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together for t neutrality. Os An feme fentfrnents tft A*
Elcrtors Falatine, Mentz and Cologne. The firft of them
has pofictikms in Ae Uppes Palatinate, a country fi tutted
near Bavaria, Aerefbre necessarily exposed to be invaded by
the Pntfltansi to the second belongs the property of Ae city
of Erfurt, now in poffeffioa of the fame troops; and the
third is poffeflbd of taft domains in Westphalia, bordering
ppon those of the King of Prussia.
Ckgn*, Dec. to. Tim French have taken hostages for
the arrears doe from the dutchyof Cieves, the county of la
linrek, See, and have sent them to Strasbourg. The Rhine
not being navigable, the artillery at Wefel is to be trans
ported by land; and two battalions of Champagne are to
escort it. We have here about 700 Auftrlan recruits. The
French troops will retire from hence, as it is generally
thought, about Ac 5 A of January, 1. Lend, Gene,
Hamburgh, Dec, 3 1 . Prince George of Koiftein-Gottorp,
appointed Stadtholderof Ae dutchyof Holstein-Kiel, let
Out the day before yc&erday with his family for that
place. load, Gsk.
Rotterdam, fantuoy 4* The weather continues very se
vere, and the entrances of the Maeze and Goree are so full
of ke, Aat several Chips Aat were coming in, have been o
feliged to put back to lea. Load, Gm.
Extras of a tetter from Gteneejfer, Jaa. 10.
“ By an officer who arrived on Saturday night from Mil
ford Haven we have Ae following intelligence s That on
Ae third of November he failed from Ae Havana on board
Ae Adventure transport, with the fleet under. Sir George
Pococke; mid Aat for three weeks Aey had a fine paflage,
and were got within zoo leagues of Ae Land's End, when
Ae wind coming about to the east, Aey were driven out of
Aeir courie, and have been obliged to beat Ae leas for Ais
.month pad, not able to make any land; that the ships were
,in Ae moft crazy condition imaginable, -Aeir bottoms like
. honey-combs, from Ae worms; Aat Ae Adventure foun
: at sea, but the crew were all taken up by the Cullo
. den. Seven or eight oAer transports fit area the fame-fate
* the men were saved. A fine Spanlih rtgifter-Ihia,
and Ae Temple man of war of 70 guns, arc gone to the
bottom. The Devonfhirs had fix pumps going, and had
Aiown all her guns overboard ; and Ae Marlborough bore
away for font port in Ae fame melancholy situation: bo A
which Blips it U feared are loft. The CuLden, <m’bomd
of which this officer was taken, was obliged to hoife over
36 of kergani, md with great difficulty yellerday fe'nnight
got-uto Milford. SirGeorgt Pococke .. put into Ireland,
aihefoond M lmprafticable to weather the Lizard Point
with Hup is foch a disabled and fluttered condition.** :
AMERICA.
Cktrltftnoa, April
IQftptESTERDAY were granted by hie Excellency the
.V* Y H P. ovt Hj°r feverl warrant! of survey for I con-
USSXr* Uad ® the fcath
hJeSji ” ud of “ver Alatnsuhn in this province,
j According to oar last accounts from the
,o n-“ hi ' r * * rriy ' d *here from the
northern colonies within the last iz months, (which is a
considerably greater number than inhabited that frontier
Cheroheesbefore the late war with that nation)
and mat the improvements in that settlement are almoff
Near +oo families more are
Jr *. Cl P*- Gen (in one of the Übon (hips) left
Om Dmte f fp °u Wlth h M *jefty's (hip the Liard*
a , b ? ond for England, who pat
* C? en / CT °” ‘ Krd h veflel for this placd. P
oZnJ*Zl n r?. o ™r* of fro® this port for
Oporto, Kaac Cheefman matter, was taken bv a Sn.;<i>
privateer, and earned into Vigi. y *
j^ D 1^- Ve l from Hav “* “forms ns,
AchUles, WiUb. ; LtCtDik Ad”,™
Mary and Jane.Withall?RbfM-d Whfa?°n Y ?“ 8 8
Porter; Triil, CUppsW Wolfe ’ cL. V De “' #o ““.
RICE, Fm, SiHfif, wlf * G<nrua> at L,fl,on -
SAVANNAH, Arait ,1.
THE foltowing Protest and Caveat, with the Atteftariot
of Ae Honourable Grey Elliott, Esq: h o r j ‘ 5
to be piiblifhed in this Gazette by tyb Excellency the Go
vemor#
GEORGIA.
rs Thosias Book*, Efymre, hi, Majeftf, Cattail
Genera/ and Giver&r in Chief in ami Z ver p n
Pry cuts JhaH come or may concern,
The, PROTESTATION and CAVEAT
. JAMES WRIGHT, Esquire, his Majesty?
Captain-General and Governor in Chief in and
over the Province of Georgia, against any
Warrants being lflued, or Attempts made to
survey any Land, to the Southward of’the
- River Alatamaha, by Pretence or Colour of
any Right or Authority from or under the
laid Thomas Boone, as Governor of South-
Carolina, or from or under the said Thomas
Boone, and his Majesty’s Council in that Pro
vince; and against any Grant or Grant* being
passed or ligned by the faid # Thomas Boone^
, for any of the Lands aforefaid, to any Person
or Perfcns whatfoevier, until his Majdtv’s
Royal Will and Plealure be known concern
ing the fame.
WHEREAS his late Moft Gracious Majesty, by letter
from one of his Principal Secretaries of otate, dated
the loA day of June 1758, lyas pleased to fignify his com
mands to the Governor of the province of Georgia, 1 hat
he ftould immediately give orders, in his Majesty's name,
to Ae inhabitants of a certain settlement to Ae fouthwardof
the ftver Alatamaha, made without iiis Majefty’* licence or
an Aon ty, and called by Acmfelves New-Hanover, to re
move immedutely from Acnce, and Aat Ae said Governor
inouia take all due care Aat no feulcmeuts whatever be
made without leavd of his Majesty, or by his authority;
in the execution of which orders the Governor of Georgia
was direaed to ad in concert wiA Ae Governor of Caro
ina, who had received his Majesty's commands to the fame
Durpofe: And Ae reasons which possibly induced
his Majesty not to fuffer his fobjefts to fettle the afciefaid
lands, may now be thought not to subsist, because his Ca
, ouck Majesty, by the 19th preliminary article of peace,
cedes to our Moft Gracious Sovereign all that Spain poflef
fes on Ae comment of North-America, to the east or to the
fAe river Miffifippj, yc t, as Ae ratification of
Uie definitive treaty of peace between Great-Britain and
2>pam, if it has taken effort, is not notified, it would be
premature m any of his Majesty's Governors to proceed aj
though it aftually was notified; and, from the ilate and
light m which those lands have been for fome years pad
considered by hjs Majesty, to attempt to intermeddle there
- Is Majesty’s royal will and plcafure be known,
ki C °* mman<ls thereon, it is conceived would ,
improper, and contrary to his Majesty’s intention!
,1 1 nerc ! ore for preservation of the rights and claims of
® eor ß* a * to Ae premifles aforeinen-
STA ainft extraordinary or injurious attempts of
tte said Governor and Council of South-Carolina, for the
teamns herein before given, and many others tranfmit'ed
to Great-Britain to be laid before his Majesty, I the said
HT ’ as Governor of the province of Georgia
aforefaid, demoted against all or any attempts whatever
arvey any lands to the southward of the aforefaid river
* j b y pretence or colour of any authcrity from
under the Govenior or the Governor and Council of South’
°* ina ’ and do, by these presents, enter a caveat againd
any grant or grants being passed or signed by the Governor
of SouA-Carohna, for any of the laHds aforefaid, to any
person or persons whatsoever, until his Majesty's royal will
nUlfftf? 11 ** known concerning Aefame; and, in
and f °, Cn J n m * nner , protest and declare against all
hat^ r er, that have already, or may hereaf-
Ih d °A C h / the said Governor and Council, in
ut the disposal of Ae lands aforefaid, at exprefty contrary