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GEORGIA GAZETTE.
Number 48.
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
London, November 15.
Jjis Majesty’s moft gracious SPEECH to both Houses of
tfarHaihcftt, on Tuesday the 15 th day of November, 1763.
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Lads and Gentlemen ,
HE re-eftabli(hmcnt of the publick tran-
Bquillity, upon terms of honour and ad
vantage to my kingdoms, was the firft
great object of my reign. That salutary
mtafure has received the approbation of
my parliament, and has since been hap
pily completed and carried into execution
by the definitive treaty. It has been, and
(hall be, my endeavour, to enfurj the continuance of the
peace,* by a faithful an 1 Heady a ihercncc to the conditions
topon which it wes concluded j and 1 have the fatisfaftion to
acquaint-you, that the fevcral powers of Europe, who were
Engaged against us in the late war, have given me the ftrong
%ft a<Tarancess>f the fame good disposition. Oar principal
tare ought now to be employed to improve the valuable ac
tjuifitions which we have made, and to cultivate the arts of
petce in such a manner as may moft effeftually contribute to
ixtend the commerce, and to augment the happiness of my
kingdoms^
For these great pnrpofes I hare called you together. It
wi.l ever be my earned wish and endeavour to demouftrate to
my people, by my actions, the love which I bear them, and
{ don't not of receiving from them the grateful and jift re
tarns of doty and affection.
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Gentlemen of the House of Commons , ‘ ,
I will order the proper eftiuiates for the service of the year
to be laid before you. The heavy debts contracted in the
Cdurfe of the late war, for many of which no proyifien is yet
jnade, call foryour utmost attention, and the drifted fruga
lity. I roust, however, earncftly recommend to you the
Xupportof my fleet, to which on* pall fucccfcs have been li>
jnuch owing, and upon which the future welfare and impor
tance of
iy people of fome part of these burthens, I have direfted, as
J have promised at the end of the loft fcfllon of parliament,
ahat the money arising from the sale of the prizes vetted in
ihc crowd (hould be applied to the publick (crvice. ft is my
intention to reserve, for the fame use, whatever fupis (hall
d>e produced by the sale of any of the lands belonging to nc
an the tflauds of the Weit-Indies, which were ceded to us by
the late treaty. * r ,
The improvement of the publick revenue, by such regu
lations as fhalJ be judged moft expedient for that purpofc,
deserves your fefious confidrration. ‘1 his w ill be the lureft
Hneans of reducing the national debt, and of relieving my
dubjeds from thole burthens which the expences of the late
jpar have brought upon them, and will, at the fame time,
aßablifli the publick credit upon the mod solid foundation.
My L rds and Genllum*,
* As the intcrefts and prosperity of my people are the foie
obj of my care, I have only to desire, that you will pur
jfue such measures, as are conducive to those en-is, with
,dUpatch and unanimity Domeiiick union will be cflentully
necessary to remedy those evils, which are the conlequence.s
pf war; to enable us to reap the moft permanent advantages
‘from the conclusion of the peace, ana t > diicourage that li
• centious spirit, which is repugnant to die true principles of
liberty,,and of this happy conllitution. In this opinion, l
•trust that my fubieds will be confirmed by your example,
‘and that they will be taught by your proceeding* to unite
. ( their utmost endeavours to support fuui meAfurcs as may c
aoally tend to the honour and dignity of my crown, and to
wev own iecurity aiui happiness.
THURSDAY, March i, 1764.
Nov. 17. The following is his MajcftyU Anfwertothe
Address of the Right lion, the House of Peers, presented to
him yelierday.
My Lords,
‘f'HESE hearty ajfuraneet of *our loyalty and ajftSion are
aeceptabl* to me, and 1 receive, with particular jatisfa(Uon%
your congratulations upon the birth of tny fccond ft*.
Tour eencurrence vsith me, in our/uing the •Jfcntial objects of our
national attention , under the present happy pacification, mill be of
great importance towards the fuccrft of tny endeavours for ft curing
the projp rity of my people.
1 do both highly approve the zeal which you prof est, and firmly
rely upon the exertion of it againfi that lisent ions andfaßiousJpirit,
which is the mojl dangerous enemy to our excellent invaluable eonfiim
tut ion.
His Majesty’s Answer to the Address of the House of Com
mons.
Gentlemen,
J Return you my hearty thanks for tins very dutiful and affcElion ate
addrejs, and for your congratulations on the happy event of tbd
Birth of my fcionJ son. The Jat i. faction which you express at the
re-efiablijbtnent of the publiek tranquillity it highly acceptable to me,
and your rejdution to purjue juch meajures as are moft conducive to
the honour and happiness of my kingdoms, will always meet with
my loarmefi approbation and concurrtncc.
Yesterday about iz o’clock, a duel was fought in Hyde*
Park, between John Wilkes, Efq* member for Ayldbury,
and Samuel Martin, Esq. member for Camel ford, and late
Secretary of the Treasury. At firft both their piilols miffed
fire; at the second attempt to fire, Mr. Martin's did the famp
again; upon which Mr. Wilkes deferred and if. barging his
pistol, and offered Mr. Martin the choice of either of his pi
flols, which Mr. Martin refufed. They then turned back
ta back, and upon turning about again, Mr. Martin dis
charged his pistol, and the ball went into Mr. Wilkes’s belly,
about half an inch below the navel, and funk obliquely on
the right fide of the belly down towards the groin. Upon
whicn Mr. Wilkes said, Mr. Martin, take care of youriclf,
for you have done for me. Mr. Martin replied, he would
get him what afliftance he could, and perceiving a chariot at
a diftancc, ran up toil, and told the person in it that a gen
tleman lay wounded on the graft, and begged he wou’d drive
Immediately out of the Park, and get a chair; which
dorte, and Mr. Wilkes was brought to his own house. A
furgeou being immediately feut for, the ball was extrafted,
ana the surgeon was of opinion, that as it had not penetrated
the abdomen, it would De attended with no bad confequni
ces. The occasion of the above quarrel is said to be Mr.
M.*s declaring in a great a/Tcmbly, that the author of tfie
North Brhon was abase, infamous, cowardly scoundrel, Ac.
His Grace the Duke of Bolton, the Right Hon. Earl
Temple, and Mr. Pitt, 6tc. waited on Mr. Wilkes the mo
ment he was carried home after receiving his wound.
Yesterday a court of Common Council was held at Guild
hall, when the court, among other things, agreed on a pe
tition to parliament for repealing so much of tnc late aft for
laying an additional doty on cyder and perry as fubjefts the
makers thereof to excise laws, and the fhcriffs went up ac
cordingly with the (aid petition..
Yesterday Lord Ligomcr took the oaths and hit feat in the
House of Peers.
- We hear that it has been rtfolved turn . eon. in a certain
place, that a work which was complained of, and fevcral
paflages of which were read, was a moft scandalous, oblcenc,
and impious libel, a gross prophanatioo of many parts of
the koiy feripture, and a moft wicked and blafpnemout at
tempt to ridicule and vilify the p*fon of our Blrflcd Saviour.
Evidence was offered to prove the work was written by u
Scntlcman who has bepn lately thefubjeftof much political
ifpute, bat the farther, eoa&dciauon of.it was deferred cUI
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