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GEORGIA GAZETTE.
Number 22,
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE,
‘ m , r Cadiz, April 15*
HHEY write from Gibraltar, that fome dif
ference has arifcn between the Englifli
* and the King of Morocco, and that the
Euglifti consul in Barbary had precipi
tately left Tetttan, the place of his niuai
residence. It is (aid the ground of these
broils is a complaint made by Admiral
ritannick McjeHy, of the little refpelt paid
by the Moors to the English flag, and their refufing to supply
Gibraltar with proviflons under double price.
t Lifion, April 18. The treaty of commerce between France,
England, and Spain, ftiU upon the carpet, and will fooa
be concluded. It is (aid a treaty of commerce between oar
court and that of London will be concluded, much more in
favour of the latter than any former treaty.
*. Madrid, April 18. The King has nominated the Prince dc
Malteran, Captain Os the Italian company of the body
fuards, to benis Ambaflhdor Extraordinary to the court of
ondOn.
Cadiz , April 19. Lieut. Qen. Count de Ricla is appointed
Governor of Cuba, and Brig. Gen. O’Rcily commander in
chief of the forces on that island.
, Venice, April 20, Alvife Mocenigo, procurator of St.
Mark, was yeflerday elected Doge, and this morning
Crowned with the usual ceremonies.
Amjlerdam, April la. The different colleges of the Ad
miralty feetn to busy in taking all ncceflary precautions
to put our marinein a condition to proteil our trade, in case,
sts there is room to fear* we should come to an open rupture
with the Algerines.
Leghorn , April 23. According to fome advices from Ge
noa, the money and merchandize which the Spaniards found
at St. Sacrament, and which will be lawful prize, though
the place mufl be restored, amount to 30 millions of cru
sades. [A crusade is about 2s. 6d.
- Madrid, April 28. The commissioners appointed by the
King t# inquire into the condud of the Governor of the
Havana, and the other officers who commanded there, have
put under arrefl, in their refpedlivc houses, the Count de
Superunda, formerly Viceroy of Peru, the Marquis del
Royal Tran({>orte, commander in chief of the (hips in the
harbour, Don Juan de Prado, then Governor of Cuba, ami
several captains of men of war. An officer of invalids is
placed m the apartment of Don Juan de Prado, and ccnti
nels polled at all the doors of his house.
* Ratijben, April 28. Yeflerday Prince Clement of Saxony
was unanimously chosen bilhop of this city.
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’ * LONDON, April 20.
Extra3 from a memorial presented by the French Minijltr to the
• * “ . States General .
** A Sby the 11 th article of the preliminaries, Nattal and
AA. Tapuloony, on the iildnd of Sumatra, are to be
reflored to Grcat-Britain, and as these places had been put
in pofTeflion of the Dutch troops by the Count d’Estaing,
(though without any authority from the French court) this
acquisition, therefore, to the Dutch, being void, as well
in form as substance, his Moll Christian Majclly doubts not
that their High Mightincfles will give immediate orders for
surrendering these forts to the King of Great-Britain.”
By a letter from Madrid of the 28th pail We learn, that
the captain of the Hcrmione, which was taken by the Eng
lifb, is fentenccd by the council of war to be put to death,
ibr striking his colours without f ring a gun.
Edinburgh , Aprl 1 0. A few days .igo 1 bricklayer’s wife
THURSDAY, Siptember 1, 1763.
in Stirling was fafely delivered of four children at a birth,
two boy* and two girls. They ire all in a good way, and
likely to live, and the mother is likewiie recovering.
London, May 2. The lafl letters from Herefordfhire, De
von, and.other cyder countries, fay, that the? commotions
of the populace are now pretty well subdued, but, on the
other hand, that petitions are preparing from all the bo
roughs again A the cyder a t\ ; and aifo inflruftions to the
ieveral representatives to use their endeavours to procure a
repeal thereof in the next sessions.
Map 3. In this day's Gazette areaddrefles from the uni
verCities of Aberdeen and Glasgow.
His Royal and Ele&oral Highness Prince Clement of Sax
ony was defied, on the 16th ult. Prince Bilhop ofFreyfin
gen in the duchy of Bavaria. 7
May 4. It was yeflerday reported that a rupture would
Inertly break out between tne Salctines and Great-Britain,
on occasion of fome arrears which we are laid to have left un
difeharged, concerning the crew of the Litchfield man of
war lately in captivity there.
A French flat-bottomed boat, with 500 prisoners on
board, going from Plymouth to St. Maloes, met with a little
swell, which foundered her, and allperilhed. And on Sa
turday another flat-bottomed boat failed from Portfmouthi
with 400 on board, and it blowing a strong caflerly wind
soon after, it was expedled they would be loll.—-The French
should have made a fraooth sea to fit these boats, for they'll
not live in any other. The French go on board them with
reluttance; about 100 of them at Portsmouth purchased sat
old prize Hoop, fitted her up, and failed home, rather than
venture in the boats.
May 5. There have been a l ready nine waggon loads off
monev deposited at the bank, brought from the Havana,
and three more are daily cxpcfled.
ExtraS of a letter from Paris, April 28.
“ We have an account from Germany, that tfre King of
Pruflia was marching with a large body of his forces toward*
Poland, but with what design was not known; fome imagine
that he wants to seize Dantzick in order to extend his ma
ritime trade, others suppose that he intends to seize two
provinces which arc hemmed in by the dominions cf Poland,
and which the house of Brandenburgh has long claimed.”
Net a day or night passes without robberies, such Iwarms
of rogues has the peace let loofc upon us, which arc daily
increasing, as the /hips are paid off.
May 7* The King has been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. Lord Viscount Stormont to be his Majefly's Ambafla*
dor Extraordinary and Miniflcr Plenipotentiaiy to the Em
peror and Emprcfs of Germany ; and Benjamin Langlois,
Esq; to be Secretary to his Majefly's embafly at that court.
Gen. Finck, the Prulfian General, who was made priso
ner at Maxcn in November 1759, with his whole army,
confining of about 15000 mm, is put under an arrcll at
Berlin, and is to be tried by a court-martial.
It is said that after Mr. Wilkes had finifiied his firll speech
in the court of common plca% the mob gave a loud huzza;
at which the Chief Justice having exprefied fome indignati
on, that the proceedings of the court Ihould be interrupted
by the clamours of a rabble; Wilkes rose up again, and
with unparalleled effrontery addressing himfclt to the bench
said, It is net the clamours of a rabble , my Lord, but the •voice cf
liberty, which mus anu Jhall be hcasd.
May 10. Mr. W s Hill continues to dillribute hard
bills through the streets and coflcchoufcs, and Aiains ever/
nerve to impefe himfclf upon the Englilh populace as the
champion and fuffercr for libeity. However, fome of the
moll sensible and opulent men of the city, formerly his
friends, are now nlhamed and Ihockcd at his proceedings.
Hi: appl’cati* n fer a warrant to Larch the heufes cf the be-
