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Georgia Gazette.
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Q_U R B E C K, February 9.
SATURDAY' night lail, as Captain J ohn Malcom, together with
his son and daughter, was going from town to his country h jufe,
in a cariole, about four o’clock in the afienoo;i, he was tnet oft
the road, between the Windmill and St. John’s Gate, bv Lieu
tenant Borns, of the ;I<l regiment, walking into town, with a
large club,in his hand ; upon his meeting Mr. Malcom, he itruck his horse,
and orerfet, the cariole ; Mr. Mafcom alkcd him whatjie meant by such u
fioe, to which Mr- Burn* rtade answer, That ht iv-w/a hmsh him, and
immediately' ftruck Mr. Malcom on the head, and by the ilroke broke
4ii dub; ■bot'riotWitllftanding of Mr. Malcom and his daughter's asking
kins'his'-fdtfons-for To barbarous an a.fault, he ilrntk hi.n a fe:ond time,
which knocked Mr. Malcom down, and continued k. otkyig’St Mr. Mai
TOUT; VPtth the femaiiis oT tfie clulf, onty he law two n.ien come up, upon
which he immediately'went away* ‘
NwUndpn, Maico 6. : About fix weeks ago, the wife of Mr. Willi
am Caryy.of Wit>tiham< in this colony, was delivered of three living chil
dren, tyvo • oys, and a girl, which are llill alive.
And, about io.o’clock'on Friday morning lad, the wife of Mr. Silas
Flint, of the IjEme-towp, was f<Uely delivered of four perfect children, all
girls, ‘ihe parent* of them being:of indifferent circutn llances in life,
Jicolle&ion was immediately made by fome charitable gentlemen, for the
upcort of the Children ; However*, ihey are all ituoe and ad ; two of them
died the evening, after they were born, and the other two the next day in
the fvrenoon. - - —• *~
Htwl'crk, March] j z. Since the firfl of December lift, .18851 hog.
thVads of have been (hipped from this port lo- Ireland.
W.e hear by Captain’Field"; ttno left Jamaica the 17th of January, that
Jhf .that ftnee their ports have been made
free for all ifcfions, ijwy have beeto frequented, elpecially Kingftpn, by.
tCntnc Flench and others.—Taut they had heard from the Bay,
that 3or 400 Ytflels were lying there, and that trade very dull. On
the 12th of February.,. Capt. Field received cdnfidefable damage in a se
vere gale of wind from the weft ward, which tailed several days.
v March Is, Yesterday being the anniversary of our gracious Sovereign's
giving his alien t to th/Eepeal of the baneful American Stamp Act, a
great number of,tie inhabitants of this city celebrated the fame, with the
Joy'aqd feftivity fuch‘a noble instance of the conservation of British liber
ty deserved, from her favourite
Thminated, and a ntimEcr of fire work* were exhibited, to the general fa
tisfedibti of
A.few very tuifehievoa* spirits among the soldiery, sup-
Jwfedttfbe of tbb rowefl rank,, quartered in the barracks in this city, have,
again for this iiesk pall been endeavouring to,raife ill-will and dillur
lance, between the citizens and the soldiers. The cause of such a ms
fevolent diipoiition towards the inhabitants is unknown, as well as the
persons pofTcffed of it.—lt particularly jtyews itfelf on occations, when e
very true friend; to’the Rnglifh natfpn'and. government,” every one who
its the preservation of its happy constitution, (hoqld
-fed cHftiOfhious of a (Juice opposite kind,—an anepdonate regard.for a
pople to firmly attached to that constitution which is the glory a id hap.
piuefs Bf.Engliftmen, foloyalca his Majesty, and rofolutelyjie ter mined
so defend ana support, at the haard,ofolqpr lives and fortunes, him,'and
fevery order in the nation, in the foil enjoyment of their jult rights and
privileges. Such principles and tempers, universally prevalent with the
People hprf, which Would have endeared them to every true Englifhnian,
excite*, jt feerat, the enmity ofnhofelurking foes to peace and goodor
lUt,. to liberty and bappinefa, to the British “King and government.
’ . After the entertalnOMtptacp Wednesday tha ißthdnft. (in commemora
tion °f the repeal of the Statnp-Ati;, whichJft- it had taken place, yuft
lave ruirffcd Ihe whole Briiifo empire) the ewfting having concluded with
gohd humour and lutrmony,—• tbeonall eroded on the common, in*
Imbed to his Majesty, Mr. Pitt, and Liberty, on occasion of the repeal,
‘*** *• do.'fiyn. Next day the inhabitants eroded another,
fbbftahtial, fee u rod with iron to a confiderab.’e height a*
wyfgrosftK* j'Fhe (boa* night attempts were made both to cut it down,
•ItAg * ite ancTdigit down—but’without effect. On Saturday
was an attempt to deftrov it by gun-powder, by
nhote, an’d charging it with ‘powder, but this also failed —Next
ftrong watch was set by the citizens, at tu> adjacent
fcuU company.of soldiers in the night appeared with their coats
b>rned >v trflnrq with bayonets and hicVs, bot no gnn. Some of the
‘’’•ftkt® bet, ‘feed wjio they .were, and their business ? But received
80 CT * Th y then drew up before the door where the
* Iwpr, out after a few words thought proper-to satire.- On
Jl a party of foiuiers marched by the poll,
Mt. Bardin’s tavern, fired their muftcets, two of
which #crinpointed at the hotife ; next morning it was found that a ball
• thn house, andhmother into onb 6f.the-timbers.--■
in the afternoon, the fame party, as it-ii
k luppoted, too Ra ladder from anew building, which they carried to-the
and were from thence proceeding towards the poll—but being
WEDNESDAY , May t 3 ,
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seen by an officer, he (lopped and turned them back—and itoticCof this
behaviour of t ie .'•>] iiers getting to the Governor and General, and the
magillrates of tho citv',—*we liear ilri-ft orders were immediately given,
and eirc 1 j.ii meal jres taken to prevent ditlui'bance, or any the like furore
occaiion 01 it; fine*; which all has neen quiet, and vve hope this marrer 1 ,
in its If trivi.r, aoJ only considered as of importance by the citizens, as
it (hewed an intention to offend and insult them,—will occasion no fur*
ther difference.
On briJav lail two proclamations were issued bv his Excellency Sir Hen*
ry Moore, Bart, our Governor, notifying h s Majetly’s royal proclama
tionsof the 7ch of October 1763 One of which is llritlly enjoining and
all persons whatloever, from purchasing lands from the indi*
ans within this colony, without licenf (iiil Had and obtained for that par*
pose ; 1 he other finally forbidding all perlons from trading with toe (a*
dims without license for that purpose; which licenses would be granted
on proper application ; and all persons infringing shofe his M tjefty’s roy
al proclamarions, may expccl to answer it at their peril, with the utmofF
rigour of the law.
By Captain Uichardfon, who arrived here yesterday, in 33 days front
th-Gr?nades # we hear, that the rebellious Negroes who had lied to'thd
mountains in that iiland were entirely fiipppreifed ; the ringleaders pil
irtflied, and the others properly disposed of —He informs us of a very re*
niarkable trial in that place, wherein a French gentleman and His ion had
been tried for.the death of a cooper, fuppoled to be murdered on.board a
vc del, but that they were both acquitted. The cooper had/ it is- laid,
difeovrred fome faiuggling of the Frenchmen, by which,,as it was ima
gined, he lord his life Tuis may induce fraugglers to be a little “more free
nr bold% but at the fame time it may not be amiss to observe, that they
may have a higher tribunal to appear before hereafter, elpecially when
murder is the cnifeq *ence of their idegi! a tachments.
\March 30. In tile St. Kitts Gazette, of Fen. 14., 1767, is the deposi
tion of William ilarrv, taken before G svernor De Windt, of St Euftatla,
to the following purport, viz. That he (ailed from Brillnl, in Joine 176;,
on board the Hoop William, for the coa:l of Africa, John Weftcoi, maf*
ter, where they continued 12 months, purchasing (laves for a brjg, and
trtenifelves, and afterwar ts proceeded f>r St. Kitts ; that soon after they
left the coafl, the for fome reasons, beat and knocked dowti a
Teaman named Stephen Porter; that the next night, between 11 and I2 S
the said Porter and Richard Hancock murdered the Captain and Mate with
a broad-axe, when atleep, the former on the round-house, and the latte/
inthecabbin; that the (loop was afterwards cad a vay on the Ifie of Moy,
and the (laves were (old to tie Portugueze for 50 dollars a head.
Jfnl 3. Caut. Davis left in the Downs 10 lail of outward bound Raft*
Indiamen ; and jail befor*. he fai ed, heard of the loss of the Lord Clive
Indium an, on the coast of France, that failed before them.
By Captajn Davis we hear the Britilh troops that are'to'be Tent to X
merica are to confill of 5,000, and that all tbofe are to be quarteredpn the
provinces of New-York, Conneaicut, and the Maifachufetts ; aliwi/jih
is to be kept up, besides the militia. It's also said, that the affairs of A
merica were under infpe.'tion of the Parliament,and raig t have been great’-*
ly to their advantage, before they sent their lail remonftrartce, tv iich WXI
called libelous : Some of the Lords were greatly incenftd xgaiuft them ;
Lord Shflburu, and Mr. Conway, told the Committee of Merchants that
waited on them, that they were sorry the Americans behaved f> refracto
ry, particularly the people of New- Yo’-k; and that if they had
as they.lhould have done, the duties of sugar and molafles would have been
eated, and their trade in general enlarged ; but now the tables we* turned
againil them ; foj they OiinK the Americans want England to treat with
them as an equltl power, by their-pretending in therr ktc renrmftrances
to Parliament, to comply only with such laws aid taxes as they pleifcd,
and thought mod convenient for the good of themselves. C*ptain Davis
Was sorry to hear that the New-Yorkers friend* were also againil them ia
general; that they had behaved ungrateful to the Committee, in not re
turning them thanks for what they did, in getting the Scamp-Aft repeal
ed, tho’ it cod them 500 1. to compleat it; but thu, on the contrary,
they seem to infill upon their doing more for them,: They have had the
thanks of Quebeck, and the little colony of Rhode- lilana, batmxnoye;
and the lad remondlra.ee > them was voted to be burnt, unowned: Thefc
threats to a well-wiftier of America, whea goes down very
hard. * *
Just when Capt. Davis left London, which was the a ill of February,
Mr. fitt was sent for from Bath to Court, on very particular business j
on his journey, at Marlborough, the cielipgof the room fetyln upon him
when at dinner, occasioned by a workman’s falling through the fome
He will use his endeavours this parliament to break*the ihdia compflfr**
charter, if they do not pay all the expenccs attending the lad war in India j
the company seems to forefee the event, as they-have more (hips out now
than ever. The parliament does not break up ’till the 14th of May, by
which time Mr. Pitt endeavour to have ,th Manilla raa
fom Mid,, which is 3 co,oool. ~
.About Ihrte o’clodt lad morning, in thick weather, firu
aft ore on Metick Beech, three miles (outh of iianipltcad church, on Lonjf