' fefio. Pae ittfiftoal, Helud reconrfe to ihe Woft.tryin , rope befor the diflurbaace. to Hca VeTii,, fl
.5". jSv.'i,l1.t WfiniufliUiBor-- is fuppofed, gave rife to the report that the fd nambe rf
siAuu.ii'"' --r6 . . i tk Amprrs r
bit, he judged it noil prudent to retire td peaceful winter quax
th; thin to attack us in apofition, thrftreugthV.of which would
probably have obliged him to retire with lots ; and which, even
Hv the oreateft exertions, muft have
a lib r- O .
Ruffians is to be lent to Amerca;
! :'rMrc LONDON GAZETTE.
Whitehall, Sept. ;ok The King has keen pleafed to appot '
Frederick iiaidimana, .mu ; .jcuicaans vxeacrsu 01 nis Ma f
tV S lOrces, CO De tapisiu-ucuww ,uvi uortfuuria v-niet of h?
of his Majeliy's force in tW
i the frontiers of the PfovU
i. nf kft rmnm while our arm V.
improbable Majeftv', ?l.fc
difafter, woald have (c&tcd more in honour than in any other
point." - . . .. i 1 -
r . To the r U B L IC. -
FPCOM tfe liliencfs in figureand qualities between the fugar
cane and the Indian corn ftalkt it has long been fuppofed,
that the latter might be coa verted to the fame ufe as the for
rrvf. hriftrh It . not imagined the Droduce would be fo plen
tiful " un fitrtriVnf nanfuer rhe evncncc of cultivation and Norfolk, Earl
iui,,.v,vu.1.Mv..M.. - -z tx I' T7. J C
neral and Commander in
fetid Province of Q&ebec, and upon the frontiers ot the Pfoviiu
ces bordering thereupon, in the room of Sir Guy Carleton, K
AT,' rJf. 12. On - Thur(day laft her Majefty the QaQ
- . iJ:i.. u-l.:i- 1 1 r r 44
ot toe i woi Sicilies was nppuy uruugm iu ucu ui a rnnce.
S C..jnvr m r? r-ri r in tint aftrnnnn . V.!.
St. ; James's fquare, his (jracc iidward Howard, Duke of
ot Arundel, riereauary r.an iviarinai, "rremipp-
England, in the 92! year 0f his
in
manufacture. ;, , . . v 'i '." . : " .." J 1 ,-
" Butwc can now inform the public, from good authority, that
by many late experiments it appearsi t;hat the produce of the
Indian com, ilalk, and of theugar cane; are fo nearly alike as
.to anfiver tUt fame ends ; and that the juice of the corn flalk is
. A.I. Aftk Am nnalirw vcifK that nf thn fuirar cane, but fo
nch and plentifiil, as abundantly to repay tbe expences attena- vonmirc, . '.y wu,uv?,u. utiicr auku,
His Grace! having left ho male iffue, is fucceeded in titlead
eftate by hii nephew Chsrles Upward Jiq ; ot Orayitpck. 4
flis Grace married on the 6:h of November, 1 727. Mary'
dau'ehter and coheirefs of Edward . Blount, of Blagdon, in De.
in? the procefs of converting it into melafTcfi rum and fugar.
, Thus has t;he tyranny of Great:Britain by cutting off our
fupplies of thefeneceflary; articles from the Weft-Indies, through
an over-ruling Providence, been the means of opening to us new;
unexpected, and inexhaultable ftores at home, not only fuftci
cnt for the ufe of all the American ftateV but to ba a valuable
article of exportation to foreign markets. t j . j
It is not likely that we have found out the moft proper feafon
and manner, of improving this important difdoycry to the utnibft.
The rtalkj before the juice is dried away, muft be flripped of
the blades and corn, cru(hed in, an oil, bark, or cyder mill, and
the juice preffed out. The mill, like a cyder mi with three
perpendicular imooin rollers, turning on tne lamc piane,
is
not only by his creation, but likewife in relpect bf his office at
Earl Marmal of. England ; but, being a Roman Catholic, tkij
office was . executed by a deputy, who is the Karl of Scarbo.
rough ) L . i . i . .! . !. "I
A letter ffdm theHague, dated ifept. r6, fays, ' We haw
this; moment received advice, that; e.Couit lc la iippeBack
cbourg, Field Marmaland Gentratiiiimoipf.the forces in Porta.
gal;1 lied the 'the 1 6th jnftan t of a chronical diforder,' with which
he has been long afflide. The court of Portugal have left a
greatofficer by his death." ? ; ,. .. , - , .
Return of the 'different frontitom taken at Ticonderoga and Fort Inde
I 1 pendence, on July 6, 1777. . .
Ticonderoga. 57 barrels of flouri i 19 barrels of pork, 31 ba-
thought to be the bell, becaufe it crumes the ilalk, and prefles fhels of fait; 56 barrels of bifcuit. s
out trie juice at tne lame time, wcarc iciu iuat wcniy mu ui
corn generally produce a gallon of melalTes, or rum, and the
corn of an acre, a hog mead ; that feven gallons of the juice make
one gallon of meJaiTes or fpirits, and that the melalTes. is made
by only boiling the juice in a comrAon pot or kdttle,' till it is of
. a proper confidence. f ; .
The only obvious inconveniency that feemi to attend this dif-
covery is, that the great difproportion between the value of the
corn, ,xhus manufactured, and that of the grain it might pro
duce, will b a temptation to appropriate too much of it to this
- more profitable manufactory, fo as t6 leave an infufficiency
of gram for. common ufe, andjoccafion a fcarcity or faninc ; for
it fcems the corn muft not be- left to come to full maturity,. at
!leaft not to dry in the field; becaule, - by waiting fo long, the
:.:.- nCtUm rtalU LiyniiM Fiot Uslr liminiriirfJ i
. Th inconveniency may be ealily prevented by a timely pro- )Note.
llion. A fumciency for grain might be appropriated to thafmaged
ii oarreis or flour, oxo mirreis oi
6o barrels of peafe, 120 gallons of
rort Independence. 1
pork," 5 barrels of Ibeef,
rum.- i - ." -' .: - . K;:v--I.'J' :VVv
Total. ; 1 j6i barrels of flour, 649 .barrels of pork, 5 barrcli
of beef, 60 barrels of peafe, 3 1 buihels of fait 1 20 gallonj of
rum, co barrels, ot bucuit. is i
I768 barrels of flour at 195 lb. each, is
50 ditto of bifceit, at 100 lb. -each, is
344.7
649 barrels of pork, at 220 lb.- earch,
5 ditto bf beef, at 2101b. each, .is
zs
349.7$
142,780
1,050
87 barrels more of beef ind pork, fuppofed to be da-
lufe only, and an additional qaanitty be cultivated for this ma- Twelve guinea? premium lis nov given on the Welt-India
nufatt'jry. Nor will the temptation tor running too much into
it continue for when melalTes, ram and fugar,' become the
common produce of thefe countries, the difproportion between
.the priceof them, and other articles of our produce, will imme
diately ceafe. ! j
! But we are told that the corn growing on the rtalks ufed in this
. manufactory, though, net fuFered to dry In thp field and there
fore not fo proper fof bread, will be but little diminished ia iu
value for many other purpofes, fuch as the making of famp;
. 1 r. . i- -it 1-1 l- r n. t i
t . nooimony, xc. ana.rccaing or an ivinus 01 uuck. - '
Y
fleet homeward bodnd : but to return hx guineas if theV arriv
ed fafe. . t - j;' '' ' . "' .jV!:'.f -A'-l'-'-V J'-
The. efTefts belonging to the Marquis de PombaI, of which
an inventory hath been taken by order of the Queen of Portugal,
exceed the value bf 600,000 1. flerling.
The 3d of June laft the creW of Kis; Majefty's frigate the Mil
ford, ! now in America, received their firft payment of prize mo
ney; when each foremaft nian; received 1 70 l.-r The 26 th of the
fame month the above frigate which -mounts 28 guns1 fell ip
off the Capes of Vir2inia with an American privateer called
3ok after an ehzacementot
jfhe Badger,
fix iglaffes.
whom fell in
of gun,J which'ihe took after an ehzajjemento
The Badger crew were 300 men, two thirds ot
the aftron. The Captain oi the American priva
teer ordered the Captain of the Mjlford as foon as he came a
longjljde.of him to ftrikfe; when he replied that he would do,
when Be had not a man left to 'fight his fhip's guns..
R
O: S' E A! U, Dominica Nev. I.
t L 'O N D O jX, .. September ' i, 1777. 1
ESTaRDAY a report tvas eagerly circulated by the mini
fterial agents, thatan infur.-efti.on had happened at Phila
delphia: that. General Howe had been invited thither by the
' .royallfts and quakers, who had rifen in great numbefs in favour
of government; that General Howe, had fent Sir William Erf
kiae to their fupport, but that Mr. Waihington having been in
formed, of it, had fen: General' Gates, wills u large body of
troops to quell the infurreition,-and difarm the roya'ifts. This
report was beleived by a f:v. i Some gentlemen of the other
"fide fiid there was intelligence in town, that molt of the in ha
. biunts of Philadelphia had abandoned the city, and were gone
j into the country, that at Philadelphia there were ten days pro-,
i viiions for the few inhabitants who remained. That General
i oates naa reioivea to nre me ciiy, 11 ienerai nowe inewea tne ea lome tew voueys oetween tnem, r retreated to
leaft driijjn of coming to it ; and that for this purpofe trains were poft ; which raifed the Yankies fpirits.to fach a pitch, that they
" t i ' 1 J . I . n . r. .1 .1 -" 1 ,
,iaw in ail tne principal iirccis, acu every uiucr preparauon was
tcrlburxh j by which the Czarina engages to fend 30,000 men
into the Electorate of Hanover,, if a war mould break out m Eu-
ON Thurfday laft arrived here,5 his Majefty's fliip Seaford,
John Colpoys; Efq ; commander from Antigu, by Whom
w.e ; have the following account by the way of St. Edftatius:
that on the 28th of September laft, General Howe had defeat
ed General Wafliingtori by ftratagem ; which was effecled in the
following manner. General Howe fent out a party of his men,
preVioufly trained, hp to a-lhram' fight; who after having;txchaag
ed fome few volleys between them, ; retreated to their former
lnitantlv ran after them with wonderful valoar and velocity.
w t www i it w n w j ii Tin rr van r r o nain - rt wi mwb m m ni rn m m ir n w
fent to General Waftiingtbn. who had 'iuft' before receiyed an,
account of General Schuyler's having defeated a party ofGcp.
Burgoyne's army, his courage alfo took fire fa. that he could no:
-w