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fame quit-rent* a*> ©tier lands are fubjeft to in the province within which they are granted, as also fubje£t to the fame conditions of cultivation and improvement* via. To every person having the rank of a field officer* stxx> acres. To every captain 3000 acres. To every subaltern or ftaff officer 2000 acres. To every non-com million officer 200 acres. * To every private man acres. We do likewise asthonfe and require the Governors and commanders in chief of all Our faia colonies upon the con tinent of North-America, to grant the like quantities of land, and upon the feme conditions, to such reduced officers of Our navy of like rank asferved on board Our ships of war in North-America at the times of the reduftion of Lou afbourgand Quebeck in the late war, and who shall personal ly apply to Our refperiive Governors for such grants. And whereas it is just and reasonable, and eflential to Our interest and the security pf Our colonies, that the several Stations or tribes of.lndians, with whom we are conne&ed, And who live under Our protection, should not be molested or disturbed in the pofleffion of such parts of Our dominions And territories as not having been ceded to or purchased by Uj, are reserved to them or any of them as their hunting grounds, We do therefore, with the advice of Our Privy Council, declare it to be Our royal will and pleasure, that bo Governor or commander in chief in any of Our colonies of Quebeck, East Florida, or Weft Florida, do presume, Bpon any pretence whatever, to grant warrants of survey Or pass any patents for lands beyond the bounds of their re fpedive governments, as deferibed in their commissions; as Blfo that no Governor or commander in chief in any of Our Other colonies or plantations in America, do prefuroe for theprefent, and until Our further pleasure be known, to grant warrant of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atiantick ocean from the weft and north-weft, or upon any kSiL W k at ¥7 er * W^ Qh r been ceded to or pur chased by Ls as aforefaid, are relerved to the said Indians or any of them. ‘ And We do furthm- declare it to be Our royal will and pleasure, for the present as aforefaid, to reserve under Our sovereignty, proteftion and dominion, for the use of the sand Indians, aH the lands and territories not included within the limits of Our said three new governments, or within the limits of the territory granted to the Hudson’s Bay Compa- thc latuis territories lying to the west ward of the sources of the rivers which foil into the sea from r a n af T?5 and 5 aad We do hcTth Y a P am of our all Our loving fubjeds from making any purchases or settlements ® r taking pofTeffion of any of the lands above referved£kh tl?™ Caallwe ** d liccn lor that ‘•■*"**• Person, whatever, who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated forih^ 1VC * r n any T 1^ 11 Ac COBntriw above de. fonbed, or upon any other lands, which not hiving been ceded to or purchased by Us, are still roforved to dfe said ’ W “ h *° ,e “ OV * ****"> And whereas great frauds and abufrs have bees commit ted in the purchasing lands of the Indians, to the great Dre a \ d reat diit:.iaioS of ‘si d r Prder therefore to prevent such irregu hritmr for the future, and to the end that the Ind.ans may ke convinced of Our jufhee and determined resolution Z remove ail reasonable cause of difeontent, We do. with t£ ** of Our Privy Council, ftriaiy enjoin and require’ that <k> pnrate person do presume to mike any from tht said Indiana of anv lands referreand to iana within those pares of Our colonies, where We have thougbtprmcr’to allow fettlemeat; but that if at anytime Any of the fold Indians ihould be #*> r . C laid lands, the fame flidll be purchased only for ss, in Our name, P“blick meetiugor afesnbly of the said In duns, to betefdfathatpurpofcby the Governor or eom- H s- h f A f j° ar colo y refpeaively. within which Attd ,n case Hull lie within the limits of ahy propreemry *: cerement, they Hull be purchased only fc* the use and m tis n*me of f,d. ptoprieuAes, cotw to such dire£tfon* And inftrudions as We or they ft, .if think proper to give for that purpose: And Wc do, by the advice of Our Pnvy Council, declare and enjoin, that the trade with the fa*#4ndians shall be free and open to all O -I fubjeas whatevtrj proyded that every person, who mar incline to trade with the (aid Indians, do take out a licent - for carrying on such trade, from the Governor or commar, der in chief of any of Our colonics refpeaively, where forh person (hall reside, and also give security to observe Lb regulations as We shall at any time think fit, by Ourfclve. or by Oor commissaries, to be appointed for this nurpofe to direa and appoint for the benent of the said trade: And We do hereby authonfe, enjoin, and require the Governo-s and commanders in chief of all Our colonies refpeaivelv well those under Our immediate government, as those i,n der the government and direction of proprietaries, to nranl such licences without fee or reward, taking efpeeial care tnfert therein a condition, that such licence (hall be void and the security forfeited, in case the person, to wtam ,hL fame is granted, shall refufe or neglea to observe such rt g "AlTw ai 7’r lh | l thi " lC P /° per t 0 P rcrcribe as aforefaid* And We do furtherexprefsly enjoin and require all offi cers whatever, us well military a, those employed n management and direfUon of Indian affaire wifhin the Terri tones reserved, as aforefaid, for the use of the said IndiaT ‘ to seize and apprehend all persons whatever who Hind’ 1 charged with treasons, misprisions oftreafon, murders o? other felonies or nufdemeanors, (hall fly from justi ce and a^l refllge .! n thc L faui rerritory, and to fend them un de- a proper guard to the colony where the crime was committed thetme. 7 U<l aCC “ fed ’ “ ° rder to uke th * “fal for G t? ° a . r “ urt St- James’s, the y.h day of Ofto beri763, in the third year of Our rei?u GOD SAVE THE KING. ’ A M E R I c A. m Kcvernier 23. ROM the Havana we learn, that the Britiftt traders there remain well fatisfied with the behaviour of Gen. O’Reily. our Govc mor, with the Go vernor of North-CaroHna, and the Lieutenant vjryyyiior of Virginia, arrived here from Augusta • an d this day Governor Dobbs went on board his Majesty’s fliin YV?’ Fau^ier O” board The Arundel Vi 7 f n " d 7- iU ? Vt u d her ’ i” *>is Majesty’s foip Arundel from argima, Capt. Prevoft, commanding officer of the thr e companies of Royal Americans destined to relieve the inde pendent companies in this province and Georgia ‘ nde ’ St AucniHlnr J to^ rt *? n , ‘5 th regiment is gone from £i f th' and ig f ind^dent ~“p- St fentencT °* GCn ' ral to T'S'TV'* i. SflSrsfeSsr.3a.-Aac L e S; nfef.L h V Ch D “ tCh thureh ’ i"| jcceral vail magazine, of coffee, cotton, and other merchaodize; few lives were loft -—That at! ufeaf ■ *^h B r“ t T' ed *u* ,f ade on a. f C, Th ? th ? z,a of September the Earl of Nor demll^ri 4 “ r ‘, V ' d a ‘ Dubli ". and was receired with great SffifESS f fjoy r by * U l e K ree * ofjreople the iISS?/?"** the 16,h * September :_ I hat Right Hou. Charles fowalhend, Paymaller of the forces;