The Georgia gazette. (Savannah, Ga.) 1763-1776, August 25, 1763, Image 2

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fort any encine* bepnn to play. One unhappy circunifiacce is said to have attended* that her iadyftiip had the key of -the ltfillfc ds9£ confkpthf bjjoqghL.ro hecxvfcry night; and when the fire&as'firft difc&vefedPby %neof theJervants, they few to hw lady (hipfs room, which teas in tame®, and cpnfequeritly could not jjet the key, uhicji chiefly occasi oned the melancholy arc urn fiances I>cfore recited. . . In Saturday’s Gazette arc-addrefTes from the. Eall-India cohipany, the-county of Huntingdon, the borough of Ban * bury, the borough o f Jfieyt Windier,. and ‘the bofgh of NaiAi, on the conclufionof the peace. We are informed that the report of Mr. Wilkes’s flunks Being charged at the* poft-office is without the lead founda tion. ’ In obedience to huMrjcfty’s commands fignified by the* of Egremont to Earl Temjde, Lieutenant of Buckin gham sh ire, his Lord (Kip htts difrhifl*ed John Wilkes, Esq; from being Colonel of the Buckingham (hire regiment of. militisi. ’ ■/’ • % ’ Gif Saturday the Earl Ttmpfe’ was’ dxfmifled from the King’s service as Lord L euteaant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the connty of Buckingham. , ‘ * This day the Duke of Botfcon resigned the place of Lord Lieutenant and Cuflos Rotulorum of the county and town of Southampton. The Marquis 1 of Gianby is appointrd Matter of the Ordnance. . ‘ * W r , St. James's, May 9. The King has been pleased to con flitute and appoint the Right Hon. the Lord Le Defpenfer, to he Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the county of Buckingham, ih the room of the Earl Temple. ... Mm i u It is reported that the itland of Dominica, in the Weft Indies, is to be made a free port for all the Weft Indian commodities, Under certain reftri&ions. It is fur ther said that the price of sugars will fall very ficedily con- * fidmbly. ‘ The Rt. Hon. George Townftiend is appointed Lieute ira.it General of the Ordnance in the room of Lord Ligonier. Mr. Ke.arfley, publilhcr of the North Briton, was dis charged on Monday, giving 10001. bail, and 5001. cadi of his two ficurities. • . * *lAaj 1). An information in the King’s bench has gone i|ainll Mr. Wilkes for the North Biitain N0. '45, and , we ■far it makes 30 ftieetr. We hear it wi Ibe tried at Guild nail-in December next. This morning the merchants and traders of this city came toarefolution, at the K?g’s arms tavern in Cornhill, to • address Ms Majesty on the def.ni ivetreaty of peace. May 1%. ‘lt having been aflerted in a speech, said to have been made by Mr. Wilkes in the court of common pleas, that corrupt offers had been made him by the government, that gentleman is now piled upon to declare when, how, X® w t °? fuC ? afters were made, and whal they were. • * h ! s been before challenged fco make this deebmti °mi \L IS n ? 1 f°° n complied with, the Impartial publick will confider the infinuapon in.the odious light it deserves. /r* 2U setters from Hanovfr by yesterday’s mail speak of the marriare of the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick with the frince.s Augusta of England as an affair concluded on, and which !S to be consummated in the course of next month. Admiral Tyrrel is appointed commander in chief of all the Leeward 1 (lands. . ; 1 Monday evening failed from. Dover, his Ejicel ledcv tfie Duke. J, Nivernoi,, i;, r Ffallce . , ■ - e Bear that Mr. Wilkes ha borrowed printing- tvpes .ni . pr.ntmg freft, which was fct up in his houfe’ Tail marks. By Mr, Wilkes, . Price one guinea, to be paid at thetnaeoffubfcribMig/’ , F * J°*, A number of people are engaging here apd Ireland, to go and fettle in Florida, He. 6 land will be given them by the government, and ail f ° r a S? c^l I ,IPC be provided for thepi, by may fl °. in-afew years, the foil and. chniite being tJ many of the French wru *S , fom: 6f the best in the unSverfe. 7** 3- At the court at St. Jam*’* jfo ~ ,763, prC feat moll ezcelleut day the RU Ilt Hon. Francis End of Hertford war, by his Majefly’s com mind, sworn of his moft honourable Privy Cour nil, and look his place at the board accordingly. 7*" 6 - . A comnuffion, hs oafied ths seals appoirtinj, the Marquis of Caravyan Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Ro tulorum ofhhe county of Southampton, in the room of the Duke of Bolton, who has resigned. , . Letters by the French mail bring advice of a larp e fti-, from -St. Domingo to Bounjeaux, almost loaded with indf go, being intirely loft, said to be worth 700,000 lit res; ic is said she had on board 150,000 lb. of indigo. Jsnu 8. Laa night’s- Gazette contains an address on the peace from the provinceof Georgia. • June 10. i he’trial relative to the seizure of Mr. Wilkes’s papers, will, it is said, come on the 17th of this month. We hear the fubferiptions to Mr. Wilkes’s intended/ publications already amount to above 30001. Last week the Rev. Mr. Whitefield tailed from.Greenock oh board the Fanny, Capt. Galbraith, bound to Rapaha nock in Virginia. Wednesday Admiral Tyrrel kifled his Majesty’s hand on being apoointed commander in chief of the Leeward i Bands, and has hoisted his flag on board the Princels Louisa man ts war.; , 1 4 • All the tnfinuations that a certain prosecution is to be dropped are groundless, on the contrary informations have been tiled agamft Mr. Wilkes, and a fub pcena iflued for him to appear, and he is now Handing out the process of the court. The King has appointed Gen. James Lord Tyrawley to b t Field-marlhal of his Majesty’s force* ,A number of perfoos, both ua Liverpool and the country and neighbourhood there, propofi: to go over to the settle ments ceded by thfi peace to Great-Bntain, and to the ad jacent English colonies, where each head of a family is in. u 10 100 ac^cs °^^* n< J>nnd every perion in their familv, whether child or servant, to 50 more acres of land. ■ A ME RICA. H* July 4. 1. „ E hear from Halifax, that Commodore Spry was preparing to fail from that place for the Havana. Ne*w-York t July 11. The Aflembly of Penn sylvania have lately resolved, that it be recom mended to the Governor and provincial,commiflioners, to take into pay 700 men, excluuve of already in the service of that government, to be employed in prote&ing the frontier inhabitants, within the purchased parts of the (aid province, during the harvest. ’ July 14. By a letter received yesterday from Philadelphia we are informed, that 100 Indians are come into Lancaster, and declare that they have had no hand in the latehoftilities. . * letter yesterday from Albany we learn, that four men belonging to the g*Ti(bn at Niagara, who had ventur ed fame distance from the fort, were cut off by the Indians. Charleflvwn , July 30. Admiral Keppel we hear is soon to fail tor England from Jamaica, where he is to be relieved by Commodoie Spry. Jugujl 10. The Indians who did the mifehief among the Catawbas, formerly mentioned, were Sliawaneie. A lettet from the Havana of the 28th ult. fay?, “ The British fubjeCbs here, by the humanity and strict honour of Gen. O’Reilly, remain in thegreateft security; he has re fused to lay dqties on Britiih goods, thougluftrongly foliciteil thereto by the royal company. Capt. Webber, of the Cer - berus, has notice that he will fail for England in a few days. The; Spaniards are busy in repairing the fortifi cations‘of this place; 3000 negroes are at work upon the Cavannbes.” 6 ‘ We hear from New-York of the 12th July, that the Indi an’s about the Ohio and the Lakes continue their depreda tions, and have almost depopulated the weflern frontiers of Pennsylvania; they are determined .and resolute aid take no prisoners. . AU our forts beyond fort Pitt and Niagara, in number eight or nine, are cut off, Detroit or.ly excepted, which been b o:ked up forfome weeks. The GeuCrnl has ordered up 1200 men to recover thefc forts aid chaftifb the Indians. Pittlburgh has be* n r e 1 cate lly f m -rloned by the lavages. The c is batons co: ti n.e quie* rs j tt. Among