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Georgia Gazette.
: h* WESTMINSTER, Mat 9.
m ■ gITTH day his Maiefly came to the House of Peers, and the Com*
* mons being lent for, and, come thither, his Majesty was
i- pieafcd to give the royal assent to sundry Bills, viz. ten
’ publick and feur private; after which his Majesty was pleaf
ys,: *** ed to make the following moil gracious SPEECH from the
Urbrone, viz.
Wu ‘ * My L*rds and Gentlemen ,
•* .HAVING jheught it neceflary to give so early a commencement to
the present feflion of Parliament, ( am glad to find, that by your zeal and
afiidaity in the dispatch of the publick bufmefs, I am now enabled to re*
lieve you from yoor attendance, before the feafoo of the year is too far ad*
vanced.
*• I cannot put an end to the feflion, without exprefling my entire ap
probation of you- conduct, and thanking you for that clear demonflration,
which your pioceediuga t through the whole course of the feflion, have
afforded to all the world, of the affeftionate attachment of my Parliament
iy person and gbvernment, as well as of their Heady adherence to the
intered'of their country.’
J It is with much fatisfaftion that I observed your particular attention
•frthofe great national objeft*, which,’ at the opening of the feflion, I re
ci,mmended to your more immediate confidcration. The result of
refpeftfng the late acquifition* in the Eafl-Indies, has
(hewn, that yotrwere not more attentive to the immediate benefits arising
therefrom in point of revenue, than to the securing, at all events, the per*
commercial interelb of this country, ar.d guarding againfl every
’ possible discouragement to our own manufactures, and to the induflry of
“ny fobjefts. What more remains to be done, for securing the pofleffion
<4 those valuable acquisitions, you will, I doubt not. proceed to provide
fur, with all convenient dispatch, at y-vur next meeting.
“ The tneatures which I had taken regarding the late unhappy diftur
banccs in North America, have been already laid before you. They have
received your approbation ; and you have assured me of your firm support
in the prufecutton of them. Nothing, in my opinion, could be more
to enable the well-disposed among my fubjefts, in that part of the
world, effectually to discourage and defeat thedefignsof the factious and
l than the hearty concurrence of every branch of the legifUture
in tht relhlutiun of maintaining the execution of the laws in every part of
XBrf dominions. And there is nothing 1 more ardently with for, tiUn to
ftjp itproduce that good effeft.
“'With refpeft to foreign affairs, my own determination, as well as
the atftirande; given me by the other powers of Europe, continue the fame
as I communicated to you atthe beginning of this feflion : and, however
ui.fuccefsfu! my attempts proved for preventing the unfortunate rupture
hath happened between Ruflia and the Porte, I (hall not fail to use
my good offices towards restoring peace between those powers; and I trull,
that the calamities of war will not extend to any other part of Europe.
. ** Gentlemen of the Houfs of Commons ,
** My* particular thanks are due to you, as well for the supplies which
you have granted me for the services of the current year, as for the provi
fion which you have made for enabling me to difeharge the debt incurred
upon account of my civil government. Ycur rcadinefs in relieving me
from.the difficulties inoeaGng upon me from the continuance of that debt,
Ijfttall ever coufider as an additional motive for me to endeavour to con
fine the expences of my civil-government within such bounds, as the ho
nour of my crown can poflibly admit.
• VT& Lords and Gentlemen, .
4 **? give* nc great concern to be obliged, to recommend to you, with
wore than ordi* ary earnestness. that you would all, in your several coun
ties, exert vour utmofl efforts for the maintenance of publick peace, and
good order, among my people. You must be ferfible, that whatever
obftruAi, in any degree, the regular execution of the laws, or weakens
the authority of the magiilratc, roufl leflen the only fccurity which my
pjeoplecan have for the undiilurbed enjoyment of their rights and liberties,
from your endeavours in this common cause I promise mvfelf the mod
salutary effeft. On my part, no countenance or support (hall be want*
lag: for as I have evsr made, and ever flvll make, our excellent confu
tation the rule of my own conduit; so fball I always co sider it as equally
Wy duty to exert every power -with whiih that corftitution has intruffed
ipp, fpr preferviog it fafe from violation of every kind.; being fully con
trnced, that in so doing, I (hall moll effectually provide for the true in*
terefl and happiness of mv people.”
Then the Lord Chancellor, by his Majefty'# command, said:
41 My Lords and Gentlemen ,
“ It is his Majeftv’s roval will and pleasure, That this Parliament be
ptafcgoed to Wednesday the 14th of June next, to be then here held : and
tits Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Wednesday the 14th day of
June next.**
tendon. Men 6. This day the Hon. Col Boyd, appointed Lieutenant.
Governor’of Gibraltar, set out from Queen-itrect, May-fair, for Gib
raltar. ( \
* The Grand Seignior Tag at the poiot of death when tho lafl letters
were difpached from Cotiftantinople.
sOn Tuefdav lafl arrived off Plymouth harbour his Majefty’# (loop the
■swift, Capt. Revne% from Falkland’s Jfl-mds.
• Yesterday the Duke of Beaufor| was reinllalled Grandmafler-of the
SGKO <nd Accented Mafgns ;
Metyg, Oo Friday laithis Excellency the Ruffian AmbafTador received
WRDNE SDA T t Augujl 9, • 1769.
by express the important news of her Imperial Majesty the Ciatina’s foe.
ces having made themle Ives marters of Azoph.
May 10. It is said, that in the course of this summer, our disputes with
our American colonies will be t\cighcd with the moft laupulou* attention
to the dignity of this country, a. ; d the privileges of thp provinces. That
the mode of taxation, which gives umbrage to the Americans, will bn
removed next feflion of Parliament without hurting the authority of the
legislature, or the revenues of the crown ; and that such meaftre* *>e al
ready taken as will pref.rve the peace of the weflern Europe. Wfthoot the
lead encroachment mon the intereit or dignity of Great-Britain.
The House of Commons, which met on Monday, fat tilr three o’clock
yesterday morning, When after many debates, and hearing council for and
agiinft the petition of fome of the freeholders of Middfefex, Col. Lut
trell's election as Knight of the shire for that county, tvas confirmed on &
divifton again ft 15*. The ccuncjl on this occasion, we heatAwerC,
for the petition, Mr. Serjeant Lee, and Mr. Adair. Against the petU
tion, Mr. Serjeant Whitaker, and Mr. Graham. .
The principal argument made use of lafl Monday by the ministerial
orators, in support of an unprecedented determination on a late affair,
was, that the freeholders of Mid ilefex had three opportunities given th£a
to cleft any man but him. who had been voted ineligible, and; notwi®-
ilanding, they had, in direst opposition, re-elefted this exceptionable
person ; therefore it was high time to take that poner out of their haud|l
which they had made so bad an use of. ‘ “
A corespondent has sent us the following lift of the supporters and op*
posers of a late question : For Mr. WAket, Right Hon. Mr. Dowdefwell-
Lord J. Cavendish, Mr. Wedderbum, Mr. Grenville, Mr. Cornwall,
Mr. Burke, Mr Seymour, Sir Gecrge Saville. For Mr. Luttrell, Right
Hon. Mr. Stanley, Sir George Osborn, D. Blackstone, Mr. Ellis, Mr.
Thurloe, Mr. Fox, Mr. Moreton, Sir Fletcher Norton.
May 11. Yesterday afternoon Capt. Allen was difeharged outofNew
gate, on account of an end being put to the feflion of Parliament) the
Captain went away in a coach, and several gentlemen of fortune and di*
ftinftion attended him in their coaches.
May 13. All the talk about the Earl of Chatham coming into the ad*
ministration is now said to be void of foundation; as fome late visits are
not to be attt-ibu'.ed to motives of any publick nature.
For above these three weeks pall the Rev. Mr. Whitefield hath beei\
preaching to large auditoriei at Bath, Briflol, Kingfwood, Chippenham,
Bradford, and Proome; and we hear he proposes 10 do the fame in other
parts of Wiltfhire, and Gloucefterfliire, before he returns to London. *
May Is. Iris said, that notwithftand.ng the present exultation of the
M- ■ -y, the friends of liberty will ftiortly appear with such an eclai
as willaftoailh all Europe, and confound all their enemies.
We hear that this morning an express was sent off from the Secretary
of State’s Office for his Excellency Sir Andrew Mitcbel at Berlin, on af
fairs said to be of great importance.
May 19. Capt. Hartwell is appointed to the command of his Majefty’g
(hip Glory, a frigate of 30 guns.
On Tuesday Commodore ByroQ failed from Portsmouth in his Majefly’*
(hip Antelope for his government at Newfoundland.
May it. The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed Arthur Forrelt,
Esq. to be Commander in chief of his Majesty’s (hips and veflels at Ja
maica, in the room of Admiral Parry; he i to hoist his broad pendant
on board the Dunkirk.
A morning paper fays, it is absolutely determined by the MinUtry,
that all the alts relative to taxing the Americans (hall be repealed at the
opening of the next feflion of Parliament.
His Majesty’s ihip Venus, of which the Duke of Cumberland Is com
mander, is now ready at Portsmouth for the receptioo of his Royal High*’
nefi, who will hoist his flag on board her, and fail for the Mediterranean
soon after his Majesty’s birth day.
Letters from Poland advise, that Prince Gallitzin, at the head of
83,000 Ruffians, opened the trenches before Choczim on the sth instant,
and that the Turkifft army of 90,000 men had retired, after throwing a
body of 10,000 men into that fortrefi.
It is now said that our Mimftry/at lad, think it better to conquer
France in Corsica, as we did last war in Germany, and as a proof of this,
all the (loops to the Mediterranean are to carry over proper supplies of mo
ney, arms, ammunition, &c.
A letter in one of the morning papers concludes thus: *• To fettle the
affairs of America with precision requires all the ‘abilities and attention of
the Ministry. “ To relieve the Americans without hurting either tfce au
thority or revenue of the mother country, is a task as desirable to the
lovers of Great Britain as it is to the provinces. The plan of this great
bufinefr, I am with certainty informed, is already fettled; and the con
fufions and diftraftions which arose from the precipitate conduct of Gren %
vilie. and the embecility of Rockingham, will (oon be totally removed
by the prudence of the Duke of Grafton.
From the number of MefTdigcrs difpatcbed lately to various European
powers, fome with remonftrance3, and others with demands, aod requtfta,
of a very peremptory nature, it is conjtftured, that before eight month*
are over, Great-Bntain wilrbe involved in a war. ‘ „
Yesterday morning a noble Commander had a prtvite conference,;
which laded an hour and a half, with a certain great pprfonage, ccfpevt
ing the military. ; ; ,
- Yesterday Mr. Wilkes offered tetrjhillings in the pound CO all hit
dicois, if they should thiak proper to accept it.