,  Ticklenburgs,  Corduroys,  Cambricks,  Geneva in cases,  A few pieces Bolting Cloths, No. 5. 
New-York, January 4, 1787.
WANTED,
A quantity of Flax Seed, FOR which a generous Price will be given in Cash or Goods.—Apply to JAMES SAIDLER, No. 34, Queen-street. 2
To be SOLD, Cheap for CASH,
A LOT OF GROUND, twenty-five feet wide, and one hundred and eight feet deep, situated in Lombard-street, near Wiley's distillery; and Three other Lots of twenty-five feet wide, and between eighty and ninety feet long, situate in Fayette-street, and bounding in the rear on the Jew's Burying Ground. For particulars, enquire of JAMES VAN HORNE, No. 214. Queen-street. 2
TO LET,
T HE lower part of that commodious House, No. 1, Smith-Street corner of Duke-Street.—Also, two large Dry Cellars, one of which may easily be converted into a Kitchen.—For further Particulars enquire at the above House or of the Printer. 97
N OTICE is hereby given to all Persons indebted to the Estate of the late WILLIAM TALMAN, of this City, Physician, deceased, to make immediate Payment, without delay. Likewise, those who have Demands on the same are desired to render their Accounts, properly attested, to BENJAMIN ROMINE, No. 11, Partition-Street, North-River, who is appointed Collector to the said Estate. JOHN FRANKLIN, Executor. 94
Just arrived by the last Vessels from London, Dublin and Glasgow, the following NEW BOOKS, of the latest Editions and may be had at
John R. Gaine's New and Cheap BOOK STORE, No. 17, WATER-STREET,
B ACON's Abridgement; Blackstone's Reports; Atkyns's, ditto; Burrow's, ditto; Wilson's, Douglas's, Cowper, and Brown's, ditto; Pleader's Assistant; Hinde's Practice; Blackstone's Commentaries, 4 vols. Hales Pleas of the Crown, 2 vols.; Law of Evidence, ditto of Coffs; Ecclesiastical Crimes and Punishments; Montequieu's Spirit of Laws; 2 vols. Every Man his own Lawyer; Wetzel on Insurance; Young Clerk's Vade Mecum, &c. &c. Young's, Coles, and Annisworth's Latin Dictionary. Jordon's Bayley's, Ash's, Dyche's, Entick's and Sheridan's English, ditto. Boyer's and Nugent's French, ditto. Schrevelius Lexicon. Leuden's Greek and Latin Testament. Wetzel's Greek Grammar. Homer's Iliad. Huchelson's Xenophon. Horace, Virgil, and Ovid in usum delphini. Clarke's Nepos, Eutropius, Introduction, Ruffinus, and Cordeus. London Vocabulary. Rudiman's Rudiments, &c. &c. &c.
Moore's and Atkenon's Navigation. Wilson's Epitome. Moore's and Hazelden's Daily Assistant. Mariner's Compass. West India Pilot, of the latest edition.
Cooke's last Voyage. Sparman's Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, giving an account of the country, manners, &c. of the Hottentots and Caffres, with Plates. Carver's Travels through the interior parts of North America, with plates. Robertson's History of America. Smith's Wealth of Nations. Blair's Lectures. Modern Europe. Rollin's Bell Lettres. A Philosophical and Political History of the Trade and Settlements of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, by Abbe Raynal; to which is added, the Revolution of America, by the same Author, &c. &c.
Burkett on the New Testament. Flavel's Works. Cruden's Concordance. Works of Flavius Josephus. Brown's System of Divinity. Hervey's Meditations. Blair, Car, Sterne, Whitefield and Kuffel's Sermons. Bunyan's Holy War. Henry on Prayer. Doddridge's Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul. Gospel Sonnets. Drelincourt and Sherlock on Death. Scougal's Life of God in the Soul of Man. Thomas a Kempis. Confession of Faith. Boston's Fourfold State. Boston on the Covenant, &c. &c.
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York, February 7.
arrived his Britannic Majesty's Lord Hyde, Robert Lee Jones, Esq. in 46 days from Falmouth. From the Papers received by the above Vessel, extracted the following:
E N N A, November 15.
Expected to have heard by the last letters from Constantinople, of the 25th of October, that the Porte had accepted of the mediation of France, to terminate the differences between them and Russia; but our expectations were disappointed; for we are assured that the French Ambassador at Constantinople only offered his mediation in an indirect way; he only in a manner sounded the intentions of the Porte, giving the Ottoman Ministry at the same time to understand, that if they were inclined, the King his Master would interpose in the business; but it seems this offer was not so well received as might have been expected. The Porte expressed their surprise at any offers of mediation, as they said no differences existed between the two Courts; that the troubles in question did not at all regard the Porte, as the Tartars are declared independent; that if Russia thought they had reason to complain, they had been satisfied by the categorical answer given to them. However plausible and moderate these reflexions may appear, they cannot but excite the attention of those who have noticed the memorials which have been presented by both parties; however, it is thought upon the whole, that the affair is settled, and that the intended journey to Cherson will take place.
Mention has been made several times of a camp to be formed of 80,000 men next spring on the confines of Bohemia and Moravia; that report has been contradicted several times, but, however, it is certainly intended to take place, and is designed for the entertainment of their Sicilian Majesties, who are to spend some months next summer at Vienna and in Bohemia.
Paris, Nov. 24. Since the departure of Mr. de Rayneval to the Hague, it is no longer doubted but our Court are agreed with that of Berlin upon the conditions that are to accommodate the affairs of Holland, and the Ministers of the two Courts will, no doubt, soon set about that work: it is certain that the Stadholder will be obliged to give up some of his prerogatives, and that the regulations of 1674 and 1675, which have been so much cavilled at, will be abolished; when all the civil offices will not be, as heretofore, at the disposal of the Stadholder. On the other hand, the patriots must make some concessions, and that they consent to restore the Captain General to the authority he had in the army. With regard to the command of the garrison of the Hague, that is a stumbling block which the negotiators will not easily get over: It is presumed the Prince will want to have it restored to him, and that the Sovereigns will persist in retaining the command in the places where they reside, on pretence of their being interested in it, not only for their honour but for their security. Thus it may be expected, that the negotiations for the re-establishment of tranquillity in the United Provinces will last some time, and even that those affairs may not be settled during the whole winter.
Lisbon, Nov. 1. Last week arrived here a messenger from London, with the dispatches of Chevalier de Pinto, our Minister at that Court; they concern the disturbance which lately happened before Gibraltar, where one of our ships set fire to an Algerine Privateer.
His Excellency gives also notice, to our Court of the signing of the Treaty of Commerce, between France and England. This intelligence is very unwelcome to us, and will prove more disagreeable still, unless the duties on our wines are abated in proportion to those imposed on the same commodity from France. It is even said that our Ministry have it in contemplation provisionally to prohibit the further importation of the English woollen manufactures, which was conditionally permitted, in 1708.
Vienna, Nov. 18. The Marquis de Noailles, Ambassador from the Court of France, has given a splendid supper to their Royal Highnesses Archduke Ferdinand, and his princely Consort. There were two tables of a hundred and sixty covers. The whole corps diplomatic were present. Prince Gallitzin, the Russian Ambassador, had also the honor of entertaining, in his turn, the royal visitors.
The Archbishop of Saltzburgh is in great favor with the Emperor; although his Majesty has touched upon a subject well calculated to awake the tenderest feelings of a clergyman, by alarming the prelate on his worldly interest, by insisting on his Grace giving up some convents intended to be suppressed, which are of a considerable revenue to the Archbishop, and situate within his jurisdiction.
Every thing is restored to the most perfect harmony at Naples, the King of France having brought about a reconciliation between the monarch and his royal father of Spain. The Princess of Didrichstein is daily expected at Naples.
It is asserted as a fact, that the Ottoman Minister has openly declared to Monsieur de Choiseul Gouffier, the French Ambassador at Constantinople, that the Porte was ready to admit the French into a participation of a free navigation on the Red Sea, provided his most Christian Majesty would engage to prevail on the two Imperial Courts, not to set up any further claim, and rather recede from those already insisted upon for three or four years past. From hence it appears, that the Ambassador himself must now drop the plan he had formed of forwarding the French trade in Egypt.
By the last accounts from Constantinople, we are positively informed that the Sovereign of Russia had declared herself ready to enter into
an agreement with the Porte, through the joint mediation of the Emperor and the King of France, but that the former had declined; openly avowing that he would not interfere in the disputes between the Russian and the Ottoman empire. Meanwhile the Sultan is daily declining in health and strength, so much that his recovery is very doubtful. It is said, that both the people and military ardently wish for his dissolution, and a new master, whose mind, they hope, will not be of so pliant and peaceable a turn as that of the present Grand Signor.
L O N D O N, December 5.
Yesterday the American Plenipotentiary presented the Rev. Dr. White of Pennsylvania, and the Rev. Dr. Provost of New-York, to his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, to be consecrated Bishops for the United States. The Rev. Dr. Griffith of Virginia is to be made a third to complete the Government of the Episcopal Church in those States, much to the satisfaction of the laity there, who constantly opposed prelacy, until the States became independent Republics, like those of Switzerland, where even the Popish and Protestant cantons preserve their religious systems without disturbing their civil federal union. Nay, in some places, as in Germany, they worship under the same roof alternately. Such is the liberality of sentiments in this enlightened age.
Lord Monboddo, in his ancient Metaphysics, among other doctrines of his faith, lays it down, "That the natural state of man is to live without clothing, habitation, fire, and language; that he should go upon all fours, and that every thing, which has been added by human art, taken away, or altered, with respect to the animal life of man, has been for the worse."
Doctor O'Leary's letter to the Whiteboys, is on all hands allowed to be a powerful and nervous production on the occasion. It contains those convincing arguments, that forcible reasoning, that strength of style, and generous current of humanity, which makes the man of genius, and the candid pastor. If the rest of the clergy were half so earnest in forwarding the cause of peace and good order, the established church would have little cause to complain, and the Roman Catholic priesthood find a better establishment.
Aylett, the notorious attorney, paid his fine of 500l. and was discharged from Newgate on Thursday last.
The English and French treaties with Russia are still on the tapis, and undetermined. A variety of obstacles have been thrown in the way; and when the last accounts came from Peterburgh, it was stated that the Imperial Court waited for a perusal of the new Commercial Treaty between England and France, before any determination could be agreed to. The English trade, however is permitted to go on according to the terms of the last treaty—no unfavorable sign.
The Commercial Treaty with Spain is said to be in great forwardness.
Yesterday morning forty convicts, sentenced for transportation, were brought to town from Norfolk, and sent immediately to Deptford, to be put on board the ships for Botany Bay.
Government have made contracts for large quantities of the seeds of esculent plants, which are to be sent over, preserved in powder of camphire, for the use of the new colony at Botany Bay.
Lieut. Martin, who went twice round the world with Capt. Cook, we hear, is appointed commander of one of the vessels destined for Botany Bay.
The shipping of stores for the establishment of the intended colony of Botany Bay, goes on with great rapidity; hardly a day passes without very considerable entries being made at the custom-house. Rice, rum, and tobacco have been very considerable articles, which prove that government do not attend merely to the sustenance of the new settlers, but also to their comforts and convenience. The whole equipment is expected to sail about Christmas.
On the 15th of December last, died, at Bath, in the 65th year of his age, Sir Richard Temple, Bart. Comptroller of Cash of the Revenue of Excise, and late one of the Commissioners of the Navy. Dying without issue, the title (created in 1612) descends to John Temple, Esq. his Majesty's Agent and Consul-General to the United States of North-America.
On the 17th, died, at Froyle, in Hampshire, Mrs. Erving, wife of George Erving, Esq. late of Boston, in New-England.
Dec. 7. On Tuesday se'night last, the ship Barbarossa , Capt. Van Vlanderens, from Middlebourg, to the East Indies, came to an anchor in the Downs, having on board about 200 recruits to relieve the Dutch garrison at the Cape. Between four and five o'clock the next morning, the recruits mutinied, and after compelling the Captain to get out of bed and shew them where the money was stowed, they confined him and the other officers, and placed centinels over them. They then broke open three chests of dollars, and every one taking as many as he could carry, they hoisted out the boats, and left the ship to the number of 80 or 90. An armed brig (the Scout , Capt. Herne) lying near, and observing the signals of distress made by the Indians, fired a shot at the long boat, which was then got at some distance, and in which were 70 of the rioters, and brought her to, and upon search a number of dollars, to the amount of about 12,000 were recovered; these men were then sent on shore, where they were received by a party of the 5th regiment, appointed for that purpose. They were immediately secured, and lodged in Sandown Castle, where they now remain; and on a further search, about 400 dollars more were taken from them. Before the long boat had quitted the ship's side, the Captain and officers got on deck,
when a scuffle ensued, and it is supposed four or five of the rioters fell into the sea, and were drowned. About 6500 dollars were missing, a great part of which, in the hurry and confusion, are supposed to have dropped into the sea.
The Adventure , Robinson, is arrived in the river from St. Ubes, last from Dublin, the Captain of which says, that the Moors are become so daring, that they cruise within sight of St. Ubes harbour, three or four at a time; that he saw no less than six cruising on the coast, two of them large galleys; one ran along-side of him, but finding his a British ship, did not offer to stop him, but wished him a good voyage home.
A memorial from several merchants in the Mediterranean trade, has been lately presented to government, praying a better protection to their trade against the depredations of the vessels belonging to the States of Barbary.
A letter from Barcelona, says, the Regency of Algiers has quarrelled with the Danes, or is seeking a quarrel with them; and nobody here will for the present, have any thing to do with that flag, either in loading or insuring.
An order of Privy Council was on Monday sent off to the several sea-port towns in the Channel, to make all the ships perform quarantine, which shall arrive from certain ports in the Mediterranean.
Letters from Peterburgh bring the accounts of nineteen English ships being frozen up in Cronstadt. These ships have 1520 tons of hemp on board, Peterburgh tallow, iron, deals, &c. to the amount of 500,000 roubles, and there is no likelihood of their getting away.
Accounts from Amiens, dated December 1, mention, that the Duke of Orleans has lately settled a colony of weavers near that ancient city. His Highness has also established cotton manufactures at Orleans, Chartres, and other parts of his domain. This popular nobleman has funded out of his estates an annual sum of 150,000 livres for the relief of gentlemen of family, who stand in need of assistance; he has established several schools for the education of youth of both sexes, and has made a new canal, which will be of the utmost consequence to the internal commerce of the country.
A letter from a gentleman in Clonmel, dated November 7, says, "At the last execution here, a very singular circumstance occurred: a young man, a Methodist, was tried for stealing a horse, found guilty, and condemned to be hanged.—The day before his execution, it was found out that he was the son of a gentleman in the north of Ireland, and that he had purchased the horse. It was then too late to apply for his pardon, and on Friday last he was hanged with a notorious offender; they were cut down at the usual time, and the North-countryman's body carried away by some very respectable people of the place. In the evening I was surprised to hear that he was alive; I went to the place where he was, and found him so far recovered as to be able to travel; the Quakers here generously made him a present of a horse, and six guineas to bear his expenses homewards. He passed under the name of H. Murray, but for the sake of his friends (who reside somewhere not far from D.) he concealed his real name. The friends of the other convict, who was compleatly hanged, are extremely angry, and say, partiality has been shown on account of their religious tenets, the latter being a Roman Catholic."
Dec. 6. On Wednesday morning, at 12 o'clock Sir Thomas Halifax, and the Committee of Aldermen, in which number were included the four City Members and two Sheriffs, selected at the Meeting at Guildhall, on Tuesday last waited on Mr. Pitt, at his house in Downing-street, in order to induce him to expunge, or alter the 18th article of the Commercial Treaty, which palpably infringes the Charter of the City, by totally annihilating Package, Ballage, and the rights of the Fellowship Porters, Free Watermen, and several other persons employed in the import and export of merchandise. After much reasoning and conversation, the only satisfaction this truly respectable deputation could obtain from the minister, was the ambiguous answer, "That although the infringement at the time of the negotiation of the treaty was not known to administration, yet, even at this advanced period of the business, he would lay their requisition before the Council, and use his influence to have the evil complained of remedied."
The Fermiers Generaux last year, at the instance of the French Minister, entered into a Treaty with the State of Virginia and Maryland, to take off their hands as much Tobacco as they chose to supply at the following prices: for the Tobaccos of James and York Rivers, 40 livres per hundred; for the Rappahannoc 35 livres, and for Patoronack and Maryland 30 livres. This circumstance, with the failure of the last crop in Virginia, will no doubt raise this article very considerable at the London market.
The late crop of Tobacco in Virginia, produced 2000 hogheads less than last year. This we assert to be a precise estimate of the deficiency.
General Elliot's fortune is computed to be no less at present than 180,000l. which, however, he has so disposed of, that the persons who have legal demands on him here, cannot discover where it is invested, otherwise they insinuate that it would undergo a considerable diminution. The Governor for some time past looked forward to a peerage, and is now possessed, it seems, of a very sufficient fortune for the support of that dignity.
Should the Treaty of Commerce receive the sanction of parliament, the late trade of Buckinghamshire, amongst other manufactures must infallibly be ruined, and the industrious weavers become chargeable to their several parishes. In order, if possible to avert this evil, the manufac-
turers of that county, are preparing a petition which contains an incontrovertible state of the injuries they justly apprehend, must arise from the admission of French laces into England, the petition will be signed by many thousands, and it is said, will be presented to the House of Commons by Mr. Grenville, with the unequivocal approbation of his brother the Marquis of Buckingham.
Perhaps in the present circumstances of this country, it may be impossible for us to preserve the high tones which we have hitherto used in regard to the navigation laws. The doctrine that "free bottoms make free goods," it may not be in our power longer to resist, but surely there is no occasion for our voluntary recognizance of it. The time may come when we can successfully assert the reverse of the principle, and we need not state how much it is for our interest to do so if possible.
Extra of a Letter from Paris, Dec. 4.
"This capital is very much alarmed on account of several bills being apparently forged by persons of credit. The Exchange is in a state of confusion, and this unforeseen event has stopped the ordinary course of business. They pretend that drafts for upwards of two millions of livres have been forged by the alteration of a number in Roman letters. The hundred (in French cent.) was changed for a thousand (in French mille or mill.) The drawers are Messrs. Bechade and Co. of Rouen, upon Messrs. Turton and Ravellet Gallet de Santerre. The change and alteration was made after the draft was accepted. Turton and Co. refused to pay, and the utmost consternation ensued; but when the forgery was discovered, the merchants began to be easier, and with the utmost diligence proper persons were dispatched to secure the authors of the fraud. They say that one of them is taken, and that another is fled to England."
Dec. 11. The Commercial Treaty has, it is said, been submitted to the revision of the Board of Trade, and has already undergone some important alterations, in addition to which several more are expected to take place.
As we expected, a certain Marquis [ Lord Shelburne ] has hinted his disapprobation of the Treaty of Commerce: this, and the alarm which has already spread throughout the city of London, among the West-India planters and traders, and the woollen manufactures, has thrown the cabinet into confusion. From the latter causes they are certain of its meeting a strong opposition in parliament, and they therefore dread the first. A defection of the interest of the Marquis would probably ruin them, as every support is deemed of the utmost consequence. To stop this tide of adversity is however difficult, the noble Marquis must have such terms offered as suits not with the temper of those in power; the question is, whose situations must be sacrificed? For removals there must be, and none have an inclination to quit, yet some one must to preserve the whole. This arrangement is what now more occupies the attention of Ministers, than any new arrangement of the treaty. Mr. Dundas is to be consulted, and for this purpose an express is now actually on the road to bring that gentleman to town: his arrival in a few days will convince our readers of the authenticity of our information.
It must strike every man of candour and judgment how different the conduct of those who state their objections to the French Treaty has been from that of its advocates. The former set out with a solemn declaration to avoid all personal reflections, or party strictures; and not a line of their writing contains any departure from that fair and salutary principle. The authorities they have cited, are the highest, and the fittest for the subject; such as Anderson and Pothier, on the commercial parts; the parliamentary reports of Mr. Pitt's own finance committee on British revenue, and Mr. Necker's authorised and published declaration respecting that of France.
On the contrary, what has been the uniform practice of those who have offered their arguments in favor of the treaty? No regular observations; no statement; no accounts; in a word, mere stale illiberal personalities against those they differ from, and gross slanders of those they support; and in answer to such high authorities as we have mentioned, not a line from any books of eminence. Nay, by way of answer to Mr. Necker's account of the French taxes, all they have found it possible to state is, a garbled quotation from an unauthorised account of a speech of Mr. Burke's, delivered when the state of the country was wholly different. The public will judge for themselves on which side there is most appearance of justice, by fairly comparing the different conduct that has prevailed in the several discussions that have taken place on this great national concern.
If we attend to the complaints and menaces of the merchants, there is some reason to believe that Mr. Hastings is not the only Governor whose conduct will be the subject of Parliamentary accusation in the ensuing sessions.
The whole continent is now attentive to the issue of a deadly contest between a Polish Count and the Prince of Nassau. The cause of this quarrel, which must have been determined by this time, though too late for us to be in possession of the particulars, is thus related in private letters from Poland. In virtue of his Denization, the Prince demanded admission into one of the Diets, the President of which, the Count alluded to, abridged to the Tostalar, that his right of Denization not being twelve months standing, his pretension was ill founded, as he was entitled to a seat in the general Diet only. His Highness insisted, the President firmly stood his ground, and ordered the attending guards to fire on the Prince if he did not instantly retire, which he at last consented to do, but not without casting on the President some very severe reflections.

This contest being thus over, the Count, after having observed to the assembly, that it was in support of their rights that he had opposed the intruder; added, that he had been personally insulted, and that public duels in such case being permitted by the laws of Poland, he would claim the privilege. In consequence, a formal challenge was sent to the Prince, who readily accepted of it. This is the same nobleman who was before Gibraltar, and behaved with so much intrepidity when the floating batteries were destroyed. He is highly spoken of for his personal bravery, which he manifested at so early a period as his sixteenth year, when being with Monsieur De Bougainville in his expedition round the world, he flew a lion in Africa in the presence of all his companions. On the other hand, his antagonist is not less renowned by the multiplicity of the duels he has fought, and always with the greatest success. It is said that the two adversaries are each to be armed with a dagger and twelve pistols, for the death of either of the combatants can alone put an end to the dreadful encounter.
Dec. 13. On the second of this month his Highness the DUC D' ORLEANS, according to a practice immemorial, sent his portrait, a full length, with that of his Royal Consort, to the magistrates of Orleans, to be placed in the grand chamber of the city-hall. Sunday the third, was dedicated to the service of fixing up these pictures, which ceremony took place under the immediate inspection of the mayor and sheriffs; and at night a general illumination was observed with a feu de joie , accompanied by a discharge of Artillery. Their Royal Highnesses ordered twelve hundred livres to be distributed to the poor of Orleans on the occasion. The Duchess is represented in a full Court dress; the Duke a la Hussar , as painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
The above picture is said to be a correct copy of the one which was painted for the Prince of Wales, when the Duke was last in England, and which is fixed up in Carlton House.
The Lords of the Admiralty have lately made an order for rebuilding the following men of war:
Torbay of 90 guns, in the King's yard at Portsmouth. Cambridge 74, King's-yard, Plymouth. Revenge 74, King's-yard, Deptford. Ajax 74, Blackwall, private yard. Mars 74, Deptford, Green ditto. Dragon 74, Rotherhithe ditto. Hercules 74, Gravesend ditto. Dublin 74, Southamptn ditto. Tyger 74, Harwich, King's yard. Osnaburg 74, uncertain. Neptune 74, ditto.
All the keels are to be laid down in the course of next year; the Osnaburg is a new name, all the others are what is usually styled built on the keels of old ships, either broken up, condemned, or sold out of the service.
We hear from New London, that in the form of the 5th ult. a Schooner went on shore at the Highlands, on Cape Cod, without any masts: one person was found dead on deck, and another which belonged to the vessel was found dead on the shore. The Schooner belonged to Chatham, at the Cape, and was from Nova-Scotia. She had six men in all on board, who must have perished, though the above only were found.
Also two Schooners from Marblehead, bound to the westward with fish and oil, were cast away near the same place; the vessels and most of the cargoes lost, but the lives saved.
A letter from a gentleman in the West-Indies to his friend in Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, says: "I supplied a vessel belonging to Beverly Henry Phelps, master, with a small quantity of provisions, the 12th of November, in long 52 W. although we had been upon an allowance ourselves three weeks. I am afraid, if he did not get into Nova-Scotia, he must have perished. He was seventy-six days from the Isle of Ree, and almost a wreck."
The Speedy Packet, Captain D'Auvergne, in whom went passengers, the Rev. Dr. Provost, Dr. White, and Mr. Venning, arrived at Falmouth in 18 days from this port.
On Sunday evening last, was married by the Rev. Mr. Beach, Mr. DAVID MUMFORD merchant, to the amiable Miss PEARSGALL, daughter of Mr. Thomas Pearfall, an eminent merchant of this City.
ARRIVALS since our last.
Bring Levitt, ———, Kingston Jamaica. Schooner Witting Maid, Phoenix, Newbern. — Polly, Potalow, Curraooca.
VIRGINIA.
An ACT to impose an additional duty of two per cent. ad valorem , on goods, wares and merchandise, imported into this Commonwealth.
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That after the 20th day of January, 1787, there shall be paid or secured to be paid on all goods, wares or merchandise, imported into this Commonwealth in any ship, or other vessel owned wholly or in part by a subject or citizen of any state or power not in commercial treaty with the United States, to the naval-officer where such ship or other vessel shall enter, an additional duty of two per cent. ad valorem .
An ACT to impose certain duties.
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That there shall be paid an additional duty of two pence per gallon on all spirituous liquors subject by law to a duty, which shall be imported into this Commonwealth after the 20th day of January, 1787, except French brandies imported from some port within the dominions of the King of France, in vessels belonging to subjects of the said King or to citizens of the United States, which brandies so imported shall after the said 20th day of January be duty free.
And be it also enacted, That three pence a pound on all cheese, and six-pence a pound on all tea imported into this Commonwealth, shall be paid after the said 20th day of January; also a duty of three shillings per hundred on all imported hemp, and four shillings on all imported cordage, which duties shall be appropriated to the payment of the interest of the military debt.
And be it further enacted, That from and after the 20th of January, 1787, every master or owner of a ship or other vessel coming into this Commonwealth, shall pay down to the naval-officer with whom he enters, two shillings per ton on every vessel owned wholly by citizens of this state or the United States, three shillings per ton on all vessels owned wholly by the subjects of any foreign power not in commercial treaty with the United States, and six shillings per ton on all vessels owned wholly or in part by the subject of any foreign power not in commercial treaty with the United States: which said tonnage shall be in lieu of all former tonnage heretofore imposed except the tonnage of six pence per ton imposed by an act of the present session of assembly for the support of a light-house.
EXTRACTS from LLOYD'S LIST.
Arrivals from New-York.
Nov. 20.—At Falmouth, the Dashwood, Roberts, 45 days. Speedy, D'Auvergne, 20 ditto. 29.—At Portsmouth, the Thomas, ———. At Corke, the Nancy, Sullivan. Dec. 2.—At Gravesend, the Betty, McInard. At Liverpool, the Sally, King. Bristol, Sarah, Townend. Clyde, Eagle, Blain. 3.—At Dublin, Lucy, Ewing. 7.—At Hull, Thomas, Clark. 11.—At Bristol, Siders, Haitier.
Extracts from the London PRICE CURRENT, dated December 15, 1786.
Ashest American, Pearl, from 11. 10s. to 11. 16s. per C. — Pot, from 11. 6s. to 11. 8s. — Russia Pot, from 11. 4s. to 11. 6s. Brandy Coiac, from 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d. per G. Brazil Wood, 100l. per T. Braziletto, from 91. to 91. 10s. Castor New-England, 11. 4s. per lb. Cochineal, from 14s. 3d. to 16s. Cocoa Caracca, 51. 10s. per C. — Granada, from 21. 6s. to 31. Cotton Granada, from 2s. 3d. to 2s. 3d. 1/2 per lb. — Jamaica, from 2s. 3d. to 2s. 5d. — Tobago, from 2s. 4d. to 2s. 4d. 1/2. — Demerara, from 2s. 11d. to 3s. Ginsang, from 4s. 3d. to 5s. Indigo French Blue, from 7s. 9d. to 9s. 6d. — Carolina, from 2s. 3d. to 5s. 6d. Iron Pig English, from 31. to 31. per T. — America, from 31. to 31. 10s. — Russia assorted, from 171. to 171. 10s. Sugar Antigua, from 21. 11s. to 21. 18s. per C. — Granada from 21. 11s. to 21. 17s. — Jamaica, from 21. 12s. to 21. 17s. — Montserrat, from 21. 13s. to 21. 19s. — Nevis, from 21. 13s. to 21. 18s. — St. Kitts, from 21. 14s. to 31. — St. Vincents, from 21. 12s. to 21. 17s. — Tortola, from 21. 11s. to 21. 10s. Tar Archangel, 17s. per B. — Stockholm, 19s. — New-England, 18s. Tea Bohea Fine, 1s. 6d. 1/2 per lb. — Single Common, from 2s. 11d. to 3s. 2d. — Speck Leaf, from 3s. 2d. to 4s. 10d. — Bloom, from 3s. 3d. to 5s. 6d. — Congou, from 2s. 11d. to 5s. — Souchong, from 3s. 2d. to 7s. — Hyson Fine, from 6s. 8d. to 8s. 6d. — Ordinary, from 5s. 2d. to 6s. 6d. Tobacco Maryland Yellow, from 1s. 11d. to 2s. per lb. — Middling, from 1s. 7d. to 1s. 8d. — Virginia York River, from 1s. 8d. to 1s. 9d. — James River, from 1s. 7d. to 1s. 8d. 1/2. — Strip Leaf, from 1s. 7d. 1/2 to 1s. 8d. 1/2. — Rappahannan, from 1s. 6d. to 1s. 7d. 1/2. — Carolina, from 1s. 6d. to 1s. 7d. 1/2. Turmerick East-India, from 41. 1s. to 41. 3s. per C. — West-India, from 31. to 31. 12s. 6d. Turpentine America, 9s. per C. Wax English, 91. 5s. per C. — American, 91. Whale Fins, from 2501. to 2701. per T. Gold in Coin, 31. 17s. 6d. per ounce. Ditto in Bars, 31. 17s. 6d. Pieces of Eight, Pillar large, 5s. 1 1/2. per ounce. — Ditto small, 5s. 1 1/2. — Mexico large, 5s. 1 1/2. — Ditto new, 5s. 0 3/4. Silver in Bars, 5s. 2 1/2.
PRICE of STOCKS.
3 per Cent. Red. 148 3/4. Long Annuities, 22. 3/4.
INSURANCE from LONDON
To Jamaica, 21. 10s. per Cent. To Halifax or New-York, 2 guineas. To Charleston, James-River, &c. 2 guineas. To Philadelphia, 2 guineas.
INSURANCE from DUBLIN
To Philadelphia, New-York, &c. 2 guineas.
INSURANCE from LIVERPOOL, BRISTOL, GLASGOW, &c.
To New-York, from 2 to 2 1/2 guineas. To Quebec, 3 guineas. To the West-Indies, 2 guineas. To Jamaica, 2 1/2 guineas. To Boston, from 2 to 2 1/2 guineas. American ships pay from five to seven guineas per Cent.
New-York Chamber of Commerce.
The Members of the Chamber of Commerce are requested to be punctual in meeting this Evening, at Six o'Clock, on Business of great importance.
WILLIAM SHOTWELL, Sec'try.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons indebted to the Personal Estate of HEN-DRICK LEFORGE, late of Philips' Manor, deceased, either by Bond, Note, or Book-Account, to make immediate payment to the Subscriber, otherwise their Accounts will be put into the hands of an Attorney. Also, any Person having any Demands against the deceased, are desired to exhibit their Accounts, properly attested, to
ADRIAN LEFORGE,
Executor.
Philips-Manor, Feb. 1, 1787.
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TO BE LET, And Possession given the First of May next.
A LARGE Three Story Brick Dwelling HOUSE, No. 15, Duke-Street, containing eleven Rooms, with Fire Places in each, with a large Kitchen and Cellar under, and a good Yard and Cistern belonging to the same, and has every Convenience and Accommodation for a genteel Family.
ALSO,
THAT Commodious and large STORE-HOUSE, adjoining the above, leading from Duke to Mill-Street, now occupied by Messrs. Shaler and Sebor, (formerly by Perry, Hayes and Sherbrooke) is well known by the Connecticut, New Jersey, and North River Traders.—It is very convenient for a Wholesale Merchant, having the upper and lower Stories Shelved; with a Large Dry CELLAR under, on a level with the street, and will contain one hundred and thirty puncheons Rum.—For Terms apply to
WILLIAM USTICK,
No. 33, Queen-Street.
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TO BE SOLD,
THE HOUSE No. 180, corner of Queen and Beekman Streets, one of the best stands for business in this City, is 25 feet in front in Queen-Street, and 100 feet deep along Beekman Street.
ALSO,
A LOT in Beekman-Street, adjoining the above, and on which a Store-House and Stable now stands; which is 25 feet front, in Beekman-Street, and 71 feet deep.
Both the above will be sold together or separate—For Price, and other Particulars, apply to Mr. DAVID GALEBATH, Merchant, No. 224, Queen-Street.
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TO BE SOLD,
At Private Sale,
THAT beautiful and pleasant situated HOUSE, in the Town Spot of Jamaica, formerly the Property of the Hon. Chief Justice Hoffmanden, together with an excellent Barn, and other Out-Houses, and about one Acre of very excellent Land.
For Terms apply to Daniel Lawrence, near Hell-Gate Neck, New-Town, who will give an indisputable Title for the same.
31 3m
A Number of Gentlemen of reputation having associated themselves for the purpose of enquiring into the circumstances of persons confined in the goal of this city for Debt, and affording such relief as their necessities require, invite the charitably disposed Citizens of New-York to deposit such sums as they may be willing to contribute for that purpose, in the hands of the Rev. Dr. ROGERS, Rev. Mr. BEACH, Rev. Mr. LYNN, or LAWRENCE EMBREE, and they may rest assured that the same shall be faithfully applied for that purpose.
AT a Meeting of the Society for promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and protecting such of them as have been, or may be liberated, held in the city of New-York, on the 9th day of November, 1786.
The Society came to the following Resolution:
That a Gold Medal be given to the person who shall deliver the best oration at the next annual commencement of the College in New-York, exposing in the best manner the injustice and cruelty of the Slave Trade, and the oppression and ill policy of holding Negroes in Slavery.
Published by Order,
JOHN KEESE, Secretary.
LINEN RAGS,
READY MONEY, and the highest price given for CLEAN LINEN RAGS, at the Alms-House, where they are much wanted for dressing of wounds and lacerations in the hospital of the said house.
This Day is published, with the advantage of sixteen Copperplates describing the several Disorders; the whole contained in two Parts, bound in one quarto volume, Price a Guinea,
The Natural History OF THE HUMAN TEETH, Explaining their Structure, Use, Formation, Growth, and Diseases.
By JOHN HUNTER,
Surgeon Extraordinary to the King, and Fellow of the Royal Society.—The Second Edition.
THE following are the several Subjects treated of in this excellent Performance, adapted to the perusal of Ladies and Gentlemen, as well as Practitioners in Dentition.
Of the Upper Jaw. Of the Lower Jaw. Of the Alveolar Processes. Of the Articulation of the Lower Jaw. Of the Motion in the Joint of the Lower Jaw. Of the Muscles of the Lower Jaw. Temporalis. Pterygoideus Internus. Pterygoideus Externus. Digastricus. Of the Structure of a Tooth. Of the Enamel. Of the Bony Part of a Tooth. Of the Cavity of the Teeth. Of the Parietum of the Teeth. Of the Situation of the Teeth. Of the number of Teeth. Of the Incisores . Of the Cuspidatus . Of the Bicuspidatus . Of the Grinders. Of the Articulation of the Teeth. Of the Gums. Of the Action of the Teeth arising from the Motion of the Lower Jaw. General Comparisons between the Motion of the Jaw in young and old People. Of the Formation of the Alveolar Process. Of the Formation of the Teeth in the Foetus. Of the cause of pain in the Dentition. Of the Formation and Progress of the Adult Teeth. Of the Manner in which a Tooth is formed. Of the Ossification of a Tooth upon the Pulp. Of the Formation of the Enamel. Of the Manner of Shedding of the Teeth. Of the Growth of the two Jaws. The Reason for the Shedding of the Teeth. Of the Cavity filling up as the Teeth wear down. Of the continual Growth of the Teeth. Of the sensibility of Teeth. Of Supernumerary Teeth. The Use of the Teeth so far as they affect the Voice. Of the Clais, among animals, of the human Teeth. Of the Diseases of the Teeth. Of cleaning the Teeth. Of Transplanting the Teeth.
FRENCH BOOKS,
Sold by James Rivington.
VOLTAIRE's Works, in 40 pocket volumes.
Rousseau's Works, Consisting of Eloise, Emelius, and Oeuvres Diverses.
Montaigne's Essays, 3 vols.
Life of Charles XIIth. King of Sweden.
The Works of Crebillon, in 7 vols.
Memoires of the Duke of Sully, in 8 vols.
Memoires of Cardinal de Retz, in 6 vols.
Memoires of Gerard d'Euphrate, Duc de Bourgogne, in 2 vols.
L'Ile Inconnue, or Memoires of the Chevalier des Gaffines.
Bruyer's characters of Theophrastes, in 2 vols.
Peruvian Letters, in one vol.
Epreuve de Sentiment, by Darnau, in 6 vols.
The Bachelor of Salamanca, in 3 vols.
Gil Blas, in 2 and 4 vols.
The Death of Abel, one vol.
Molieres Plays, in 8 vols.
The Works of Regnard, in 2 vols.
Rabelais Works,
Marmontel's Tales, or Contes Moraux, in 3 vols.
Memoires of a Man of Quality, in 8 vols.
D'Astouches Works, in 10 vols.
The Letters of Ninon de L'Enclos
Théorie d'Éducation.
La Belle Assemblée, or Les Journées Amusantes, in 4 vols.
The Life of the great Marshal Duc de Villars.
Memoires of General the Duke of Berwick, Son of King James the second of England.
The Letters of the celebrated Marquise de Sevigné to her Daughter, in 8 vols.
Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws, in 4 vols.
The fortunate Peasant, or La Paysanne Parvenue, in 4 vols.
Jewish Letters, elegantly written by the Marquis D'Argens, favourite of the last and greatest King of Prussia.
Dictionnaire de Physique, with all the new Philosophical Discoveries since the year 1773.
All the best Tragedies of the great Corneille.
The Dramatic Works of Mons. Belloy, in 6 vols.
Don Quixote, in 6 vols.
Boileau's Works, in 4 vols.
The Devil on Two Sticks.
The Liturgy, or Common Prayer Book of the Church of England, which, used by young persons in the Episcopal Congregations, will greatly tend to facilitate an acquirement of the knowledge of the elegant French Language.
The French New Testament.
Moral Tales, diverting Histories and Romances, collected from the Works of Mons. Le Sage, the admirable Author of Gil Blas.
Moral and entertaining Dialogues for the improvement of Learners of French, the English and French printed on opposite pages, by M. Vaucluse, in 2 vols.
Theatre d'Éducation, in 4 pocket vols.
Wrapping Paper, by the Ream or Quire, to be had of the Printer.

V E R S E S,  Addressed to a beautiful Young Lady, on expressing a Desire to take the Veil.  DISLODGE, sweet fair! the melancholy guest That dares intrude where heav'nly virtues dwell: Let not illusion reach thy tender breast— Ill form'd to bear what Jesuits fainly tell.  Weigh well each hardship, must the maid endure When once is took the ne'er revoking Veil; Loft to the world—to ev'ry friend obscure, Where sighs do penance to the midnight gale.  Say, can'st thou leave each scene of fond delight To live immens'd within the Cloyster's gloom, Where no kind parent cheers the mourner's sight, But some dread Abbess fills a mother's room.  Then should a thought to former joys return— But ah! how fruitless—then too late, how vain— Some Monk austere the soft idea might spurn, And only pity—by inflicting pain.  Say, has austerity such potent charms Within the confines of a dismal cave? Say, wouldst thou fly religion's sacred arms, To seek her shadow in a Convent's grave?  Forbid the thought—religion, nature cries, Urg'd by some demon from his dark abode: Fearful an angel should ascend the skies, And ne'er return from an Omnipotent God.
Just imported in the Ship Sally.  Captain Loadman, the following, amongst a number of other Articles, and to be sold by James Rivington,  CHESS Men of various and very elegant Patterns. Hadley's Quadrants, with Directions. Excellent Mathematical Instruments, for Students at College, &c. German and common English Flutes, of high and low prices. Guitars and Guitar Strings. Fiddles, of low price, very good; also excellent Cremonas. Wefts Razor Straps. Silver plated Buckles, of most elegant patterns, for Men, Women, Boys and Girls. Best Roman Fiddle Strings. Bailey's Patent Blacking Cakes. British Herb Snuff and Tobacco. Rolls of good Parchment. Hardhams best Rappee Snuff. Letter Files, with Pictures pasted on boards and with Laces. The Nautical Almanack for 1787 and 1788. A number of Navigation Charts of the American and European Coasts. Elegant Gold Watches. Children's Corals, silver and silver double gilt. Mens' warm Gloves, lined with Lamb's Wool. Buckskin Gloves. Paste and Stone Buckles. Enamelled Gold Sleeve Buttons. Gold Watch Keys. Pocket and Ais Skin Memorandum Books. Reading Glasses for Old Eyes. Excellent Razors, &c. &c.
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be had of the Printer, No. 231, Queen-Street, (Price SIXPENCE,)
A Concise ABSTRACT of the most important Clauses in that interesting ACT of the BRITISH PARLIAMENT, passed in the Session of 1786; a perfect knowledge of which is absolutely necessary to all MASTERS and MATES of Vessels, and to every other Person who is either concerned in shipping, or in the importation or exportation of Merchandise.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
LAST Thursday night, or early yesterday morning, the Store of the Subscriber was broke open and robbed of a great number of Articles, among which were the following:—Twelve Silk Gowns ript in pieces, and dyed Black, Orange, Garnet and Green: Sixteen Yards of Orange Water-coloured Silk: Two pair of White Breeches and two Jackets: Eight Silk Clocks, ript in pieces and dyed Black: A number of Bonnets and Caps, ript in pieces and dyed different Colours: A quantity of Silk, Ribbons and Lace, of different Colours.  Any person who will apprehend and lodge in goal, any one concerned in the aforesaid Robbery shall receive the above Reward.
JOHN MORRISON New-York, January 20, 1787. 28
P I T C H.
A FEW Barrels, of an excellent Quality, to be Sold. Enquire of the Printer. 19
G E N T E E L Boarding and Lodging. ENQUIRE OF THE PRINTER.
Christopher Lewis Lente,
At his Store, No. 39, Hanover-Square, HAS for SALE, a very large assortment of Groceries, Confectionaries, Wines & other bottled Liquors, &c. which were all purchased for ready Money, and will dispose of them on very reasonable Terms.—He is determined not to sell any thing out of his Store but for Cash being paid on delivery of the Goods, having considerable Sums of outstanding debts, which puts it out of his power to give Credit any longer.—All Orders from the Country will be punctually attended to, but no goods will be sent unless the Cash or Produce is at the same time sent.
F O R S A L E,
At the READY-MONEY STORE, No. 39, Hanover-Square. CHAMPAIGNE, Burgundy, Madeira, Claret Port, Hock, Constantia, Cyprus, Syracuse, Stomatical, Lisbon, Fyal, and Teneriffe Wines, in casks and bottles. Arrack and Coniac Brandy. Geneva in casks and half ankers. A great variety of rich German, French and Italian Liqueurs, &c. London bottled Porter in casks & small packages, Fine Hylon, Souchong, Green and Bohea Tea, Coffee, Chocolate and Sugar-Candy. Double and Single Lump Sugar, Muscovado, ditto.—With a large and general assortment of GROCERIES, too tedious to enumerate. Considerable abatement will be made to those who purchase by the Quantity. New-York, October 27, 1786. 4
WHEREAS, I SAMUEL SAYRE, of the County of Richmond and State of New-York, Innholder, stand indebted unto WILLIAM NEWTON, late of the City of New-York and State of New-York, Gentleman, in and by a certain Bond and Mortgage, bearing date prior to the first day of January, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six, and conditioned for the payment of the Sum of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, lawful Money of New-York, or thereabouts, with lawful Interest for the same. AND WHEREAS the said sum of Two Hundred Pounds, with a considerable arrearage of Interest, is now due, and payable unto the said William Newton, by me the Subscriber: THEREFORE I, the said Samuel Sayre, do (in pursuance of two certain Acts of the Legislature of New-York, the one entitled, "An Act relative to Debts due to Persons within the Enemies Lines, passed the 12th day of July, 1782;" the other entitled, "An Act to explain and amend an Act, entitled, an Act relative to Debts due to Persons within the Enemies Lines, passed the 12th day of July, 1782, passed the 24th of November, 1784,") hereby Notify and Require you, the said William Newton, to appear at the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, to be held in and for the County of Orange, at the Court House in the New City in the said County, on the second Tuesday in October next, to have a settlement and payment made of the said Debt, agreeable to the Mode prescribed in and by the several Acts aforesaid.  Dated this seventeenth day of January, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven. 28 sw. SAMUEL SAYRE.
By Order of the Honorable RICHARD MORRIS, Esquire, Chief Justice of the State of New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given to EBENEZER GEAREY, the Elder, of Lebanon, in the State of Connecticut, EBENEZER GEAREY, the Younger, now of Basinghall-Street, in the City of London, in the kingdom of Great-Britain, HENRY CHAMPION, of Norwich, in the State of Connecticut, ENEAS GEAREY of the City of New-York, Merchants and partners, and to all others whom it may concern, that upon application and due proof made to me the said Chief Justice, pursuant to an Act of the Legislature of this State of New-York, entitled "An Act for relief against absconding and absent debtors, passed the fourth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six," he hath issued his warrant to the Sheriff of the city and county of New-York, commanding him to attach, seize, take, and safely keep ALL THE ESTATE, as well real as personal of the said EBENEZER GEAREY, the Elder, EBENEZER GEAREY, the Younger, HENRY CHAMPION, and ENEAS GEAREY, absent Debtors, of what kind or nature soever, and every or any part or parcel thereof, in whatever part of his bailiwick the same can be found, with all evidences, books of accounts, vouchers, and papers relating thereto: And that unless they the said EBENEZER GEAREY, the Elder, EBENEZER GEAREY, the Younger, HENRY CHAMPION, and ENEAS GEAREY shall return and discharge their debts within twelve months after the publication of this notice, all their estate real and personal will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of their Creditors.
Dated at the city of New-York, the twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six. WILLIAM BROOKS. By his Attorney, JOHN MURRAY.
All persons indebted to GEAREYS, CHAMPION, and Co. are desired not to make any payment to them, as by a law of this State the same will be invalid after this date, as also all Notes or Bonds assigned by them. 61 12m
To be had of the Printer, DR. ANDERSON'S GENUINE  S C O T S P I L L S In Boxes of Eight Shillings, Four Shillings and Two Shillings each.
Thomas Reynolds,  STONE SEAL-CUTTER, From Philadelphia,
At Robert Montgomery's, No. 33, Wall-Street, opposite the Coffee-House Bridge.
INFORMS the Public that he Cuts COATS of ARMS, CRESTS, CYPHERS, Public and Office SEALS, in the very Newest Style.—Said Reynolds has a number of BLANK SEALS ready for Cutting, and BLANK CORNELIAN STONES.
Any Person wanting their ARMS, can be furnished with a Sketch of them at TWO DOLLARS. 31
Dillworth's Spelling.
A Complete and entire new SET of CUTS for the use of Printers, to work Impressions of that School-Book, nearly wrought in Metal, to be SOLD.—Enquire of the Printer. 31
STRATFORD, August 21, 1786.
WE, the Subscribers, being by the Honorable Court of Probate for the District of Stratford, in the County of Fairfield, appointed Commissioners to receive, examine, and adjust all Claims and Demands on the Estate of TIMOTHY SHALOR, late of said Stratford, deceased, represented insolvent and insufficient to pay the debts due therefrom, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that we will attend on the Business of our said Appointment, on the second Mondays of October, December, February and April next, at the Dwelling House of PHILIP NICHOLS, Esq. in said Stratford, from One to Six o'Clock Afternoon, on each of said Days; and all Persons having any Demands on said Estate, are desired to exhibit their Accounts, properly attested.
JOSEPH STRONG 94 ELIJAH BEWITT } Commissioners.
SAMUEL OGDEN, No. 14, WATER-STREET, HAS FOR SALE, BAR IRON of all Kinds, viz.
SWEDS, Waggon, Chair, and Cart Tire, square and flat of all sizes; Andover Cart Tire, and common square and flat Boone-Town Waggon and Cart Tire; Share Moulds; square Iron, from a half inch to two inches, and flat of different sizes; Mount Hope Waggon, Cart, Square, Flat, and Share Moulds of all sizes; Refined and Bloomery Rod Iron; Spike, Deck, and common Nail Rods; Sheet Iron, a complete assortment of excellent quality, warranted superior to any imported, by the ton on very low terms, cheaper than can be imported; Bolt or Round Iron from 3/4 to 1 1/4 inch of best refined and Anderson's Iron; Hoops for barrels, Oil Casks, Hogheads, Butts, and Cisterns, of best refined Iron; Shovels, Hoes, and Spades, manufactured in America in the neatest manner; Anchors of different sizes; Spikes, Deck Nails and common Nails of all sizes; Pot-Asa Kettles of different sizes.
CASTINGS of all Kinds, viz.
Patent Cabouzes of different sizes, on the most approved plan; Fire Places and back Plate Stoves, a variety of Patterns; Waggon, Coach and Cart Boxes of all sizes; a complete assortment of Weights, ready ringed and fixed; Sleigh Shoes, Griddles, Tea Kettles, and a general assortment of Hollow Ware.
All orders for Rudder Irons, Mill Spindles, Gudgeons, Mill Rounds, Saw-Mill Irons, or any other Articles of Wrought or Cast Iron, will be executed with neatness and dispatch, agreeable to patterns or orders given.
Most of the above articles are of American Manufacture, and the quality and workmanship good, and will be sold cheap for cash. New-Jersey Money, and all kinds of Public Securities will be taken in payment at their current value. 69
HULETT'S Dancing School,
THE kind patronage of a generous Public, shewn to JOHN H. HULETT, calls for the warmest expressions of his gratitude, which he begs in this manner to communicate to his friends, and to acquaint them and the Public that he has opened his SCHOOL at No. 15, in Little Queen-Street, where a spacious and commodious Room is now built for the reception of his Scholars, and of Ladies and Gentlemen, who may occasionally honour him with their presence to observe the proficiency of his pupils.
The days of Tuition for young Ladies will be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from two until five o'clock in the afternoon, and for Gentlemen from six until nine o'clock in the evening of the same days.
Mr. Hulett will wait on any ladies and gentlemen who wish to be taught this art, at their houses, at those hours that do not interfere with his School. New-York, September 13, 1786. 83
JOHN DALTON, SURGEON and PRACTITIONER OF PHYSIC.
HAS removed from Rosevelt-Street, to No. 67, Cherry-Street, and informs his Friends in particular, and the Public in general, that by long experience he has found out a method to eradicate a certain Complaint, without one grain of that pernicious Medicine unskillfully administered, called Mercury, and in so short a time as will surprise any who favours him with their commands. The greatest secrecy may be depended on.
Cheap Grocery Store,
JOHN DONNAN acquaints his Friends and former Customers, and the Public in general, that he has removed from No. 216, Queen-Street, to that commodious new Store on Gru-ger's Dock, corner of the Old Slip, where he has for Sale, on the usual reasonable terms, the following Articles, viz.
  JAMAICA Spirits,  Coffee,    West-India Rum,  Chocolate,    New-York, ditto,  Hylon,    Coniac Brandy,  Souhong,    Holland Geneva,  Green and } TEAS.    Madeira,  Bohea }    Lisbon, and } WINES,  Cask and Jar Raisins,    Teneriffe }  Ginger,    London Porter in draft  Pepper and Allspice,    and Bottles,  Barley,    Loaf and Muscovado  English and Country    Sugars,  Cheese.   Wheat, Flour, Corn, Rye, Indian-Meal, &c, taken in Barter. 77
THOMAS THOMAS, TINMAN, COPPERSMITH, and BRASS FOUNDER,
No. 206, QUEEN-STREET, opposite Burling-Slip.
BEGS leave to return his sincere Thanks to his Friends and the Public in general, and informs them, that he has entered very extensively into the manufacturing part of the above Branches of Business, superior to any imported and equally as Cheap. He has on hand a very large and extensive Assortment of all kinds of Tin, Copper, Brass, and Pewter Ware, which he intends selling on very low Terms for Cash. Copper and Brass Utensils mended and tinned with pure Grain Tin. The highest Price given for old Copper, Brass and Pewter.
THE Subscriber took the liberty of informing the public, some time ago, that he had obtained a NOSTRUM for all CANCEROUS, SCROFULOUS, and INVETERATE ULCEROUS CASES.—The modesty of his advertisement, and his apparent diffidence of the Medicines, has, he is well assured, deterred many persons labouring under the above complaints from applying for relief. As he has had an opportunity of giving the Medicines a fair trial on many persons in and about this city, who have experienced its happy effects, and its proving invariably successful, he thinks himself warranted to assert with confidence, that the improvements he has, from his professional knowledge, been enabled to make in the Medicines, and mode of application, has put it in his power to engage a perfect cure in all the above cases, except where the great age or bad habit of body of the patient is such as to preclude a hope of success—which, whenever it occurs, will be readily acknowledged—as the disinterested motive of demanding no pay where no cure is performed, will deter him from engaging when there is no prospect of succeeding.
N. SCHUYLER. New-York, No. 15, Little-Dock-Street. 91
DANCING.
MR. PICKEN begs leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of New-York, that he has now opened his SCHOOL in his large and commodious House, No. 15, Smith-Street, corner of Duke-Street, where he will in a capital manner, teach DANCING in all its various parts, after the newest and most approved methods:—Such as please to honour him with the care of young Ladies and Gentlemen, may depend on the strictest decorum being observed, and that no attention nor diligence shall be wanting on his part, to forward them in that polite accomplishment.
Mr. PICKEN, with the utmost gratitude, returns his most sincere thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen of this City, for the liberal encouragement he has already experienced from them, and hopes by his future exertions, and a number of new DANCES which he has not yet introduced, to merit the continuance of their favours. New-York, October 11, 1786. 82
Ten Dollars Reward.
STOLEN from on board the Brig RANGERS, BENJAMIN BORDEN, Master, a light-coloured Broadcloth COAT, and Spotted Velvet WAISTCOAT and BREECHES, a mixt-coloured GREAT COAT, lined with red Baize, and about Forty-two or Forty-three Pounds, in paper money. Whosoever will take up the Thief or Thieves, shall receive the above reward, and all necessary charges paid by me,
BENJAMIN BORDEN. New-York, November 9, 1786. 9