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; (GEORGIA GAZETTE.
Number 152.
in Jamaica* May 24.
MONDAY arrived here the Jamaica Planter, Capt.
. Furnell, from London, who brought an ac
count of the repeal of the deferable Stamp-
Law, and, we hear, a commission from his
[ Majesty, appointing Roger Hope Elletfon, Esq. Lieutert
hiit Governor of this island.—And on Tuesday arrived the
,-!saUy* Capt. Cumnvns, with a full confirmation of the above
1 intelligente, having brought the London Gazette of the
; 18th of March, wherein was inferred his Majesty’s royal af
* sent to the fame, and also the repeal aft.— Joyfui* news in
deed! Thursday evening was appointed for celebrating this
glorius news, the Hon. the Cuftos, with several of the ma-
S giftrates and inhabitants, met at the Court-house,- where an
nandfome cold collation was prepared by Mr. J. Baggs. The
geptk nen grenadiers, light infantry, and half-boot blues,
1 cloathed in their uniforms, met on the occasion, and fired
’ three vollies as a feu de joy. The grenadiers and light infan
try then retired to Rawleigh and Kemp’s Coffeehoufc, and
• the blues to Tillidam’s, where they fpcnt the evening with
* the greatest jollity.—The gentlemen of the light infantry
_ had prepared a n emblematical flag, representing LIBERTY
TRIUMPHANT and an odious STAMPMAN imploring
t forgiVenefs for his many notorious oppreflions and extorti
■ ons during the exercise of his moft detestable funftion; and
; also an effigy of the grand promoter and friend to the Stam
p Law, which after being ignominiously brought to the Cof
feehoufe in a cart* was hung up to the sign-post, while a
r bonfire was made, itrwhich he was consumed. The town
was finely illuminated * many loyal toasts were drank, and
the evening concluded with the greatest harmony, decency
r hnd decorum.
May 22. Monday last was the time appointed for
she publick rejoicing on the repeal of the Stamp-Aft.—The
• ardour of the people was so great, that immediately after
‘fthe clock struck one in the morning, the bell on the Rev.
* Dr. Byles’s church (as being the nearest to liberty tree) was
, let a-ringing, which was (oon answered by the bells onChrift-.
♦.Church, at the other end of the town-, and in a Ihort time
*ll the other bells of the town (truck in.—Before two o’clock
*,jnui[ick was heard in the streets, the drums beat, and guns
vfired. As soon as it grew ligfit enough to fee, the steeple of
-the meeting house next the tree of liberty was hung with
! banners.—The tree decorated with flags and ltreamers, and
all round the town, on the tops of houses, were dilplayed
; colours and pendants.—About noon the guns of castle Wil
• lum were fired, which were soon returned by those of the
: south, norths and Charleftown batteries, the train of artil
lery in this town, and ships in the harbour: In the evening
the town was universally illurqinated, and lhone like day:
- Fireworks of all kinds were every where played off, efpeci
* aj!y on the common, where were exhibited the fineft that
. yere ever fecn in New England. Here also was erefted an
-obeliflc, covered with various hieroglyphics, and poetical
lines, and illuminated within : A print of which from cop
'per-plate has been published.—Amidst all this universal joy
.•there was nothing tending to riot or disorder: .Ad was loy
•ty to the king, blessings on the parliament of Great-Bri
-1 tain, honour and gratitude to the present ministry, and love
. ind affeftioh to the mother-cquntrv.
On the top of the pyramid was fixed a round box of fire
works horizontally.—About 100 yards from the pyramid the
jfbn s of liberty erefted a stage for the exhibition of their fire
-1 works, near the work-houle, in the lower room of which
• sey entertained the gentlemen of the town.—John Han
cock, Esq. who gave a grand and, elegant entertainment to
the genteel part of the town, and treated the populace with
• pipe of Madeira wine, erefted'at the from of his houfc,
WEDNESDAY, August* 20, tyS 6. *
Which was magnificently ftage for the exhibi
tion of.lus fireworks/which was to answer those of the sons
ot liberty.—At dusk the feene opened by the difeharge of ra
rockets from each ftage} after which the figdfcs on the py
ramid w ere-uncovered, making a beautiful appearance.-
?.° § l J e a ascription of the great variety of fireworks exhi
bited tro n this time tilt 11 o’clock would be endlefs-*fhe
air was filled with rockets- -the ground with bee-hives and
lerpents and the two stages with wheels of fireworks of va
rious forts. Mr. Otis, and fomc other gentlemen who lived
near the common, kept open hotife the whole evening, which
was very plcafantj the multitude of gentlemen and ladies,
who were continually pafling from one place to another, ad
ded much to the brilliancy of the nighs: At-ix o'clock the
flgnal being given by a difeharge of 21 rockets, the horizon
tal wheel on the top of the pyramid or obelilk was played
off, ending in the difeharge of 15. dozen of serpents ire the
air, which concluded the Ihew.—To the honour of ttie fpnl
of liberty We can with plcafure inform the world, that every
thing was condufted with the utmost decency or
der, not a refleftion cast on any chara&er, dot the lead dis
order during the whole fccne.—The pyramid, which wasde
figned to be placed under the tree of liberty, as a (landing
monument of this glorious aya, by accident took fir* about
one o’clock, and was consumed.-—The lamps by which it
was Illuminated not being extinguifticd at the close of the
feene it is supposed to have taken Ere by fome of them.
New-Yorl r, June 5* Qn Tuesday last his Excellency Sir
Henry Moore, Bart. Was pleased to appoint his Secretary
John French, Esq. principal in the Prerogative
Court of this province.
Yefterdjy being the 4th of June* the anniversary of out
moft gracious Sovereign's birth-day, it having been previ
ously determined by the gentlemen in town to celebrate the
lame with all poflible demonstrations of joy, in token of Our
loyalty and gratitude to our beloved Monarch, who so late
ly, on the 18th of March last, together with a large petrio
tick majority in both Houses of Parliament, heard the-cry
of the diftreflfed Americans, and repealed that intolerable
trievance the Stamp-Aft, and are now planning other bene
cial afts:—Therefore, to impress these blellngs oh the
minds of the people, and make them sensible of tne~ happi
ness we enjoy in our union'with and dependence on Greni-
Britain,--*the morning ulhered in with the ringing of
bells of every congregation, who, however they may differ
in speculative tenets, heartily concurred in their .love and
loyalty to the best of Sovereigns.—By 7 o’clock they began
to prepare to roast two large fat oxen, prt the cqpunon,
which was soon crowded with many fpeftators, to gaze at
the flighty Roafi Beef. At 12 o’clock a gun. was fired from
the fort, as a signal for the Council, the General, and mili
tary officers, the corporation, and. all the gentlemen, to wait
on tie Governor, to drink the King’s health} and never on
such occasion. before was the company so numerous or splen
did: Now the battery guns fired a royal fahite, and the air
lefounded with the joyful acclamations of, Long live the King,
the darling of his ptople. Soon after, this falut? was answered
by the men of war and merchant veflels, decked in all the
pageantry of colours. The preparations in the common at
trafted our attention* on each lide there was an ox roasting,
a large stage with .25 barrels of itrong beer, a hogfhc.ul of
rum, sugar and water, to make punch, bread, &c. at one
end, a pile of 20 cords of wood, with a tall mast in the
middle, to the head of which were boiftrd 12 tar and pitch
barrels, and placed on a round top. At the other end of :bt
common were fixed 25 pieces of cannon, and at the top of t
mail a flag-ftaff with colours difplayed
*“ The principal inhabitants* gave an elegant etittjtaiftfi&caf