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SATURDAY, Afy 9,1789. J ‘
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
AND
GAZETTE of the STATE.
FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRI A L by JURY, to remain inviolate forever. Copfiiution of Georgia.
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AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. S M IT H, Printer to the State; EJfays , Articles of
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BOLOGNA, January 29.
NO change in the Ottoman Ministry has
taken place since the present war—
The Vizier and Captain Pacha are in the ple
nitude of power. All the Turkiih fleet, ex
cept a few small fliips, is still in existence,
and the great vidories ot the Prince of Nallau
and Paul Jones were unheard of even at (>c
-ftakow till the foreign Gazette informed them
of the fame.
Nothing therefore can be more ridiculous
than to talk of the Ruflians besieging Con-
Rantinople ; they must firft destroy the Dar
danelles, and lastly besiege the capital on the
sea as well as on the land fide. On the Me
diterranean fide the talk is not easy, as the
Swedes will find employ for the squadron of
lluflia at Cronftadt, and a Ample land attack
can never conquer Constantinople.
BRANDENBURG H, February 7.
His Pruflian Majesty has- flopped several
Banifii velTels at Stettin, Elbing. and Memel;
and when the Damlh Charge d’Affairs com
plained of this to our Ministry he was told
that is was byway of reprisal for the sum of
money sent from this country to Sweden for
the purchase of wool, which the Danes flop
ped.
LONDON, January 17.
Ex/raft of a letter from a merchant of eminence
in Lisbon , to bis friend in London, Decem
ber 12.
“ By a velTiel which arrived here in fix
days from Madeira we arc informed, that,
on the night of the 30th ult. three large fri
gates and two xebecs came round from the
eastward, between the Defert3 and the island,
gnd hove to in the offing, when they imme
diately manned a number of boats, and board
ed the different ve.Tels in Funchal roaij. Un
fortunately there were three American
and one Portugnefe schooner, nearly
with wines, which they towed out, notwitV
flandinga constant and seemingly well diretf\
ed fire was kept up from the Loo, and all
the other forts ; the next morning they were*
vilible from the heights, Handing to the north- \
•weft, in company with their prizes. Three '
days after a Portuguese squadron , confiding 1
of a fifty gun fiiip and three frigates, anchored
in the road, when, being informed of the
above tranfaftion, they immediately got un
der way, and fiiaped their course towards the
weflern isles. These velTels are ftipnofed to
be a part cf a fleet of Algerines that lately -
passed the Streights of Gibraltar; in coafe
quente of which a fleet of men of war was
difpatchcd from the Tagus, to counteract their
operations.”
February 15. As a decided proof of his
Majefiy’s present situation, the letter which
be wrote to Mr. Pitt yesterday may be ad
vanced with propriety. It was ot a public
jiatme, and written with all pofiible accuracy.
Upon the receipt of this joy infpirmg epistle
Mr. Pitt immediately set off to Kew, where
be had the honor of a long conference with
the Sovereign, and of paying congratulatory
lefpeds to the Queen and Princefles, who of
course appeared to poflefs those grateful and
txquifitc feelings incidental ta the happy
change.
Mr. Ti t, upon his return to town, held
conference* with several of the Cabinet Mi
risers» and the genera! opinion now is that
GEORGIA.
his Majesty will in a few days resume the
executive government.
Since his interview with the King, the
Prince of Wales, much tohis honor, has de
clared in several circles, that his Majesty is
as well as the Prince himfelf.
The King will come to Buckingham house
to-morrow or Saturday, and attend divine
service at the Chapel Royal on Sunday.
Inftruttions are sent over to Ireland to dis
place Lord Shannon from his office as one of
the Vice-Treasurers of that kingdom. His
Lordship has consequently by his patriotism
gained a loss of 3c ooi. a year.
All the Cabinet Ministers are ordered down
to Kew on Saturday to receive the King’s
command ; but it is hot yet certain whether
his Majesty will receive them fepaiately or
colleftively.
His Majesty did not go abroad yeflerday on
account of the weather. After the consulta
tion of the Physicians the King received a
visit from five or fix different persons, and
spent the remainder of the day with the
Queen and Princefles.
The Duke of York and the Lord Chancellor
were both at Kew yeflerday to fee his Maje
sty.
When Dr. Warren fitft announced the for
tunate change of the King’s health to the Prince
of Wales he ran up to him in a transport of
joy, and, catching him by the hand, exclaim
ed, “I fincetely thank you, Doftor, for this
intelligence. 1 allure you it is the most joy
ful news I ever heard in my life.”
■ daj after :he fair. —The Iri.h Delegates
are arrived ! ! !---Andj however inciedible,
they are as follow :
From the Lords. Duke of Leinfler, Lord
Charlemont.
From the Commons. Right Hon. T. Conol
ly, Right Hon. J. O’Neill, Right Hon.J. B.
Ponfonby, and Mr. Stuart, Member for the
county of Tyrone.
Failing of the firfl objeft of their errand,
they do not come quite for nothing, for the
Duke of Portland yeflerday dinner d\m all!
and they have gotalfo a harmless laugh at;ainft:
them, but no matter. They are called “the
Irijb Embaffadors Extraordinary /” and they
talk of Comedies during Lent.
On the sth in ft. died at Limerick, in the'
116th year of his age, Patrick Murphy, who
served as a soldier in many wars at the be
ginning of the present century
From theannual report cf the Physicians at
Liverpool it appears that of 70 persons appa
rently diowned in that neighbourhood, 67
have been restored to life by the mean 3 re
commended by the Humane Society.
EDINBURGH, Februay 3-
The following will ftiow how ignorant the
people of an iuland countiy, are about mari
time affairs:
[ Whi Ift a Highlander some time ago was
crofting from Kinghorn to Leith it blew very
hard, and he having never been in a boat be
fore could not imagine what was the caufc of
all the diiluibance, but, upon looking round
him, he observed that the person who was at
the helm, and, thinking he was the occasion
of it all, weut up to him and knocked him
down, faying at the fame tire-.-" Lie you
there, you foil of a gun, no wonder that the
b—ch was ftinkiim.when you '.cr
la the flafcke that way •’*
[Vol. 111. No. CXXXV-I.T
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In COUNCIL, May 6 , 1789.
Upon the application of the Board of Trus
tees of the Richmond Academy, It is order
eu, That Thurl'day the 14th day of May inst.
be appointed for the election of a Vcftry
take charge of the church, with its appurte
nances, in the town of Augusta, and parilh
of baint Paul, to be held at the said church.
Extrafl from the Minutes,
J. MERIWETHER, S. E.C.
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We do hereby inform the
public, that ive will fell
Lots in Louifeville by pri
vate sale.
H. LAWSON, I
J. SHELMAN, 5 Cmm'rs.
■April 27, 1789.
To be let to tie lowe/i Bidder y on
Saturjay, tbe 6th June next ,
The building of a bridge over Lit
tle river, at Scott’s ford. Ihe terms
of payment, as well as the particu
lar conftri dion of the bridge, a d
keeping the True in repair for a
term of yeais, will be made known
at the time of letting the fi me.
| ()H NGR A V ES, Commijftuners
bYD NOR COSBY, \j orntbt county
JOHN TALBOT, \of
Win. BARNETT, ComWrj^mthe
county of Eli ■mend*
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For Sale,
2100 ACRES
Os verv valuable land on Savannah
river Carolina fide, known by the
name of Scott’s Ferry. This Lnd
is too well known to requ-re any re
commendation ; it is allowed ;o be
the mod valuab.e body lanci in this
part of the country. Also, 500
acres land on Lloyd’s . reek, Kith
mond county, tighte n miles from
Augusta. If required by the pur
clid'er, three negroes wi.i be fold
with the last tradt.- Terms na on
ab e, and immediate pc&fiion given.
A npiy to'
GEORGE HANDLEY.
/ti’frvfta, M:iy 2, 1789*
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